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 "projection" ...
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Infect the CMS
We web developers strive for rugged independence. The luckiest of us have total control over our web stacks and the design of our projects, unlike those poor sods forced to labor within the Content Management System (CMS). Therein lies the problem; being apart means being invisible unless you spread your content to the CMS and beyond. This tipsheet will discuss some strategies and experiences for getting your app content to find readers where they are. http://harrisj.github.io/infect-the-cms/
Tags: app; CMS; content management system
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Git and Github: Learning to commit to version control
You need version control, and git is the answer. This class will introduce basic git commands and walk you through using the social coding site Github to store and organize your projects. It's ideal for anyone working on web development, scraping and scripting to gather or clean data. You should set up an account on Github before the class, and it's recommended, but not compulsory, that you be comfortable navigating the command line.
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The one-query story: Quick hits for your newsroom
Amaze your editors and wow your readers with these quick-hit data story ideas. Learn techniques on how to look for the short-form watchdog and how to juggle it all. Afflict the comfortable by fact-checking their statements, find expert sources and use spreadsheets to inform your next project.
Tags: spreadsheets; query; data; car
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Data-Driven Beats
How can the tools and techniques used in data journalism be applied to the day-to-day demands of beat reporting? What challenges do newsrooms face reorganizing and adding structure to beats? We'll share our experiences building sites like Homicide Watch DC and PolitiFact, and look at examples of other projects that add structure and data to daily beat reporting. http://eyeseast.github.io/data-beats/
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Practical machine learning: Tips, tricks and real-world examples for machine learning in the newsroom
Learn how to apply machine learning in the newsroom from examples from real-world projects, including building intelligent regular expressions with maximum entropy models; using Bayesian classifiers to filter documents; and linear and logistic regression.
Tags: Machine learning; news reporting; entropy models; filters; linear regression; logistic regression
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Doing Student Investigations with Class
Dufresne offers investigative tips that are modified for the challenges of working with students in a 14-week semester.
Tags: student projects
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What You Need To Know To Get Quality Video For Your Project
In the world of broadcast journalism, a great investigative story is bolstered by great video. Learn tips and tricks about how to use your camera to your advantage in this tipsheet.
Tags: Camera; Video; B-Roll; Interviews; Shooting; Camera Basics; Shooting basics
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Managing the CAR Project
Donald, Sallah and Stapleton created an extensive list of almost every step you should take while managing a computer-assisted reporting project.
Tags: CAR; managing; computer-assisted reporting
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Tolling and project development
Guilmino's Powerpoint presentation gives you tips on how to follow the money in the toll road boom. Includes some great graphics as examples of what you can do with the data.
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Finding the Story
Berens outlines three stages of strategy to use when you want to make an enterprise project really pop.
Tags: story ideas; strategy; enterprise projects