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 "reservations" ...
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My friend FRED: Using Fed data tools to add context to stories
Federal Reserve Economic Data, or FRED, is the signature database at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Learn from Taylor how to find and use the economic database to add context to economic reporting.
Tags: Database; economic database; FRED
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Tracking the Economy and Business
Brooks provides suggested resources for tracking: state and local economic data; municipal finance; pensions and 401(k) plans; companies; and the financial crisis.
Tags: Moody's Analytics; federal reserve; securities; loans; U.S. Department of labor;
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The Bailout - Tracking the Money
Donald and Dunbar give pointers on tracking the bailout money funds. Included are links to Web sites and datasets to help inform stories on the bailout. Links provided include information on: subprime lenders; bailout cash/TARP funds; banking data; and enforcement actions.
Tags: bailout; economy; subprime lenders; banking; TARP; Troubled Asset Relief Program; housing; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; HMDA; Federal Reserve;
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What you need to know to cover an economy in crisis
Brooks discusses the important issues of the current economic crisis, and provides links to helpful material to assist in covering the current state of the economy.
Tags: subprime; mortgage; economics; economy; federal reserve; banking; savings and loans; S&L; pension; bankruptcy
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Investigating Issues of Race and Poverty
Nixon discusses resources for investigating race and poverty. His list includes the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and immigration statistics.
Tags: race; poverty; statistics; data; sources; internet research
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Gambling & Casino Probes: Membership Disputes
Schechter briefly covers the basic issues on membership disputes, how the Indian gaming industry is or is not regulated, a few tips on the culture, and a few basic statistics on the economics of the industry.
Tags: Casinos; gambling; Indian reservations; tribes; tribal courts
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Covering Indian Gaming is a Tough Job
It's a tough job but Mike Adams gives you a leg up with this tipsheet. Indian nations are independent and generally do not have FOI laws, but there are ways of getting around that. Adams lists websites and public records that might have information on dealings Indian nations have with entities that DO keep public records. For example, look into the municipal bond market, the National Indian Gaming Commission, and the SEC. He also gives examples of investigations he did into specific tribes and where he found success. He further profiles the National Indian Gaming Comission in a packet available for mail orders.
Tags: Gambling; casinos; Indian nations; tribes; reservations; Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Probes into gambling: From casinos to the reservation
Schechter givens an overview on Indian casinos, tribal membership and gaming regulation.
Tags: gambling; casinos; Indian casinos; reservations
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Tipsheet No: 576
Pusey lists state and federal agencies that reporters often overlook when investigating businesses. This handout also contains sample documents from the Federal Reserve, a business glossary and a bibliography of useful resources.
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Tipsheet No: 219
Series of documents from the Big Mountain Support Group detail their attempts to get the EPA to enforce a presidential directive concerning pollution on reservations; residents on reservations in the Black Mesa area (Arizona) have been fighting some of the worst pollution in the country with little success; also at issue are land use disputes wherein coal companies and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are apparently attempting to remove Navajo indians from their land or make them sign leases; documents include descriptions of the poisoning of indians, letters written to and received from the EPA, a brief history of environmental exploitation on the reservation, news stories documenting the continued struggle and a letter of requests sent to a mining corporation which operates in the area.