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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Investigative Business Reporting
This tipsheet lists 22 websites helpful for business reporting.
Tags: business reporting; web sites; federal lawsuits; nonprofit; locating people; Congressional Research; politics; backgrounding; Freedom of Information
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Fraud: Uncovering Scandals
Maremont discusses how to approach investigations into fraud - from "archaeological stories" where the reporter digs into finding out what happens to new investigations. He touches upon how to generate story ideas; determining the best story in the information you have; and he offers several detailed example stories
Tags: investigations; fraud; beat reporting; research; tips; SEC;
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Computational Journalism and the 5 Ws
Hamilton describes computational journalism ("the combination of data, algorithms, and knowledge from social science to yield information that can supplement and, in the future, substitute for part of journalism’s watchdog function"), and describes the "why, what, when, who and when" it is necessary for effective reporting.
Tags: computational journalism; social science research; information demands; research; statistical analysis; visualization; mapping; matching; personalization
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Investigations into Health Care
Schulte offers a list of websites that can "help reportres understand complex health care fraud and abuse issues or get information on doctors and the health care industry."
Tags: internet research; web sources; health care; beat reporting; hospitals
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Tips on Backgrounding People
Edds offers sources to find dates of birth, telephone numbers, criminal records, driving histories, financial information, education information and newspaper clips to assist you in backgrounding people.
Tags: backgrouding; internet research; online sources; news research
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On the Beat: Covering Business
The authors list and describe useful websites for business beat reporters. The sites include social networking sites, like LinkedIn, as well as government websites, private business sites, association sites and nonprofit sites. Each listing is accompanied by an explanation of what information is available at the site and how to utilize it.
Tags: business; beat reporting; web searching; internet research; sources
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Digging in the Defense Department medical data mines
Kennedy discusses sources and advice for covering military medical issues. She includes suggestions for backgrounding stories and finding information from out of the way places, like blogs.
Tags: military; army; Iraq; health care; sources; backgrounding; internet research
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Backgrounding People
The author lists websites that are useful for backgrounding people. The sites span a wide range of information, from inmate registrations to airplane ownership records. Some of the suggested resources are fee-based and others are free of charge.
Tags: backgrounding; internet research; public records; people-finder; courts; Florida records
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List of databases from Canada
McKie lists Canadian websites and databases. He breaks the list down into sections: health, transportation, Canadian border services agency, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada Revenue Agency, environment, Treasury Board Secretariat, access to information, and labor.
Tags: internet research; data mining; government sites; Canada
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No-Hassle Database Publishing
A guide on using Caspio Bridge.
Tags: database; rapid; online; technology; research information