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 "farmer" ...
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Farming for Stories
Clarke offers some ideas about how to use USDA data for agricultural CAR projects. She includes tips about how to spot fraud, along with other story ideas. Clarke also lists several resources that could be useful for this sort of project, such as the Environmental Working Group and the Census of Agriculture.
Tags: agriculture; farming; subsidies; computer-assisted reporting; farmers; non-profits; data anlysis
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Farmworker Web Sites
This tipsheet is a long list of websites about labor abuses. It is broken down into three categories: advocacy groups, legal groups, and government.
Tags: farmers; workers; internet; unions; rural legal aid; department of labor
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Investigating Agriculture: Down on the Farm
Stapleton provides ways to identify federal agencies that oversee farming. She has tips on understanding the regulations and regulators. The tipsheet tells where data can be obtained regarding violations, fines, penalties and suspensions. Stapleton provides agricultural information on pesticides, comparative analysis, politics, and labor. The tipsheet has links to websites that have important agricultural data. Additionally, the tipsheet has a printout from the U.S. Department of Labor which tells what information this agency collects.
Tags: agriculture; farmer; pesticide inspector; U.S. Department of Labor; wage and labor disputes; Migrant and Seasonal Workers Protection Act; Farm labor; contracting; transportation; housing regulations; politics; Social Security Administration; Labor; disability; pesticides; EPA's Worker's Protection Standards; United Farm Workers; National Agriculture Workers Survey; Wage and Labor violation data; Census of Agriculture
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Investigating Contract Farming
This tipsheet includes general information, sources and records to investigate contract farming.
Tags: Local investigations; Farming