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"Breaking Into the Department of Energy" is a two-page tip sheet packed with ideas for regional Washington reporters as well as reporters based at their newspapers around the country. Begins with ways to familiarize yourself with the agency and your state facility's problems, then discusses ways to build sources, and names some. Includes story ideas and relevant newsletters to watch. Hickox' March 1992 story for Washington Monthly, "Swords into Bankshares: How the Defense Industry Cleans Up on the Nuclear Build-Down," is included, as well.