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 "planning the investigation" ...
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Tight, bright, sleep well at night!
Garcia lays out a simple game plan for a successful investigation in his Powerpoint presentation.
Tags: story management; timeline
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Michael Beren's Powerpoint for: The game plan: Deciding when to do what during an investigation
This is the Powerpoint presentation from Michael Berens on how he navigated and managed his award winning story, Methadone and the Politics of Pain.
Tags: blueprint; strategies; bulletproofing
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Investigations in the Fast Lane: Some Rules for the Road
Be prepared and have a plan for when the breaking news happens. Forsyth gives great tips on what to do when the story breaks.
Tags: breaking news
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Close to Home: Great stories begin with local reporting
Gabrielson shows how to elevate local reporting from the \"numbing procession of planning and zoning meetings, \'not in my backyard\' protests and feel good articles about people.\" He suggests focusing on reporting that isn\'t linked to a daily deadline and investigating the data available from different entities within the city. He includes four examples of great local reporting.
Tags: data; local government; city government; local reporting; city hall;
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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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Editor's Track: Managing the Investigation
This tipsheet lists different tips for managing the visual aspects of an investigative project. Haddix suggests planning the visuals early and incorporating them into the story budget on the first draft. He also suggests planning a logo for a multi-day series, and remembering to include multi-media elements.
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Using the Web to get millions to watch your investigation
"A good viral spread on the Internet is a very hard thing to create. But when it happens to one of your stories, the size of your audience can exceed all expectations and offer your work visibility that it probably has never had before. Just like a good investigative story,it takes time and planning to try and pull it off."
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The best investigative editor: Reporters tell what makes one
"Practical advice -- for investigative reporters and editors to succeed together."
Tags: investigate; multitasking; project planning; coordinating; reporting; editing