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 "misconduct" ...
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Exposing Dangerous Caregivers
Kauffman's tipsheet decribes how to use unemployment-benefit claims to track caregiver misconduct; using federal labor records to track caregivers also acting as employers; and quick hit stories that can be done with this information.
Tags: misconduct; medical professionals; unlicensed doctors; physicians; hospitals; licensing boards; HIPPA
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Misuse of the obstructing and resisting arrest charge
Hibbard explores the misuse of obstructing and resisting arrest charges - and red flags reporters can look for to uncover police misconduct. The tipsheet references the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's story "The Strong Arm of the Law - Obstructing Justice."
Tags: justice; police; obstructing justice; resisting arrest; police misconduct; arrest rates; court cases
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Education: From cheaters to teachersr
The reporters created an extensive list of documents and sources that can be used to cover the education beat. They also include advice as you approach your coverage of this beat.
Tags: Incident reports; court records; transcripts; Department of Education's discipline database; sex offender registry; attorney general; public records; misconduct; administrative hearings; personnel files
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Trust, but Verify Backgrounding your Subject Web Links
Links to suggested Web sites for checking backgrounds of sources and people you're investigating.
Tags: background; offenders; federal courts; Web sites; misconduct; dsciplinary action; records
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Covering a local prosecutor's office effectively day to day
In the criminal justice system, not everything plays out like Law & Order. Sometimes the prosecutor is the bad guy. Steve Weinberg discusses how journalists can improve the coverage of their local prosecutor and why it is so important in this informative tipsheet.
Tags: prosecutors; crime; law; courts; lawyers; district attorney; prosecutorial misconduct; plea bargains
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Convicting the wrong man
This is a story about David Jonathan Quindt, a man who was convicted of a crime he did not commit. This story explains why the law came after David, why he was convicted, and how his innocence was proved.
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Prosecutors: Exemplary conduct and misconduct
Weinberg offers warning signs to journalists that a prosecutor is misbehaving.
Tags: Law; prosecutors; misconduct
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Writing about Misconduct by Prosecutors
This short but informative tipsheet gives hints on how to cover and write about prosecutorial misconduct. It has some common sense and some real nitty gritty information as well.
Tags: law; lawyer misconduct
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Investigating Police
An outline of records and human sources available for investigating police misconduct. Adams won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for her investigation of Dallas police brutality
Tags: beatings; sexual assault; police brutality; police misconduct