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 "pharmacy" ...
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Looking at health care from a refreshed perspective
"Critics/watchdogs/gathers of fact, contrary opinion & gossip are great sources of story ideas, and for developing critical thinking about the drug industry."
Tags: health care; pharmacy; investigation; resources; Internet; blog
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Writing about the Pharmaceutical Industry: Dealing with pharma-marketeers and scientists
The author gives advice on how to report on drug companies without being manipulated by the corporations. The author suggests finding experts and interviewing the editors of medical journals.
Tags: medicine; drug companies; pharmacies; hospitals; health care reporting
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Using CAR to cover adverse drug reactions
In this tipsheet, McKie first explains his own CAR investigations into health care, and then lists ten strategies that helped him get the story. The strategies include everything from "Be willing to negotiate" to "Explain to your audience what the database can't tell you." McKie includes a detailed explanation for each tip.
Tags: health; doctors; drugs; prescription medicine; insurance; hospitals; pharmacies; broadcast journalism; CAR
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Story Ideas
Leamy gives two sets of story ideas regarding consumer issues in this informative tipsheet. The first set deals with story ideas surrounding people or companies breaking laws or regulations. The second set concerns non-regulated areas and the stories you can find there. These story ideas are great for newspapers, magazines, and broadcast stations alike.
Tags: story ideas; consumer issues; regulations; used cars; child exploitation; racial discrimination; home inspections; modeling; credit; pets; pharmacies; ADA; FDA; predatory lenders; FOIA; beauty salons; car repair; cemeteries; solicitation; pyramid schemes; charities; hospitals; headhunters; hazing; pay phones; fire engine chasing; roadside zoos; private schools; spam; lead poisoning; interior design
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Investigating Legal Drugs
Prescription drugs can be just as problematic as illegal substances. Skertic covered abuse of Ritalin and similar drugs used to treat ADD children. In this tipsheet, he discusses the experiences he had working on the story and how you can do similar work in your newsroom. Skertic goes into the database he used and what problems you will encounter getting and using the data.
Tags: prescription; drugs; legal drugs; ritalin; adderall; ADD; ADHD; doctors; medicine; medication; FOI; DEA; pharmacies; pharmacist; narcotics; national drug code
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Ritalin Hot Spots; DEA & Ritalin///CDC and Mortality and Census Data
Marchak of The Plain Dealer offers tips how to deal with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and how to access and analyze the agency's data.
Tags: CAR; FOIA; pharmacies; Centers for Disease Control; doctors