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:
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National Defense Authorization Act, 1990; "Principles of Information", Cohen, 1997; FOI Letter, McNamara, 1967
Yes, there is an ombudsman at the DoD who makes sure that the First Amendment right of military personnel and their families are protected through the Stars and Stripes newspaper. This tipsheet is part of the Act that makes the Stars and Stripes an independent shop, a memo from former Secretary of Defense McNamera reaffirming the public information policy of the DoD from 1967, and the "Principles of Information" Memo from today's DoD.
Tags: FOIA; Freedom of Information; classified information; public affairs; security classifications; national security
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First Amendment Legal Information and Background Materials
This tipsheet contains information about the First Amendment and background materials.
Tags: FOI First Amendment
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If libel won't shut you up, this might: Creative and new challenges to freedom of the press
Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-38. It should be noted that the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press publishes a quarterly magazine The News Media and the Law, the First Amendment Handbook, How to Use the Federal FOI Act and other books dealing with access, legislative, privacy and confidentiality issues. They may be reached at (703) 807-2100.
Tags: FOI
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The battle at the federal, state and local level
McIntosh's handout provides 10 strategies for getting government data and phone numbers and urls for six Freedom of Information or First Amendment centers. Additionally helpful are tips on how to speak the nerd language, how to avoid the data-for-dollars trap and an example letter of how to find out what data is available and another for when you request the actual data. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-07.
Tags: FOI