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 "Project on Government Oversight" ...
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Blowing the whistle without blowing their cover
Amey discusses what POGO does, and how they work with whistleblowers to uncover systemic corruption. Amey addresses legal pitfalls when working with whistleblowers and weak legal protections.
Tags: whistleblowers; corruption; POGO; Project on Government Oversight; investigations
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Covering the Military Beat
Capaccio discusses the challenges of reporting on the military. He suggests resources to familiarize yourself with when you begin to cover this beat, and how to organize yourself so you have the needed resources at hand - from Pentagon URLs to up-to-date phone lists. Included in this document is a chart of Military Insignia and what each stands for by specific branch of the military. He also includes sample documents from military resources
Tags: military; contacts; Pentagon; Pen and Sword: A Journalist's Guide to Covering the Military; Ed Offley; Army; Marines; POGO; Project on Government Oversight; The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment; CSBA
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How POGO works with the media
This tipsheet covers how the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) can help reporters in covering abuses of power. The handout also contains examples of POGO's work with various news organizations.
Tags: POGO; whistleblowers; government insiders; freedom of information; defense; contract oversight; energy; environment; government
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Cultivating Whistleblowers
The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) provides this tipsheet on how to handle a whistleblower, from first contact to the run up to publication.
Tags: POGO; whistleblowers; wrongdoing; documents; government; corporate; anonymous sources
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Secret Sources and Keeping Them That Way
A tipsheet on the different advices to give sources.
Tags: Investigative Reporting