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 "railroad" ...
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Mining the web for Data and Stories
This tipsheet lists valuable online resources including searchable data; downloadable data; advanced search strategies; mapping services.
Tags: online resources; data; online data; government data; databases; FedStats; Data.gov; USASPending.gov; BRB Publications; OSHA; MSHA; FARS: Federal Railroad Administration; GIS; mapping; census; Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Aviation Administration;
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The year in CAR
The tipsheet features a PowerPoint slideshow of notable computer-assisted reporting investigations of 2008.
Tags: computer-assisted reporting; housing; data; trade; education; lobbying; fire; day care; parking; vote; earmarks; inspection; sewage; EveryBlock; airbags; mammogram; arrest; railroad; pothole; sprawl; pesticide; crime; drugs; transplant; scholarship; mental health
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Railroad data and document sources
A presentation of internet sources to access railroad data, including document sources, business and labor data and advocacy organizations for this domain. A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident/Incident Report Form and Database Data File Structure and Field Input Specifications are included. An example of a story from The Fresno Bee on railroad crossing accidents is bundled with the tipsheet.
Tags: railroad crossing; accident; CAR; highway; transportation; rail
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Ground Transportation Security
This tipsheet offers a list of the web sites of the organizations involved in transportation security. It also includes some examples of AP stories, in which these organizations have been used as sources.
Tags: railroads; highways; trucking; government; highways
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10 Places to Get Good Investigative (Or at least Enterprising) Info on the Cheap
Madeleine Doubek provides 10 places to get inexpensive information for investigative stories.
Tags: investigative reporting; information; Federal Railroad Administration; reports; leases; records
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Suggested sources on railroad crossing safety
This tip sheet offers sources for railroad crossing safety and an example story as well.
Tags: Railroad safety; railroad crossings; Federal Railroad Administration; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation; National Transportation Safety Board; National Transportation Safety Board
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Buffalo News Tipsheet
This tipsheet describes how the staff at the Buffalo News researched its in-depth pieces "Deadly Drives" and "Safety Last?"
Tags: CAR; driving; safety; transportation
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Railroads and subways
This package includes tips for covering transportation, abstracts of stories from the IRE Resource Center and sample stories from U.S. News & World Report and The Courier-Journal. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org. --ask for tape #19.