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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Broadcast: After Breaking News, What's Next?
This tipsheet is comprised of many useful web links covering topics of aviation accidents, automobiles and trucks, political campaign data, federal spending, U.S. court system, crime, business records, weather and more.
Tags: aviation; transportation; accidents; weather; government; federal spending; courts; crime
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Useful Websites for data and quick lookup
A comprehensive list of links for accessing data and information online for topics such as: aviation accidents; automobiles/trucks; political campaign data; federal spending; U.S. court system; crime/inmates; business records and nonprofits; weather; general useful tools online.
Tags: aviation accidents; automobiles/trucks; political campaign data; federal spending; U.S. court system; crime/inmates; business records and nonprofits; weather
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Consumer Investigations: Going Deeper and holding bad players accountable
This tipsheet is an exhaustive resource for covering the consumer beat. It includes story ideas, links to pertinent government agencies, links to consumer information and much more.
Tags: consumer investigation; automobile industry; finance; mortgage; sub-prime loans; foreclosure; Consumer Product Safety Commission;
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Consumer Investigations: Going Deeper and holding bad players accountable
This tipsheet is an exhaustive resource for covering the consumer beat. It includes story ideas, links to pertinent government agencies, links to consumer information and much more.
Tags: consumer investigation; automobile industry; finance; mortgage; sub-prime loans; foreclosure; Consumer Product Safety Commission;
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Data on Deadline
This tipsheet lists helpful websites to use when you need to access data on deadline. Suggested data links include the American Community Survey to campaign finance data to tracking airplane tail numbers.
Tags: data; quick hit; deadline; census; campaign finance; aviation; transportation; economics; FAA; NHTSA; automobile; consumer safety; politics; courts; federal spending; databases; reporting
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Navigating Transportation Data: Covering Accidents and Infrastructure
The authors list both sources and story ideas related to transportation. They include sources for stories about vehicle accidents, transportation infrastructure, and public transit. The authors also discuss some recent stories on this topic and include tips and advice for reporters pursuing similar investigations. Finally, they list some IRE resources about transportation.
Tags: automobiles; cars; highways; railways; transit authority; bridges; public records; traffic accidents
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Traffic Fatalities
This tipsheet is a basic overview of what resources to use when reporting on traffic fatalities. McGinty offers some background on FARS, paper documents and driving records, and then explains how all three can all be helpful when reporting on the topic.
Tags: Fatal Accident Reports; analysis; drivers; traffic; Access; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Investigating Environmental Watchdogs
The Supercar was supposed to solve a variety of environmental problems in the U.S. Shortly after George W. Bush took office as President, the project was killed. Roe investigated who or what killed the Supercar for the Chicago Tribune. This handout gives a summary of the investigation, as well as contacts, web sites and data on the subject.
Tags: environment; Supercar; fuel efficiency; EPA; cars; automobiles; Sierra Club; national resources; gasoline; science
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Covering transportation
This tipsheet is a primer on the transportation beat. Milliron gives some general tips and then delves into specific web links and other info on planes, trains and automobiles.
Tags: planes; trains; automobiles; transportation; FAA; NTSB; National Transportation Safety Board