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 "integrity" ...
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Environmental analyses for any newsroom
Lucas and Golden walks through the steps to analyze and extract information from environmental data.
Tags: environment; environmental analysis; environmental data; pollution; data; epa
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Integrating CAR into a daily beat
Use computer-assisted reporting in your daily beat. Martin provides helpful tips to integrate CAR
Tags: integrating CAR; daily beat
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Integrating CAR
Dowdell and Wert gives advice on the importance of collecting data and the benefits of setting up independent databases, and offer tips on specific subpoints to cover under topics such as Sports, Crime/Public Safety, Education, Business, etc.
Tags: data; databases; investigative methods
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One big-ass(arse) database – and other medical issues
"Health databases can unlock important clues about matters of life and death in your community. From identifying unsafe hospitals to detecting questionable treatments used by doctors and their escalating costs, you can write important stories that have an immediate impact and lead to lasting change."
Tags: health care; databases
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Looking into tax liens
Follow the money with the help of The Center for Public Integrity's, Schulte, and along the way get great sources and contacts. These tips include online tax sales in Baltimore and several big Florida counties.
Tags: taxes; tax liens; online tax sales
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Math for Journalists: Stats you need to know
Donald's presentation discusses why the use of statistics is important for journalists, and how stats enable the reporter to say the most with the data they're using. The tipsheet talks you through some of the lingo you need to know when dealing with stats, and provide a list of helpful resources.
Tags: stats; regression; dependent variables; independent variables; data; mean; median; range; rank
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Connecting the Dots
Donald's presentation includes examples of social network analysis, and points to resources and websites that map the relationships of power in government, etc.
Tags: social network analysis; UCINET; muckety; TheyRule.net; AnalyzeThe.US; NodeXL;
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Databases: Investigating Locally and Around the World
Donald's presentation explores the importance of a "data state of mind" for reporters. Beyond knowing FOIA laws, he outlines the (at least) 25 databases every newsroom should have and use in their reporting. The databases cover several different beats, and Donald details the value of each.
Tags: databases; reporting; census data; budgets; audits; tax data; personnel files; campaign finance; financial disclosure reports; voter registration; election results; crime statistics; sexual predators; business demographics; SEC 10K: EDGAR; 990s; EPA Toxic Release Inventory; EPA Enforcements; water quality data;
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Accountability Reporting in Higher Education
Lombardi's tipsheet addresses covering campus crime. She talks about finding sources, a difficult process through the student judicial process. She suggests sources for campus crime data; public records laws by state; and points to a toolkit developed by the Center for Public Integrity for covering campus crime
Tags: higher education; campus security; rape; Victim Rights Law Center; victim advocates; Clery Act; Department of Education; assault
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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;