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 "scandal" ...
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Anatomy of an investigation: The Jack Abramoff scandal
Grimaldi shares what went into his investigation of Jack Abramoff in this Powerpoint, providing lots of examples of the work he did.
Tags: lobbying scandal; Tom DeLay
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Powerpoint from: Digging into housing scandals
This Powerpoint from Caputo displays the data and graphics she used in her housing scandal story.
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Tips for Investigating Church Issues/Scandals
Thomas takes you step by step on how to cover religion in your community. She gives tips on how to prepare for your story and how to deal with the likely outcome of strong emotional reaction.
Tags: religion
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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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How to Pursue a Veterans' Scandal
Kors lists and explains twenty techniques he learned while investigating how military doctors misdiagnose veterans, labeling them mentally ill in order to deny them medical care and disability pay. His twenty tips cover speaking with soldiers, dealing with Military PR people, talking with commanders and army doctors, and setting up email alerts to stay informed.
Tags: interview techniques; RSS feeds; army; military; Iraq; mental illness; sources
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Drug trafficking, smuggling and money laundering; covering crime and corruption
La Nacion has been doing a series of articles exposing the crime and corruption in Costa Rican government. "The following are the 20 different steps, not necessarily sequential, and the internal rules that were applied by the three reporters of La Nacion Investigative Unit to expose these corrruption cases."
Tags: crime; corruption; government; scandal; interviews; beat reporting; boarder track; corporations; politics
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Info merchants and influence peddlers: tracking lobbyists, consultants and fund-raisers
Wilkinson and Drew's tipsheet focuses on obtaining campaign finance records in Ohio, but they also address federal campaign finance records, and their principles can be applied to other states, as well. They also advise on how to effectively pursue FOI requests.
Tags: campaign finance; public records; open records; FOI; politics; lobbying; lobbyists; 527; government contracting; political contributions; state government; federal government
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Anatomy of a Lobbying Scandal
Grimaldi and Schmidt explain what kinds of documents they used to investigate lobbyist Jack Abramoff and ultimately expose his wrongdoings. They also provide information about what to look for in these documents, pros and cons of each, and how to interpret some of the information. En espanol: #2875.
Tags: lobbying scandals; lobbyists; Jack Abramoff
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Irakgate, the Finnish Watergate: How the first female prime minister of Finland had to resign
The author reviews the circumstances leading to the dramatic resignation of Anneli Jaatteenmaki, the first woman prime minister of Finland. The author discusses various aspects of the political scandal, including how the prime minister obtained and made public some confidential reports from talks between George W. Bush and Finland's previous prime minister about Iraq.
Tags: war; Iraq; confidential sources; political scandal; elections; voting; government
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A Journalist\'s Tips on Authenticating Documents
This tipsheet offers ten pieces of advice about authenticating documents. The suggestions include, \"find an expert\" and \"trace the chain of custody.\" Rosenberg offers a detailed explanation for each tip.
Tags: ethics; fake documents; forgery. scandal; authentic; sources