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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Crunching Contracts: A Rough Guide for Dissecting Data from the Military Mines
This guide is meant to help reporters and researchers navigate their way through the reams of government contracting data made available online or through vendors such as the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR). Fabey includes a lot of screen shots to illustrate his instructions.
Tags: defense; contracts; data anlysis; federal government; military; SQL
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Some key aviation databases
The author discusses some sources that will be helpful for reporters covering aviation and airports. The resources he suggests include airline on-time performance data, which his on-time arrival and departure data for nonostop domestic flights. He also suggests using Form 41 data, which airlines are required to submit to the DOT with information about every route flown nationwide. Banstetter also recommends using the origin and destination survey. For every resource, Banstetter explains where to find the data and what sorts of stories are hidden in it.
Tags: transportation; airplanes; consumer stories; online resources; Department of Transportation; FAA
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Obtaining Canadian aviation and other transportation data
The author discusses how to access Canadian transportation data online. He focuses on CADORS, a database of aviation incidents, as well as the Transportation Safety Board. The author also notes that information on flights to and from the U.S. can be obtained through the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Tags: transportation; Canada; airplane; aviation; air travel; airlines; incident data
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PowerPoint: Skytales: Military Dispatches
PowerPoint on how to cover the military. Includes how the media is viewed, topic suggestions and dodges that may be used.
Tags: military; research; topics; beat reporting; research; defense
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Skytales: Military Dispatches
Tips on reporting on military and including sources of stories and dodges to be aware of.
Tags: military; contracts; defense deparment; intelligence; research
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Understanding Military Aviation
This tipsheet is a basic guide to reporting on military aircraft. O'Reilly discusses the different stages of flight of military planes, and explains possible reasons for crashes. O'Reilly includes a list of questions to ask in the event of a military plane crash - this list would be helpful to anyone trying to turn a spot-news story into a more involved piece. He also suggests several websites about military safety that could be useful for reporters.
Tags: airplanes; FAA; flying; pilots; crashes; accidents; Air Force; military
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Military Aviation Safety Data
This tipsheet lists the various websites where each branch of the military publishes information of the safety of its equipment. The tipsheet clarifies the different classifications for aviation accidents (ie the difference between "class A" and "class B" in the database). The tipsheet also defines the different causes for aviation accidents, such as "operations" or "miscellaneous."
Tags: military; safety; naval safety center; navy; coast guard; air force; statistics
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Covering Aviation Security
Morrison's tipsheet focuses on finding the story in airport security. The tipsheet gives good insight into getting to know airport employees and developing good sources among the air marshalls. There are also hints about what types of documents and Web sites could be useful.
Tags: Transportation Safety Administration; Federal Aviation Administration
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Military Aviation Safety Data
Employing his experiences in the armed forces into CAR, Richard O’Reilly offers his insights on the analyses of safety data that is available from the Army, Navy and Air Force. Though most of these Access databases are not suitable for ‘quick-hit’ analyses on deadline, they can be well customized if a journalist can spare time to learn and perfect these, says O’Reilly.
Tags: Army; navy; airforce; Navy Aviation Safety Database; Fighter Wing