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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Waste investigations for any community
Get tips on how to investigate government in terms of who gets audited, what data sets are available and see how that information can lead to local news stories.
Tags: Government; government agencies; fraud; investigation;
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Databases in Disaster
Kucharski details how to report on natural disasters with the assistance of databases. He covered the June 2008 flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Databases played an important role in our coverage as the community went from a state of shock to rebuilding. We used databases in three main ways: simple searchable databases providing basic community information, as a tool to assist our ongoing reporting and as a stand-alone storytelling tool."
Tags: natural disasters; disasters; flooding; databases; computer-assisted reporting; CAR; assessor
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No-Hassle Database Publishing
A guide on using Caspio Bridge.
Tags: database; rapid; online; technology; research information
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Diary of a two-day reporting effort
Nalder's tipsheet narrates his quick yet thorough investigation of the Washington state ferry system, which reveals techniques for rapidly digging into an organization's records and procedures. The sheet explains research techniques, interview strategies and keys to source selection.
Tags: open records; public records; ferries; transportation; investigative reporting; interviews; regulation; Coast Guard; boat safety
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Banking on the Poor: Documenting the Big Business of Poverty
This tipsheet serves as a guide for any reporter looking to delve into the "fringe financial industry." This industry serves people who lack access to banks and other mainstream financial institutions; it includes payday lenders, car title lenders, pawn shots and check cashing outlets. Nixon's tipsheet explains each of these institutions and offers advice on how and where to get the data to report on them.
Tags: credit; rapid refund loans; rent-to-own; census data; UCC
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Covering Diverse Communities
There may soon be a new definition for "minorities", as some communities are rapidly becoming more diverse. Warikoo offers advice on how to report in a diverse community, as well as several Web sites that give information about several communities. A supplement to the tipsheet are a few articles by Warikoo from "Children First" series. Order by calling IRE at 573-882-3364.
Tags: civil rights; civic journalism; race; affirmative action; Hindu; immigrants; voting patterns; religion; gay; class; poverty; census
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Investigating flipping
This tipsheet explains flipping, "the purchase and rapid resale of property for a big gain in price," and gives tips for reporters interested in investigating flips.
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Satellite Imagery ... on Your Desktop
The volume and diversity of Earth remote sensing data and the range of applications to social science research are growing rapidly. This tipsheet contains two handouts. The first is a set of slides from Dr. Chen's presentation. The second handout is titled, "SaVi; Software for the visualization and analysis of satellite constellations." SaVi is software crated at the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota for the visualization and analysis of satellite constellations.
Tags: CAR
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Directory of Electronic Public Access Services
This handout is a directory of electronic public access services to automated information in the United States Federal Courts as of Feb. 1, 1995. These services permit the public to gain direct, rapid, and easy access to official court information and records from outside the courthouse.
Tags: U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal U.S. District Courts U.S. Bankruptcy Courts PACER VCIS
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Tipsheet No: 258
Article written for Link-Up magazine explains how the environmental movement has rapidly transformed itself through the use of computer communication; describes several of the services available and details how to get to them online, internet sites and bulletin boards and reference books for 'green' eco-networking.
Tags: 3 pages CAJ