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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Python programming for the rest of us
We will cover the basics and show you how a little programming can save you hours or days of time and make you look like a genius to your boss. Requirements: a laptop, a Google sign-in and curiosity. https://github.com/roncampbell/nicar-2013#nicar13
Tags: Python; programming
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Newscamp: Data science for nerdy journalists
This edition of the "Journal of Statistical Software" looks at the elements that go into using datasets, including data cleaning and maniupulating adata.
Tags: Data journalism; data analysis; programming
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Tipsheet for Reporting on Economic Development Subsidies & Recipient Companies
LeRoy offers lots of helpful tips and websites for reporting on subsidy programs in your state.
Tags: subsidies; TIFs; EMMA; tax-exempt
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Social Media Tools
"Learn new ways to find sources, background people and companies, and break stories before the competition" with this Powerpoint from Haddix.
Tags: social media; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn;
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Uncovering the private parts of public figures
This Powerpoint shows you what to look for when investigating a public official's private life.
Tags: backgrounding; public officials
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Now is TIFIA's Time
Expanding popular federal credit assistance program will encourage infrastructure investment and enhance the effectiveness of available transportation funding.
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Practical TastyPie for the Modern Djangonaut
Presentation covering models.py and api.py
Tags: models; .py; programming; software
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Web Scraping Without Programming Tipsheet
Find data without using complicated programming.
Tags: Programming
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Human-assisted reporting: How to create robot reporters in your own image
Welch goes over how to, via programming, extract information from a continuous data stream, and the potential stories that may come out of it.
Tags: programming; computer-assisted reporting; CAR; data analysis
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Scraping the Web
This tipsheet will give you the skills you need to scrape the web (using tools or coding from scratch). Even if you have no programming skills, O'Murchu's tips will have you scraping like a pro.