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 "Federal Elections Committee" ...
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Paying for Political Favor
A guide on how to employ websites and search engines in your investigation of political contributions and lobbying.
Tags: Federal Elections Committee; Political Contributions; Lobbying; President; Open Secret
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Campaign Finance: Tracking the Money
This tipsheet outlines important facts for those reporting on campaign finance and outlines information reporters should look at when analyzing campaign finance information. It also provides links to several useful sites/organizations who track campaign finance information, including some that provide data for download.It also touches on lobbying information.
Tags: campaign finance; lobbying; Federal Election Commission; FEC; PAC; political action committees; Center for Responsive Politics; Sunlight Foundation; Political Party Time; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; National Institute on Money in State Politics; TransparencyData.com; Congrelate.org
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Three Things to Know About 2008 Political Money
Overby explains three important aspects of covering contemporary political campaigns: bundling, joint fundraising committees, and independent groups. For each issue, Overby provides a description, sources of information, and story ideas. The tipsheet also includes a list of useful FEC reports that reporters should recognize and understand.
Tags: campaign finance; FEC; elections; politics; federal government; story ideas; fundraising; 527 groups
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Analyzing Campaign Data
Guckian gives guidelines to follow when reporting on elections, campaigns, etc. She provides useful information on filing periods and deadlines, federal laws that limit campaign gifts, Texas laws on the subject, places to find the data and common problems with data analysis, and more.En Espanol: 2888
Tags: elections; campaign money; politics; political action committees; lobbyists; fraud; social network analysis