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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The Basics of SQL
In this tipsheet, Mary Jo Sylwester of the Center for Public Integrity explains the basics of Structured Query Language (SQL), a computer language used for "asking" databases "questions".
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Covering Diverse Communities
There may soon be a new definition for "minorities", as some communities are rapidly becoming more diverse. Warikoo offers advice on how to report in a diverse community, as well as several Web sites that give information about several communities. A supplement to the tipsheet are a few articles by Warikoo from "Children First" series. Order by calling IRE at 573-882-3364.
Tags: civil rights; civic journalism; race; affirmative action; Hindu; immigrants; voting patterns; religion; gay; class; poverty; census
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Tips For Investigating Cross-Cultural Stories
Provides tips for investigating cross-cultural stories and includes an article by the panelist.
Tags: community; story ideas; investigations; sources; interpreters; stereotypes
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Perils and issues at the border
Lindquist offers advice on covering Mexico and the U.S./Mexican border. She advises reporters to abandon stereotypes; learn the history, politics and language; and be sensitive to cultural differences. The tipsheet also includes a list of sources, their affiliations and contact information.
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The Use and Misuse of Racial Identifiers
This tipsheet looks at the consequences of using stereotypes and racial identifiers when referring to someone's race and ethnicity in news stories.
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Tipsheet No: 762
This panel attempts to decipher the unique language of computer-assisted reporting. Includes a glossary of terms dealing with hardware, software, online information and data formats.
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The battle at the federal, state and local level
McIntosh's handout provides 10 strategies for getting government data and phone numbers and urls for six Freedom of Information or First Amendment centers. Additionally helpful are tips on how to speak the nerd language, how to avoid the data-for-dollars trap and an example letter of how to find out what data is available and another for when you request the actual data. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-07.
Tags: FOI
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Rip it Up
This handout deals with slicing and dicing: how to find and clean bad data. There are a dizzying array of products and programming languages that can help clean up data, or make your data more accessible. Levin shares a few basic tips, including some examples of how to do this in FoxPro. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
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Diez Ideas en Diez Minutos
\"Diez Ideas En Diez Minutos\" es una tipsheet en espanol que detalla 10 ideas para temas de reportajes de investigacion. Estas incluyen: fraude medico, bancos de sangre, tecnologia de oficina y su impacto en el lugar de trabajo, lavado de dinero e instituciones mentales. Hay una cinta de video disponible para miembros. Contactenos al Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org. --- \"Diez Ideas en Diez Minutos\" is a Spanish-language handout detailing 10 ideas for subjects for investigative reporters, including: medical fraud, blood banks, office technology and its impact on the workplace, money laundering, and mental institutions. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
Tags: espanol; Spanish; story ideas; medical fraud; blood banks; office technology; money laundering; mental institutions; fraude medico; bancos de sangre; impacto de la tecnologia; lavado de dinero; instituciones mentales