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:
Search results for "listening" ...
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Health Analyses for Any Newsroom
Journalists have a duty to report on the hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, and clinics that provide medical treatment to their viewers, readers, and listeners. Learn tricks of the health reporting trade in this tip sheet.
Tags: Health
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Reassuring Reluctant Sources
This 15-point listing is the how-to of the interview. If you find that you're meeting some resistance from sources, consider Merina's common sense advice which includes avoiding melodrama and checking in with sources often.
Tags: chronology; protect source; confidentiality; listening
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The Art of Interviewing
This sheet lists 10 tips for a successful broadcast interview. The top three tips are be yourself, listen closely and live in the moment/be flexible.
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Learning to Listen
This tipsheet provides tips for interviewing, using confidential sources, writing clearer investigative reports and coaching.
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