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 "wetlands" ...
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Digging into the environment
Waite advises on how to use and manage data for environmental investigations, which is a crucial task because the environmental beat is awash in data more so than any other beat. Includes Waite's PowerPoint presentation from his presentation at the 2006 IRE Conference and suggestions for preserving and reusing data for future stories.
Tags: environment; pollution; wetlands; data; open records; databases
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The Environment In Depth
This tipsheet is broken down into a selection of environmental issues, with detailed information on how to cover each. It includes story ideas and Internet resources.
Tags: Superfund; Clean Water Act; EPA; Clean Air Act; hazardous waste; USGS; forest; fish; wildlife; wetlands
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Tipsheet No: 81
John Huff of the Orlando Sentinel lists documents and agencies useful in covering the environement; 3 pages.
Tags: Access EPA; Toxnet; Council on Environmental Quality; U.S. Interior Department Fish and Wildlife Service; wetlands; Bureau of Land Management; Agriculture Department