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• Investigating Caregivers

  Roe provides stories and tips on how to cover caregivers. Learn who to talk to, to find out which caregiver, in which state prescribed which drugs.

  Tags: caregivers; nursing homes; medicaid; nursing home ratings.

  By Sam Roe

  2011

• Is your driveway covered with toxic waste?

  Find out if your state is using toxic chemicals on parking lots and drive ways by utilizing the websites McClure provides.

  Tags: coal-tar; banned chemicals; consumer safety

  By Robert McClure

  2011

• 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;

  By Rick Brooks

  2011

• Data State of Mind

  Cochran and Webster discuss "Approaching story ideas with the mindset that you are going to quantify or measure something, rather than just getting the facts and all sides of the story. This requires that you analyze some data on your own, making you less dependent on public officials to give you the straight story and oftentimes giving you a story that wouldn’t have been possible without the analysis.

  Tags: data; analysis; data sets; reporting; computer-assisted reporting; beat reporting

  By Wendell Cochran

  2011

• Immigration

  Preston provides an extensive list of links to information online to aid in your coverage of immigration issues. Links include information from: the US government, state laws, law websites, data, and immigration debates.

  Tags: immigration; immigrants; data; government; law

  By Julia Preston

  2010

• Contacts, Strategies and resources for Border and Immigration Coverage

  Olsen provides an extensive lists of resources for covering issues related to immigration - including US Government sites/data, Mexican nonprofit organizations, key journalism sites, think tanks, lawyers, and much more

  Tags: immigration; human rights; boarder patrol; boarder states; crime statistics; legal issues; immigrants; immigration studies

  By Lise Olsen

  2010

• Quick shortcut for using PDFTOTEXT

  Milholland discusses shortcuts to converting a PDF to text through the use of the PDFTOTEXT application.

  Tags: data extraction; data; PDF to textl; converting PDFs

  By Chris Milholland

  2010

• Latest Developments in State Public Records Laws

  This tipsheet outlines progress being made in public record laws in the U.S. Included are resources for information on public records and FOIA.

  Tags: public records; public employees; autopsy records; 911 tapes; public safety;

  By Paul Monies

  2010

• On the Beat: The Military

  McKie eases the fears of reporters new to covering the military. He talks about the bigger picture of covering the military - not only as a "fighting machine" but "a major employer, major spender, and an economic engine." He talks about dividing the beat into short- and long-term stories.

  Tags: military; Canada; United States; war; casualties; armed forces; soldier; military contracts

  By David McKie

  2010

• The Education Beat: Don't Let Anyone Tell You It's Lame

  Alpert discusses the potential of covering the education beat, noting it's a data-rich subject. She highlights possible stories to cover with plenty of examples of excellent work that has been done. She discusses the unique questions to explore when covering charter schools.

  Tags: education; data; teacher pay; charter schools; attendance; teacher turnover; testing; special education; local school districts; state board of education

  By Emily Alpert

  2010