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 "timeline" ...
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Making timelines
Displaying a series of events can be as simple as drawing a straight line. But if you want to get fancier, there are a bunch of other options to display chronologies and storylines. In this talk, we'll take a tour of current timelines in the wild and walk you through three open-source tools to help you make your own: ProPublica's TimelineSetter, Zach Wise's TimelineJS, and WNYC's Vertical Timeline. http://lenagroeger.s3.amazonaws.com/timelines/timelines.html
Tags: data
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Tight, bright, sleep well at night!
Garcia lays out a simple game plan for a successful investigation in his Powerpoint presentation.
Tags: story management; timeline
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Census on a tight timeline
This PowerPoint lays out how Playford and his team put out a story using census data in a time crunch.
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Organizing chronologies with timeline tools
Follow the link to TimelineSetter ('creates beautiful timelines') where it explains everything you need to know on how to use it: http://propublica.github.com/timeline-setter/
Tags: timelines; chronologies
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Google Fusion Tables
Google Fusion Tables is a data management web application that makes it easier to make charts and maps. It makes it possible to "host, manage, collaborate on, visualize and publish data tables online."
Tags: google; data; fusion tables; timelines; pie charts; mapping;
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TimeFlow: An Analytical timeline for reporters
TimeFlow is "a tool created by reporters....that manages chronologies and timelines." It's intended to help keep notes on long-running stories; compiling materials for disparate projects in a way that allows one to see patterns; organize/reconstruct events. This tipsheet walks one through using the program.
Tags: TimeFlow; timelines; data; organization; visualization; calendar;
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Writing the Investigative Story
Miller describes his process when writing an investigative story. He details each step of his process: digitize; create a timeline; pulling quotes; figuring out how to tell the story.
Tags: investigative reporting; writing; organization; process; digitize media;
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Managing the Investigation
Beelman offers tips for editors who oversee investigative projects. Her tips include making sure the project has structure, meeting with reporters regularly, and building timelines and chronologies.
Tags: editing; management; reporting; writing
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How to get a job in television
Lea Thompson of Dateline NBC discusses the keys to getting a job in television. Included in this tipsheet is a timeline and strategy to follow when searching for a job.
Tags: employment; broadcast; career; job; television
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Student Journalists scoop the pros
J.M. Brown wrote a piece for Quill Magazine about student journalists who found big stories on campus. David Unchiyama reported on the departure of fit-throwing Basketball coach Bobby Knight. The Dartmouth students followed the double murder of two Dartmouth professors and was able to get access where CNN and others could not. This tipsheet is Brown's article, and timelines mark the events and coverage of both stories.
Tags: students; journalism; investigations; professionalism