IRE AWARDS QUESTIONNAIRE
****Please note: You must also fill out an entry form and submit it with this questionnaire and the entry fee.****


1) Title of story, collection of stories, or series and names of people who worked on this story.

2) Date(s) published or aired.

3) Topic and synopsis of story or series, including major findings.

4) How the story got started (tip, assignment, etc.).

5) Major types of documents used and if FOI requests were needed. Did you have difficulties obtaining any electronic information you used? How did you resolve this? Did you use FOIA for data under state or federal law?

6) Major types of human sources used.

7) Results (if any).

8) Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.

9) Advice to other journalists planning a similar project.

10) Difficulty, uniqueness of effort, or other special circumstances related to this subject.

11) Length of time taken to report, write and edit the story.

12) If you extensively used computer-assisted reporting skills, please answer the following:
	a) Did you extensively use any Internet sources? If so, please list address(es) and explain how the site(s) was useful.

	b) Did you obtain or build any electronic databases? If you obtained data, what was its name and source? What was the cost? If you created your own database(s), what records did you use?

	c) Did you have difficulties with the data itself? How did you overcome them?

	d) Was any analysis done? If so, what?

	e) Was data analysis done by your own staff or was outside assistance used? Who?

 	b) What specific software did you use?

	c) Did this include mapping software?