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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Nonprofit Watchdog Centers: The do's and don't of fundraising
Hale provides an extensive list of "do's and don'ts" when fundraising for nonprofit watchdog centers.
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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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Building Investigative Centers: Getting Through the First Year
This tipsheet details how to start your own regional investigative center. It details the necessary steps to create a sound foundation for your organizaiton.
Tags: investigative reporting; region investigative center; start-up
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Following The Money
Salant details where to look and what to look for when investigating campaign finance. He lists resources for the following: campaign contributions; lobbying; earmarks; legislative favors
Tags: campaign finance; Federal Election Commission; FEC; Center for Responsive Politics; CRP; Sunlight Foundation; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; National Institute on Money in State Politics; OpenSecrets.org; earmarks; lobbying; legislative favors
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Seeking Support for Investigative Projects
This information box from the Spring 2008 Niemen Reports lists foundations and centers that offer financial support for journalists.
Tags: investigative reporting; professional organizations; grants; fellowships
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CAR for Money and Politics
The authors list and describe sources for data to use in stories about money and politics. Some of the sources are place to find concrete records, such as the Federal Election Commission and the IRS. Other sources include organizations that have already compiled the records into searchable databases, like the Center for Public Integrity and OMB watch.
Tags: lobbyists; campaign contributions; politics; government documents; government contracts; government spending; sources; internet research
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The Best Search Tools for Digging Into Nonprofits
This tipsheet offers various sources that could aid journalists in investigating nonprofit organizations. Lorek specifically mentions Guidestar, the Better Business Bureau and several other websites. The tipsheet includes information about gaining access to the websites, as well as what journalists might expect to find at each one. She also explains some of the technical information about nonprofits, such as how they file for taxes.
Tags: nonprofit; 990; Guidestar; Better Business Bureau; National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy; charity; Foundation Center; IRS; tax exempt
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Tipsheet No: 566
Consumers are hungry for timely, accurate information on food, health and nutrition. The Media Guide provides definitions of scientific terms and tips on evaluating research reports; basics on the food production system; responsibilities of governmental agencies and organizations that protect the food supply; and names and phone numbers of academic, government and other nutrition and food safety experts. It also covers pesticides, animal agriculture, food biotechnology and international issues. Because the IFIC Foundation sells this guide, the Resource Center may provide up to three pages only and order information.
Tags: The Food Insight Media Guide on Food Safety and Nutrition
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Tipsheet No: 562
This packet includes two sensitive, compelling stories on sexual abuse: Butler's Clashing Memories, Mixed Messages, and Fried's War of Remembrance: How the problems of one Philadelphia family created the False Memory Syndrome Foundation and triggered the most controversial debate in modern health. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-80.
Tags: Recovered memory; sex offense allegations: Taboo topics now ripe for investigation 28 pgs.
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Tipsheet No: 386
A list of contact information for seven organizations which monitor non-profits: Council of Better Business Bureaus, Council for Aid to Education, Council on Foundations, Foundation Center, Independent Sector, National Charities Information Bureau, and National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Tags: 5 pgs.