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:
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Los Angeles Times Editorial Library: Internet Tools for Research
This tipsheet is basically the information guide that the LA Times gives to their reporters to help them with internet research. It is essentially a list of websites that are good resources for different beats. For instance, some of the categories listed are entertainment, health and medicine, and legal and court sources. The guide also includes information on phone directories and search engines.
Tags: research; web; invisible web; resources; websites; reporting; beat reporting
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Most wanted (how to find people)
The Internet is a valuable resource when searching for information on people. Paynter and Lyles offer up a hearty list of links to help you in your backgrounding. Most links have a description of what it can do. The links are also broken down by type or purpose, and sites that require a fee are noted. The end of the tipsheet gives more general hints and advice to guide you when you're backgrounding.
Tags: backgrounding; public records; archives; search engines; SSN; social security numbers; death records; birth records; voter registration; criminal records; fee services; phone directories; legal records; nonprofits; guidestar
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Backgrounding people on the Internet
The Internet is a valuable resource when searching for information on people. Paynter and Lyles offer up a hearty list of links to help you in your backgrounding. Most links have a description of what it can do. The links are also broken down by type or purpose, and sites that require a fee are noted. The end of the tipsheet gives more general hints and advice to guide you when you're backgrounding.
Tags: backgrounding; public records; archives; search engines; SSN; social security numbers; death records; birth records; voter registration; criminal records; fee services; phone directories; legal records; nonprofits; guidestar
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Tipsheet No: 393
This handout contains an extensive list of names, phone numbers and prices for CD-ROMs of phone directories, statistics, reference, government and mapping.
Tags: CAR 9 pages
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Tipsheet No: 56
A 3-page guide to common public records, including reverse phone directory, voter registration records, building permits, city business licenses, and records from: city elections office, county recorder, assessor and clerk's offices, superior court, municipal court, U.S. District Court, secretary of state, department of motor vehicles, department of consumer affairs, Federal Aviation Administration, Security and Exchange Commission, U.S. Postal Service, statewide vital statistics. For reporters' reference, Ray has indicated which data bases and indexes he owns, along with his telephone number.
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