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 "organizing investigations" ...
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Investigating Shadowy Organizations
Whether you're investigating the CIA or a sports team, use this tipsheet from award winning reporter, Apuzzo, to cover that shadowy organization.
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Consumer Investigation
"You can master consumer investigations whether it’s your regular beat or an area in which you dabble on occasion. The key is knowing where to look and how to organize." This tipsheet by Galli, Limor and Savio will tell you just what you need to know.
Tags: backgrounding; consumer story
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Bluefin: A $4 Billion Black Market
This powerpoint comes straight from the IRE award wining "Looting The Seas". Get tips on how to cover crime across borders, with many different organizations as partners.
Tags: collaboration; international; partnership; bluefin tuna;
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A quick guide to collaboration
If you are working on a collaboration with another organization, use these tips to help prioritize your work, get the job done, and getting your hard work out there.
Tags: collaboration; organizations; quick guide
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Starting up: Lessons Learned in Creating Investigative Centers
Get advice from the pro's on starting a nonprofit investigative newsroom, best practices for producing editorial content, transparency in financial operations, and handling administrative and technical issues.
Tags: nonprofit; organization; starting-up
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Bulletproofing the Story
Beelman's tipsheet helps editors in bulletproofing investigative stories. She starts at the beginning with tips on organization. She talks about other key components of the report-editor relationship that aid in directing and focusing the project, and providing the requisite support and insights.
Tags: project planning; data; records; interviewing; crowd-sourcing;
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The To Do List
Pat Stith offers his outline for planning and organizing a good investigative story
Tags: Pat Stith; outline; investigative reporting; organization;
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Writing the Investigative Story
Frank gives tips on staying focused on telling the investigative story. She outlines a plan to stay on task with a long-form investigation, especially when you're working on this while meeting daily deadlines.
Tags: investigative reporting; writing; organization;
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Quick hit watchdog stories: No-nonsense nonprofit reporting
Sforza discusses what to look for when doing quick hit stories on nonprofit organizations. Focusing on the 990, she points out where the story might be. For instance, how does total revenue compare to total expenses?
Tags: nonprofits; Guidestar; investigation; quick hits; 990 form; charities
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Partnerships: The Promise and the Pitfalls
Limor explores the issues involved with partnering with other people/news organizations on a project. The tipsheet gives pointers on what to keep in mind when you're approaching such a project.
Tags: partnership; reporting; budget; logistics; collaboration; joint reporting; broadcast