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 "Illnesses" ...
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Investigations in the Fast Lane: Some Rules for the Road
Be prepared and have a plan for when the breaking news happens. Forsyth gives great tips on what to do when the story breaks.
Tags: breaking news
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Children and Trauma: Interviewing Tips
Black provides interview guidelines for reporters interviewing children who have been through traumatic events. She provides general guidelines, as well as details for interviews at the scene of a crime or disaster; covers interview pointers for past traumas, too. (Available in English and Spanish.)
Tags: children; trauma; disasters; crime; violence; grave illness; guidelines
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Russian companies’ and people’s records databases
Shleynov's gives a list of public records available about companies and people in Russia; legal records; court records. Links to websites included.
Tags: Russia; public records; people; companies; Russian tax service; legal information; court records
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Resources for health topics
Richards highlights data on health topics including mortality, prescription drugs and hospital performance.
Tags: Centers for Disease Control; mortality; National Bureau of Economic Research; National Center for Health Statistics (CDC); international classification of diseases; coroner; medical examiner; autopsy report; Drug Enforcement Agency; controlled substance task force; ARCOS; Automation of reports and Consolidated Orders System; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services; HCUPnet
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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
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How to Pursue a Veterans' Scandal
Kors lists and explains twenty techniques he learned while investigating how military doctors misdiagnose veterans, labeling them mentally ill in order to deny them medical care and disability pay. His twenty tips cover speaking with soldiers, dealing with Military PR people, talking with commanders and army doctors, and setting up email alerts to stay informed.
Tags: interview techniques; RSS feeds; army; military; Iraq; mental illness; sources
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Spanish translation of The House of Death
Entre agosto del 2003 y mediados de enero del 2004, una docena de personas fueron secuestradas, torturadas y asesinadas en la Casa de la Muerte, con la ayuda de un ayudante del gobierno de los EE. UU que estaba bajo la supervision de agentes de la Agencia de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas y un Asistente de Fiscal General en El Paso. English version: 2963
Tags: Inmigracion; Mexico; Texas; narcotrafico; tortura; asesinato; frontera; informante.
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Mapping Data for News stories
the powerpoint presentation David Herzog made at "the latest in investigations with mapping" session at the IRE annual meeting in Phoenix, 2007.
Tags: ArcView