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 "TRAC" ...
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Immigration Links
This documents contains links to government pages, sites, blogs and data that may be useful for reporters covering issues related to immigration.
Tags: immigrants; immigration; visas; TRAC; Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse; immigration reform
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Mortgage Meltdown: Resources for Fast-Paced Investigations in your Region
The author offers advice for reporters looking into trends in foreclosure and subprime loans. She discusses sources like Dataquick, RealtyTrac, Policymap and loanperformance.com, which collect and analyze home sales records.
Tags: mortgage; internet resource; housing market; finance; business beat; real estate; census
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About TRAC
How to use "the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a non-profit, non-partisan center at Syracuse Univeristy."
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A Basic FOIA Primer from TRAC
Burnham first offers general guidelines for filing successful FOIA requests. Then, he specifically discusses how the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonprofit at Syracuse University, is working to improve the fairness and effectiveness of federal freedom of information laws.
Tags: TRAC; freedom of information; public records; FOIA; data negotiation; federal government
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Resources for Covering Disasters
Nixon lists resources and databases that are helpful when covering natural disasters. The list includes four NICAR databases, such as Federal Contracts, and nine other resources, like the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
Tags: TRAC; computer-assisted reporting; SBA; natural disasters; emergency reporting; CERCLIS
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Tipsheet No: 2108
This tipsheet provides a brief overview of how to cover federal courts. It talks about the independent parts of the federal court system...with information on investigative agencies, U.S. Attorneys, and judges. It talks about enforcement trends, and federal court policies.
Tags: federal courts; U.S. Attorneys; attorney general; judges; federal prosecutors; enforcement
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Covering federal courts
Burnham's tipsheet outlines an approach to covering the federal court system, such as reaching beyond individual show trials to exploring court policies and enforcement trends.
Tags: courts; federal courts; judges; U.S. attorneys
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Justice off Trac (Outpacing PACER)
Beat reporters covering state, federal or municipal courts often spot or feel trends on the fly. One way to start documenting discrepancies that often exist is to use TRACFED, which maintains federal prosecution, sentencing and other data online and offers a subscription query service. This tipsheet is basically a guide to using the service and applying it in useful ways.
Tags: federal courts
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White Collar Crime
Alice Crites offers this tipsheet on using the web and resources from the Census Bureau to track white collar crime. A great handout in the post-Enron era.
Tags: PACER; TRAC; census; white collar crime; federal courts; county courts; dockets; public records; FOI
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Tips on tracking terrorism cases
Fazlollah gives a step by step method to finding terrorism cases in the federal government court system.