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 "locater map" ...
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Locating the story: The latest in online maps
Welsh lecturing on the potential of using online maps in reporting.
Tags: online; maps; internet; google earth; copycat; osm; open street map; html5
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No-cost Demographic Data Program from ESRI
This tipsheet covers the demographic data available through ESRI that includes information about the people, housing and businesses in a given location. Business Analyst Online (BAO) allows the user to investigate demographic patterns and compare areas using interactive maps
Tags: ESRI; demographics; data analysis; Business Analyst Online;
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Stupid Web Tricks
Welsh discusses three web tricks you can use to dress up your reporting or blog posts with tools you can find on the web. The how-tos include: how to publish a locater map from Google; how to create simple charts with Google Charts; and how to publish a word cloud with Wordle.
Tags: maps; Google; charts; graphics; reporting; fire maps; word cloud; infographics;
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Stupid Web Tricks
Welsh gives instructions on how to publish: a locater map from Google; a word cloud from Wordle; interactive charts from ManyEyes. Included in the instructions are ways to manipulate (or "jack" as Welsh puts it) the map/cloud/chart, and how to post it to your blog.
Tags: web; locater map; word cloud; charts; visualization; data; spreadsheet; PNG; GIF; content management system
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CAR 2009: Geodata Tsunami
Henriksen explores geocoding data. "Any data with an address or a placename can be geocoded. In this example, Geocoding is done on five-digit ZIP Code. When you type an address into Google, Google geocodes it and puts a marker on the map. GIS software does built-in geocoding . Geocoding is very data dependent, and Results will vary dramatically with data quality." Henriksen shows how you can derive new information from GIS data.
Tags: geodata; tabular data; locators; geocoders; geotagging; GIS
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Behind the Criminal Justice System Veil
Archibald's tipsheet offers a host of places to search out data to take crime reporting beyond the basics, and hold authority figures accountable. It notes databases from county coroners, prisons and DUI offenses and suggests story ideas, including the mapping of the locations of frequent crimes.
Tags: crime; databases; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; FBI; coroner; prison; police; Tracfed; DUI; Arcview; GIS
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Financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and Form 990 reporting: The differences
The tipsheet presents the differences between GAAP and Form 990 reporting, a map of the employee plans and exempt organizations geographic footprint headquarters and area manager locations and current IRE Exempt Organizations Division structure and contact data.