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• Covering Defense Department Weapons Programs

  Capaccio offers tips on how to cover the Defense Department Weapons program. From what you'll run into, to what kind of sources you need to get the inside scoop.

  Tags: weapons procurement; defense department; military; pentagon

  By Anthony Capaccio

  2011

• Skytales: Military Dispatches

  This very extensive tipsheet goes into great detail about covering the military. Fabey discusses how to approach military investigations, how to work around common Defense Department excuses, how to find military records and how to build your own database of military intelligence. The tipsheet also includes many examples of Fabey's own military reporting.

  Tags: military; defense; FOIA; federal government; army; data negotiation; story ideas; beat reporting

  By Michael Fabey

  2008

• Covering Immigration

  The authors offer general tips for reporters on the immigration beat, like the importance of making connections with immigration defense attorneys and grassroots organizations. The tipsheet also lists some good immigration websites. Finally, the tipsheet contains a list compiled by Lise Olsen of the top ten contacts and websites for immigration coverage.

  Tags: immigration; beat reporting; ethnic communities; US Immigration and Citizen Services

  By Anna Werner; Abigail Sterling; Gerry Watson

  2008

• Defective Parts on Blackhawk Helicopters

  This PowerPoint presentation explains the origin of WTNH-TV's investigation about defective parts being installed in military helicopters. Cohn includes information about his use of sources, FOIA and expert analysis.

  Tags: military; war; weapons; aviation; federal government; department of defense; contractors

  By Alan Cohn

  2008

• Digging in the Defense Department medical data mines

  Kennedy discusses sources and advice for covering military medical issues. She includes suggestions for backgrounding stories and finding information from out of the way places, like blogs.

  Tags: military; army; Iraq; health care; sources; backgrounding; internet research

  By Kelly Kennedy

  2008

• 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

  By Michael Fabey

  2008

• Justice: From Arrests to Death Row

  Clarke lists resources for finding criminal records, such as defense attorneys and local law enforcement agencies. She also includes advice for building a database of criminal records; she includes tips like "keep a paper record" and "do spot checks."

  Tags: justice system; criminal records data; building databases; data analysis

  By Megan Clarke

  2008

• 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

  By Michael Fabey

  2007

• 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

  By Michael Fabey

  2007

• First Day on the Military Beat

  Some basic guidlines on reporting on the military as well as some sources that can be used. Also a copy of the 2005 "Annual Report to the President and Congress" by Rumsfeld is attached.

  Tags: military; defense; department of defense; navy; army; marines; beat reporting

  By Tony Capaccio

  2007