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• Russian companies’ and people’s records databases

  Shleynov's gives a list of public records available about companies and people in Russia; legal records; court records. Links to websites included.

  Tags: Russia; public records; people; companies; Russian tax service; legal information; court records

  By Roman Shleynov

  2010

• Unsung Documents

  This tipsheet provides information on how to find and effectively use documents in your reporting. It also give tips on working with material once you've obtained it. They also include a "favorite list" of docu

  Tags: tax liens; campaign contributions; court records; flight logs; flight manifests; air travel consumer reports; unemployment; workers' comp; real estate; 911 tapes; surveillance videos

  By Mike McGraw

  2010

• Paper and Databse Trails

  Hall discusses the information that an investigative reporter can gather from various data sources including documents and databases. The tipsheet provides a list of documents/records and what sort of information you can anticipate finding with each given example

  Tags: documents; FOI; databases; audits; payroll documents; police reports; correspondence; reports; annual budgets; overtime; purchasing records; contracts; campaign finance reports; test scores; tax-exempt organizations; inspection reports

  By Dee J. Hall

  2009

• What's next in housing? CAR for real estate

  Grotto explores the potential for CAR stories in the midst of the current housing crisis. Suggests looking at the redevelopment of public and low income housing. He talks about the new strategy of mixed-income developments in Chicago. Grotto details where to go for housing data. Grotto lists key documents when doing housing stories: master ground lease; restrictive covenants; leasehold mortgages; quick claim deeds; regulatory and operating agreements.

  Tags: public housing; low-income housting tax credit; LIHTC; HOME block grants; recorder of deeds;

  By Jason Grotto

  2009

• Belief is in the document: Tips on investigating religion

  Gorski discusses various aspects of covering religion. The tipsheet includes advice about where to find church records such as 990s, applications for property tax exemptions, and articles of incorporation. The tipsheet also explains what each type of record could reveal about the church.

  Tags: religion; beat reporting; churches; nonprofits

  By Eric Gorski

  2008

• Investigating Public-Private Partnerships

  "Education programs such as preschool that are outsourced to private businesses or non-profits agencies using public funds- state, federal or local tax dollars- are worth a closer look."

  Tags: education; business; school; preschool; funding; state; federal

  By Kathleen Carroll

  2007

• A Neighborhood Built to Fail

  Mellnik discusses how to identify foreclosures, starter homes and lenders from various public records. He explains how to use the register of deeds, county property records, FHA data, building permits, bankruptcy filings, and consultant reports to find data for a story about property records. He also includes some tips about mapping foreclosures.

  Tags: property; foreclosure; mapping; data analysis; public records; real estate; beat reporting

  By Ted Mellnik

  2007

• Follow the Money: Blazing the Business Paper Trail

  Campbell's tipsheet explains the various forms and records that businesses must fill out in order to establish themselves and do operate. He discusses how to find this information, validate it and seek out the stories hidden in all the paperwork. His advice is very detailed and covers all sorts of angles to approach a business investigation.

  Tags: business; corporations; taxes; professional licenses; government contracts; stock offerings; banks; money; finance

  By Ronald Campbell

  2006

• Using property tax/appraisal records in stories: avoiding pitfalls

  Lavigne shares general and specific advise for utilizing property and tax records in investigative stories. She explains how to deal with challenges and irregularities that occur when working with land records, and lists types of records that are frequently overlooked.

  Tags: land records; real estate; property taxes; titles; deeds; contracts

  By Paula Lavigne

  2006

• Using data for profit and nonprofit businesses

  Wethe provides several tips for starting business investigations, primarily focusing on on-line and public record resources that are available for most companies. He explains researching taxes, financial statements and records, contact information and court filings.

  Tags: open records; public records; business; financial records; court filings; taxes; nonprofit; online resources

  By David Wethe

  2006