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 "statutes" ...
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Open Records - Legal Road Blocks and Resources
This tipsheet provides links to information illuminating the legal landscape of access to information under state and federal statutes.
Tags: private individuals; decendents; privacy rights; corporations; government employees
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Finding documents under the dome
This tipsheet makes recommendations on how to find state statutes, codes, payroll, and legislative bills. There are also alternative sources listed if the agency you ask for information says no.
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Covering and uncovering child neglect stories
Frazier's tips on covering child neglect stories include understanding the state statutes and juvenile code, familiarizing yourself with juvenile courts, exhibiting caution with complaints from families, reviewing child fatality records, using national statistics carefully, and checking federal reviews of your state's child welfare system.
Tags: children; child abuse; juvenile court; NCANDS; Adoption and Safe Families Act; ASFA reviews
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The Perils of HIPAA
This tipsheet gives guidelines in health communication and reporting. It gives tips on the HIPAA statute and the release of information on protected health records.
Tags: health reports; confidentiality of health records; health documents
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Better Watchdogs: Covering Appalachia
Ken Ward of the Charleston Gazette advises reporters how to talk to lawyers, and read GAO audits and federal agencies' regulatory agendas. Other tips are to avoid relying on press releases, and make law your friend.
Tags: documents; regulations; statutes; General Accounting Office