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 "internet research" ...
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Effective Use of the Internet
Jaimi Dowdell offers some of the best places on the Web to kick off an investigation.
Tags: Internet; research; non-profits; deep web; searching
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Investigations into Health Care
Schulte offers a list of websites that can "help reportres understand complex health care fraud and abuse issues or get information on doctors and the health care industry."
Tags: internet research; web sources; health care; beat reporting; hospitals
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Muckety: Exploring the paths of power and influence
The author offers a guided tour of the muckety.com social network analysis website. The tipsheet is full of screenshots to show the step-by-step process of using the website. The tipsheet goes in to great detail about how to create maps of social networks on Muckety.com. It also explains the various features and tools of the website.
Tags: social network analysis; social networking; web research; internet; backgrounding
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Watchdog/ Internet 101: Getting the Most from the Internet
Reisner's tipsheet reviews some useful sites for internet research. He discusses government sites, WHOIS, demographic sites, public records sites, international sites, people finders, and Google.
Tags: backgrounding; internet research; web; people finders; sources
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Navigating the Social Network Minefield
This PowerPoint presentation discusses how social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and Linkedin can be valuable to an investigation. The authors discuss the ethical implications of using material found on the web, and offer suggestions to make sure everything is legally alright. The tipsheet also includes many examples of stories that have successfully utilized social networks to enhance their investigations.
Tags: social networks; Facebook; Flickr; Twitter; internet research; journalism ethics; sources; broadcast reporting
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Tips on Backgrounding People
Edds offers sources to find dates of birth, telephone numbers, criminal records, driving histories, financial information, education information and newspaper clips to assist you in backgrounding people.
Tags: backgrouding; internet research; online sources; news research
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On the Beat: Covering Business
The authors list and describe useful websites for business beat reporters. The sites include social networking sites, like LinkedIn, as well as government websites, private business sites, association sites and nonprofit sites. Each listing is accompanied by an explanation of what information is available at the site and how to utilize it.
Tags: business; beat reporting; web searching; internet research; sources
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Digging in the Defense Department medical data mines
Kennedy discusses sources and advice for covering military medical issues. She includes suggestions for backgrounding stories and finding information from out of the way places, like blogs.
Tags: military; army; Iraq; health care; sources; backgrounding; internet research
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Finding and Backgrounding People
Scholl lists some resources for backgrounding people. He includes professional sites, free sites and other sources suck as MySpace and Flickr.
Tags: backgrounding; sources; internet research; news research
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Navigating the Social Network Minefield
The authors discuss why social networks have a place in journalism, and how to use them to enhance your stories. They also discuss some ethical and legal issues regarding the use of social networks. The authors include advice for creating compelling visuals from a computer screen. The tipsheet ends with examples of journalism in which social networks have been well utilized.
Tags: social networks; facebook; MySpace; internet research; sourcing; journalism ethics; visual story telling