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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Legal Issues
This tipsheet provides useful tips about how to use FOIA before, during, and after the story. It includes information about the legal issues surrounding public records and how to be informed of your rights. The tipsheet also includes a compilation of helpful FOIA Web sites, government Web sites, and the reporter's privilege concerning subpoenas.
Tags: FOIA; subpoenas; shield laws
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Legal Perils: Latest threat to investigative reporting
This tipsheet targets the rights of reporters and the things that should be taken into account when being served a subpoena. One of the questions that it covers is the confidentiality of sources and whether reporters should reveal this information under judicial pressure. It also includes a list of case readings and resources.
Tags: subpoena; reporter's privilege; shield laws; First Amendment; use of confidential sources; confidential sources