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 "disease" ...
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On the Beat: Documents for Public Health Investigations
Young lists several story ideas for those covering the public health beat with pertinent resources for each.
Tags: vaccinations; immunization registry; swimming pool closures; pest control; notifiable disease database; death certificate; FDA Warnings; CDC public health images
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Resources for health topics
Richards highlights data on health topics including mortality, prescription drugs and hospital performance.
Tags: Centers for Disease Control; mortality; National Bureau of Economic Research; National Center for Health Statistics (CDC); international classification of diseases; coroner; medical examiner; autopsy report; Drug Enforcement Agency; controlled substance task force; ARCOS; Automation of reports and Consolidated Orders System; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services; HCUPnet
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Worker Injuries and Diseases
Tofani addresses international worker safety cases. She discusses how she investigated worker safety in China, outlining challenges and opportunities for such an investigation
Tags: worker safety; international; China; Occupational disease law; OSHA; occupational hazards; occupational safety;
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Investigating Outbreaks
Layton details how to cover foodborne illness outbreaks on the fly. Included along with details of where you gather information, Layton provides a detailed list of helpful resources - from consumer groups to subject experts.
Tags: health; foodborne illness; FDA; Food and Drug Administration; CDC; Centers for Disease Control; 483 report; food safety
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Investigating Outbreaks: It's not just about food
Young discusses how to go about investigating outbreaks that threaten public health. She touches on timely issues such as the swine flu outbreak (H1N1). Other stories to follow: sick passengers on airplanes; outbreaks of other notifiable diseases; and school vaccination law compliance
Tags: health reporting; swine flu; H1N1; Centers for Disease Control; notifiable disease database; vaccinations; EMS
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Investigating Public Health Agencies & Programs
The author discusses how to investigate public health agencies. She includes advice for reporting in crisis situations, as well as story ideas for enterprise pieces about the agencies. The tipsheet includes sources for covering notifiable diseases in your area, bioterrorism funds, lab safety, and lab animal welfare.
Tags: public health; local government; state government; CDC; MMWR; story ideas; beat reporting
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Covering worker safety and health
"Every day, more than 16 American workers die and 12,000 more are injured on the job. That doesn’t include those who die from occupational diseases, which claim another 50,000 to 60,000 each year. No matter where you do journalism, there are a lot of stories there."
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Diagnosing Medical Data
This tipsheet explains the basic way medical evidence is obtained and analyzed. It contains a glossary of medical studies, along with their definitions, and a list of questions to ask yourself when looking at medical data.
Tags: health care; medicine; doctors; medical studies; medical terms; disease
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Reporting global pandemics: How to keep focussed on asking the right questions and getting the right answers
Abraham prepares journalists to cover dangerous pandemics, like the SARS crisis in 2003. Drawing from the experiences of journalists who covered SARS in Hong Kong, Abraham discusses how it will be difficult for journalists to find credible experts. He suggests journalists focus on finding answers to a few questions that will be the most important to readers and audiences.
Tags: scientists; disease; SARS; epidemic; health crisis; medical journalism; doctors; health scare
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Media Coverage of the SARS Epidemic: Lessons learned from SARS
The author shares the findings of a research project into the media coverage of SARS in China. At the end of the tipsheet, the author offers five pieces of advice for journalists beginning similar projects.
Tags: SARS; health; disease; medicine; doctors; hospitals; health care journalism