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 "election coverage" ...
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Resources for Following the 2012 Campaign
Masket provides over a dozens websites for you to use when covering all things campaign related; from advertising to political scientists' commentary.
Tags: election coverage; 2012 campaign
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Resources for covering elections
Dowdell, Horvit and Luther compile some of the best resources for following the money, the candidates and much more.
Tags: election coverage
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Campaign 2012: Tips for backgrounding candidates
Use this tipsheet to help you cover the candidates this election season. Gillum provides the strategies you'll need and gives tips on how to use documents and data to your advantage.
Tags: political candidates; campaign coverage; following the money
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Covering Elections
Pictures from Shaw's presentation on reporting from elections. http://shaw.al.s3.amazonaws.com/nicar-elections/index.html
Tags: election; 2008; coverage; covering; scoreboard; live results
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Campaigns and politics: Donors, expenditures and lobbyists
The combination of new laws and an increase in electronic filings leads to a whole new battlefield to negotiate when it comes to covering campaign finance. Willis explains how the new law changes coverage of this important area. He also gives out the differences between electronic filing data and FEC FTP data. There's lots more in this informative tipsheet.
Tags: CFIC; campaign finance; FEC; elections; contributions; electronic filings; FTP; data cleaning; legislation; campaigns; politics; donors; PACs; IRS
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All politics is local
A series of important questions to ask about politics on the local level and web resources to help aid political reporting.
Tags: local politics; polititcs; campaign finance
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Elections: Before and After
Lawrence Messina provides tips on how to background candidates and avoid horse-race coverage. The handouts includes links to election websites.
Tags: registration; voter turnout; interest groups; campaigns
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Sample Questions for Judicial Candidates
A presentation of sample question for Judicial Candidates with emphasis on knowledge, Character, Effectiveness. Included are articles related to the subject.
Tags: judicial; court; judicial system
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Resources for Campaign and Election Coverage; Covering Campaigns Online; Tapping into the wired electorate
For political reporters, there's more to cyberspace than finding government records and campaign data. There's also the InterNet and the 1996 elections arguably will be the first in which this new medium plays a noticeable part. This package is a must for anyone going on-line for this election.
Tags: On-line Campaign Coverage Usenets Listservs Forums Mailing lists Databases 21 pgs.