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 "ACLU" ...
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Fighting for records and access
Ritvo provides resources and websites for where and how to get records you need.
Tags: open records; FOIA; ACLU; Federal Open Government Guide
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Contracts, Strategies and Resources for Border and Immigration Cover
Olsen provides tons of links for covering border and immigration (in English and español). From links to the Federal Court websites to the ACLU’s immigrant rights page; your story will not lack the information needed to provide a good investigative story.
Tags: bilingual; español; immigration
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Investigating Racial Profiling Problems
In this tipsheet, the author discusses her own experience investigating racial profiling in Texas. She discusses specific aspects of her investigation, such as getting the data and taking advantage of local university research, and then offers advice to help other journalists with those same areas of the investigation. The second page of the tipsheet is comprised entirely of helpful websites for journalists tackling this topic. The list includes The Council on Crime and Justice, as well as the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Tags: racism; minorities; traffic tickets; traffic violations; police; discrimination; social injustice; civil rights; ACLU; NAACP
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Attacks on Freedom of Information and How to Fight Back
This is a list of helpful resources for learning about access to government information, and how to make requests under the federal Freedom of Information Act and comparable laws in the states.
Tags: FOIA; Freedom of Information Act; FOI; ACLU; Privacy Act; FOI Center; Brechner Center for Freedom of Information; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Government Secrecy.
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Using the FOIA to get the documents
The Freedom of Information Act is an important tool to journalists, even with more restrictions to information occurring all the time. IRE Board member James Grimaldi gives a step by step guide through the FOIA filing process. Included in this tipsheet are a series of links to help reporters in their FOIA requests.
Tags: FOIA; department of justice; documents; records; ACLU; SPJ; department of state; defense department; department of interior; department of commerce; department of agriculture; NASA; Enron
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Immigration and Naturalization Service: Uncovering Problems and Abuses
You don't have to live on a border town to find a good immigration story. The Oregonian reporters advise following up on cases of split families, expedited removal, asylum seekers, detention, retrocactivity. Plus, look into the A-Files (requires permission from the individual) and find sources ranging from immigration attorneys to the local jails and prisons. The Tipsheet also includes a hefty source list for both local and national stories.
Tags: immigrants; refugee; ACLU; ABA; American Bar Association; Siskind's Immigration Bulletin; www.visalaw.com; www.ins.gov
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"This Is Your Bill of Rights"
This article by an ACLU member and a contributing editor of Harper's magazine gives a ten-point breakdown of how the US' "War on Drugs" from Nixon to Clinton has impinged upon the constitutional rights of all Americans.
Tags: None
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Information Sources on Criminal Justice and Prison Issues
Two-page tip sheet for information sources on criminal justice and prison issues. Several experts listed for any questions that may arise concerning criminal justice policy issues, sentencing, alternatives to incarceration, death penalty, women prisoners and children of prisoners, AIDS in prison, etc. Also four-page journal of the National Prison Project, Winter 1994/95.
Tags: Department of Corrections The Sentencing Project Human Rights 6 pages