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 "FDA" ...
-
On the Beat: Documents for Public Health Investigations
Young lists several story ideas for those covering the public health beat with pertinent resources for each.
Tags: vaccinations; immunization registry; swimming pool closures; pest control; notifiable disease database; death certificate; FDA Warnings; CDC public health images
-
Health Care on the Beat
Wilson's tipsheet gives a number of links to various sites that could be helpful when covering the health care beat. Included are sites specifically related to: pharmaceuticals; health care fraud; federal leads for health care stories.
Tags: health care; pharmaceuticals; fraud; Federal Drug Administration; FDA; adverse events; False Claims Act;
-
Investigating Outbreaks
Layton details how to cover foodborne illness outbreaks on the fly. Included along with details of where you gather information, Layton provides a detailed list of helpful resources - from consumer groups to subject experts.
Tags: health; foodborne illness; FDA; Food and Drug Administration; CDC; Centers for Disease Control; 483 report; food safety
-
Covering the Drug Industry
This PowerPoint presentation goes into detail about covering the drug industry. It includes examples of industry reports, court documents and FDA warning letters. McKie discusses various sources for reporters, as well as general advice for reporters on this beat.
Tags: drug industry; pharmaceuticals; FDA; doctors; prescription medication
-
Where to Score Good Drug Stories
The author lists five internet sources for covering the pharmaceutical industry. The sources include blogs, message board and the FDA.
Tags: pharmaceuticals; drug industry; drug manufacturers; online sources
-
Conceiving the Investigation
The author lists and describes websites that could lead to investigative reports. The websites listed include: municipal advisory councils; costreprotdata.com; FDA warning letters database; professional licensing boards; and government performance reporting.
-
Using CAR on Consumer Investigations: making the best use of databases to build stories
The authors discuss how to investigate consumer issues. They include tips about how to recognize and report on consumer issues. They also include a long list of resources to find information on the topic.
Tags: consumers; business; beat reporting; story ideas; government regulation; FCC; FDA
-
How Safe is Your Food? How to report on food safety and restaurant inspections
This tipsheet is a good guide to investigating food safety. The authors begin by offering tips like "get multiple years of data." Each tip is accompanied by a detailed explanation backed up with the authors' own experience. Then, the tipsheet ends with advice about building a database of restaurant inspections. The authors share their own experience doing this and offer a lot of suggestions to make the database efficient and effective.
Tags: restaurant; food poisoning; city government; food inspectors; FDA; state government; public health and safety
-
Drug data: Key data sources on prescription drug sales and marketing
Adams lists sources of pharmaceutical data that include the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey as well as data from the FDA. The background, data description and pitfalls are described for each dataset.
Tags: CAR; pharmaceuticals; health care; data; database; hospitals; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; prescriptions; drugs; FDA; FDA adverse event data
-
Tipsheet No: 1910
Some sites that would be helpful for any reporter covering health issues. With FDA sites, drug company websites, and international equivalents of the same, this is sure to be a help to anyone covering health.
Tags: None