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 "economy" ...
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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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COVERING THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Johnston links to a number of sites to help you cover the economy and businesses. He includes the Joint (House and Senate) Committee on Taxation, the SEC, and the Congressional Budget Office, just to name a few.
Tags: economy; business; taxes; SEC; government; jobs; unemployment
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Tracking the Economy and Business
Brooks provides suggested resources for tracking: state and local economic data; municipal finance; pensions and 401(k) plans; companies; and the financial crisis.
Tags: Moody's Analytics; federal reserve; securities; loans; U.S. Department of labor;
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Tracking the Economy and Business
Roush provides links to sites useful for tracking business and the economy - from the SEC to WARN Act filings.
Tags: business; economics; economy; OSHA; SEC; trademarks; patents; FDIC; American Hospital Directory; environment; campaign contributions; uniform commercial code filings
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The Bailout - Tracking the Money
Donald and Dunbar give pointers on tracking the bailout money funds. Included are links to Web sites and datasets to help inform stories on the bailout. Links provided include information on: subprime lenders; bailout cash/TARP funds; banking data; and enforcement actions.
Tags: bailout; economy; subprime lenders; banking; TARP; Troubled Asset Relief Program; housing; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; HMDA; Federal Reserve;
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What you need to know to cover an economy in crisis
Brooks discusses the important issues of the current economic crisis, and provides links to helpful material to assist in covering the current state of the economy.
Tags: subprime; mortgage; economics; economy; federal reserve; banking; savings and loans; S&L; pension; bankruptcy
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Dissecting the recession for local impact
Mellnik details the information you can mine to determine how the recession in impacting your local economy.
Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS); Current Employer Statistics (CES); Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW); MLS; Office of Federal Housing Enterpirse Oversight (OFHEO); Economy.com; FHA
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What We Know and Don't Know About Recent Crime Trends
This PowerPoint presentation discusses how to use crime statistics to draw conclusions about crime trends.
Tags: crime; statistics; statistical analysis; data analysis; economy
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Tracking local employment and pay trends
This powerpoint presentation discusses how to find important stories hidden within the larger issue of employment and pay trends. For example, Knox explains how to determine which businesses in your community are hiring and firing the most people. He also discusses various economic surveys and how they may or may not be helpful to reporters on this beat. Lastly, he discusses how to find and analyze the data for this sort of story.
Tags: jobs; wages and hours; business; employment; census; economy; state government; data analysis
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Using BLS' Covered Employment and Wages Program to Describe a Community's Economic Health
Richard M. Stein of KLIOS Inc. explains how to use the Bureau of Labor Statistics' covered employment and wages program data to assess your community's economic health.
Tags: bureau of labor statistics; employment and wages program; economy; money; data