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 "census" ...
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No complaints: Navigating the New American Fact Finder, improvements and updates
Learn more about how to use the new American FactFinder, or AFF, which has compiled several censuses and surveys. Check out the new enhancements and more user-friendly features of AFF.
Tags: American FactFinder; AFF; censuses; surveys
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Investigative Journalism Goes Global
Kaplan gives you tips on how to report on a global scale. Included is how the Global Investigative Journalism Network can help you.
Tags: GIJN, global reporting; international journalism; borders
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The numbers don’t lie * *If you read them really carefully
This is Campbell's Powerpoint presentation for the panel: Analyzing the past, present and future with U.S. Census data. He includes the pros and cons of using Census data as well as some tips for stories you can do using the Census.
Tags: census; data; story ideas
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American FactFinder Gateway to the Census
Campbell thoroughly goes through American FactFinder with lots of tips and tricks along the way.
Tags: census; American FactFinder; data; tools
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Using census data to report on the economy
Campbell gives great tips on how to use Census data, including things to be cautious about.
Tags: Census
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Census on a tight timeline
This PowerPoint lays out how Playford and his team put out a story using census data in a time crunch.
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Census 2010 Basics
In this tipsheet, Steve Doig outlines the 2010 census, including the questions asked and possible stories that could come from the data. The tipsheet also explains the IRE census project, where to find data and new features that are available on the census data website.
Tags: census; data; IRE; dataferret; census bureau
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Understanding the American Community Survey
This extensive presentation provides great detail about the American Community Survey. The authors give a brief history on the ACS and the basics about the survey. They also provide suggestions on how to get the most from the data that is made available.
Tags: census; ACS; survey; geographic; population
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Census Data with Tableau Public
Use the census to mine the information you need, made simpler and easier by Tableau Public.
Tags: census; tableau public