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 "pensions" ...
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Shadow Banking
Fricker provides you with a list of professions whom are considered shadow bankers, the 5 steps of shadow banking, what would be considered shadow lending and much more.
Tags: shadow lending, banking; hedge funds; pension funds; ABS; CDO; ABCP; CDS; Repo; SecLand
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Covering your local pension plan
Milstead spent years to really figure out how to tell if a public pension plan was healthy or not. He shares his tips and shortcuts in this time-saving tipsheet.
Tags: public pension; benefits; 401(k)
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Public Pensions Experts and Resources
Harris provides a list of public pension experts and a list of websites for expert pension help.
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SAMPLE FOIA LETTER FOR PENSION RECORDS
Use this sample FOIA letter to request pension records.
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Reporting on public-sector pensions
This tipsheet is a must for anyone covering pensions. Frank goes over the basics, gives you story ideas and tells you the documents and sources you need and the pitfalls to avoid.
Tags: Pensions
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Tracking the Economy and Business
Brooks provides suggested resources for tracking: state and local economic data; municipal finance; pensions and 401(k) plans; companies; and the financial crisis.
Tags: Moody's Analytics; federal reserve; securities; loans; U.S. Department of labor;
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What you need to know to cover an economy in crisis
Brooks discusses the important issues of the current economic crisis, and provides links to helpful material to assist in covering the current state of the economy.
Tags: subprime; mortgage; economics; economy; federal reserve; banking; savings and loans; S&L; pension; bankruptcy
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Telling the big story and making a difference: Focus on Government Pensions
Six steps to find a story about government pensions. This includes how to gather information even when the pensions are private and useful Web sites for expert help.
Tags: government; local; pension; retirement; benefits
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Tips for covering government contracts
Fazlollah makes his tipsheet into a roadmap for covering government contracts. He details the events of a contract story the Inquirer did, and lists the events as a step by step process for reporting a similar story.
Tags: contract; municipal; corruption; pension fun; bond
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Tracking the dollar in government
D'Ambrosio gives tips on how to root out "legalized corruption": political payback to friends and financial supporters of candidates. He notes which government records to look for and where to find them, and gives two SQL query formulas to match criteria in separate electronic databases.
Tags: tracking the dollar; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; check register; contracts database; election finance database; pensions database