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 "public transportation" ...
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Census 2002: Mapping the data
The authors present some useful tips on how to present the Census data from politics & elections, municipal government, public safety, transportation, environment and business.
Tags: census; data mapping; ArcView
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Using the 2000 Census for non-census stories
Campbell used information from the 2000 Census for " The Transportation Gap", a story about who's commuting on public transportation and "Santa Ana's squeeze." This is not so much a tipsheet as examples of stories enhanced by the Census.
Tags: OCTA; express buses; subsidized transportation; commuter; public transportation; passengers
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Polk Seminar on Public Safety
This 11-point tip sheet offers helpful advice on how and when to use data in the event of an airline crash, how to prepare the newsroom, which agencies are helpful sources of information.
Tags: NTSB; DOT; aviation; crash; transportation; airplane; CAR
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Tracking nuclear shipments in your region; Resources for investigations on the transportation beat
This tipsheet is a list of mainly Internet sources of information on tracking nuclear shipments by private companies or the government. There is also a list of Internet sources for investigating local transit services, air safety and airline service ratings.
Tags: Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Weapons
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Engine No. 9
This handout gives great pointers for dealing with transportation databases. Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation - Planes and Trains, Marine and Highway databases are discussed. There is also a two-page listing of stories that have been done using these databases itemizing publication, date of publication and databases used. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.
Tags: 7 pgs.