The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
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Criminal justice investigations: tips from unexpected people and documents
This tipsheet touches on unexpected people and documents in criminal justice reporting. "Rivalries and jealousies open the door to tips and document leaks for well-positioned reporters." Diedrich details a number of these type of sources and materials.
Tags: crime; justice; police; Federal Bureau of Investigation; probation agents; judges; clerks; convicts; warrants; arrest reports; autopsy records; indictments; trial exhibits
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Investigating Corruption in the Legal System
Sherman's tipsheet addresses story ideas to cover/look for when investigating corruption in the legal system. She also identifies useful documents for covering different aspects of the justice system - from covering federal judges to bail bond agents. Included are a couple of story examples.
Tags: justice system; legal system; judges; bail bond agents; conflict of interest;
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The Keys to the Courthouse
The author offers tips for developing the cops and courts beat. He suggests spending a lot of time at the court house and getting to know key players, like judges, baliffs, and law clerks. Burstein also discusses documents like search warrants and probable cause affidavits which are stored at the court house and could lead to good stoy ideas. Finally, the tipsheet includes some story ideas that go beyond the criminal trials one expects from a courts reporter.
Tags: courts; beat reporting; crime; justice system; criminal justice; story ideas
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Empirical Research on Jury Selection
Rose provides findings from research on the representativeness of juries and information about jurors and privacy.
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Investigating conflicts of interest of federal judges
Evans's tipsheet is a step-by-step manual for investigating federal judges' financial conflicts of interest. It includes research methods, key sources, useful web sites and suggestions for communicating with judges.
Tags: criminal justice system; judicial system; judiciary; federal judges; conflict of interest; financial disclosure; corruption; databases; CAR; web sites; interviewing
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Investigating Political Corruption at the Highest Levels in Latin America
Disponible en Espanol: 2889. Santoro explains the threats he received and the invasions of privacy he endured after communicating with a judge about the investigation of Serbian drug-trafficking in Argentina. For Santoro, these threats were neither the first not the last, but he says they are mild when compared to the situations of journalists in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. He explains the dangers these journalists face and points out that, because of weak institutions, this is a problem that is not likely to end anytime soon.
Tags: Latin American journalism; corruption; politics; international journalism; drug-trafficking; investigations
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Secret Justice: Judicial Speech
This is a booklet that talks about various supreme court judges and highlights their policies on correspondence with the press. The booklet contains a series of articles on cases that have gag orders.
Tags: gag orders; supreme court judges; press correspondence and judges
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Tipsheet No: 2108
This tipsheet provides a brief overview of how to cover federal courts. It talks about the independent parts of the federal court system...with information on investigative agencies, U.S. Attorneys, and judges. It talks about enforcement trends, and federal court policies.
Tags: federal courts; U.S. Attorneys; attorney general; judges; federal prosecutors; enforcement
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Covering federal courts
Burnham's tipsheet outlines an approach to covering the federal court system, such as reaching beyond individual show trials to exploring court policies and enforcement trends.
Tags: courts; federal courts; judges; U.S. attorneys
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Ten Lessons from the Courthouse
Meitrodt gives ten lessons that will help journalists who must make frequent stops at the courthouse. He explains, among other things, who a journalist should and should not depend on for information and what to do after the verdict.
Tags: Lawyers; Judges; Judicial system; Law