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 "investigative journalism" ...
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Campaign finance the data science way
The Center for Investigative Reporting and IRE teamed up with the San Francisco data science company Kaggle to help bridge the gap in journalism between hacking, math and substantive expertise. They challenged data scientists to approach a database journalists have looked at a million times over: federal campaign contributions. We'll introduce you to the winner of the competition and discuss the tools the data scientists used and their results.
Tags: hacking; math; data; campaign contributions; campaign finance
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Waste investigations for any community
Get tips on how to investigate government in terms of who gets audited, what data sets are available and see how that information can lead to local news stories.
Tags: Government; government agencies; fraud; investigation;
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What You Need To Know To Get Quality Video For Your Project
In the world of broadcast journalism, a great investigative story is bolstered by great video. Learn tips and tricks about how to use your camera to your advantage in this tipsheet.
Tags: Camera; Video; B-Roll; Interviews; Shooting; Camera Basics; Shooting basics
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Investigating Racial Disparities
LaFleur and Poston recap their racial disparity stories with great tips and hints while Sommers highlights some of his finding in his book, "Studying Racial Disparity in a 'Post-Racial' Society"
Tags: racial gap; mapping; statistics
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Anatomy of an investigation: The Jack Abramoff scandal
Grimaldi shares what went into his investigation of Jack Abramoff in this Powerpoint, providing lots of examples of the work he did.
Tags: lobbying scandal; Tom DeLay
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From community colleges to universities: Investigating higher ed with the help of students
McBride's Powerpoint is chock full of great tips and story ideas on how you can cover your local higher education institution with the help of journalism students.
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Tracing looted wealth
Coronel provides great tips and useful websites to help you trace international wealth in this Powerpoint presentation.
Tags: Global Financial Integrity Task Force; tracing wealth; assets; corporations
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Investigative Journalism Goes Global
Kaplan gives you tips on how to report on a global scale. Included is how the Global Investigative Journalism Network can help you.
Tags: GIJN, global reporting; international journalism; borders
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Free data tools
Golden lists free tools to use for displaying data, including charts and maps. This is her Powerpoint presentation for: Best practices speed presentations.
Tags: data tools; free; Tableau; Timeflow; Google Fusion
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Investigative Centers and Public Broadcast: Meant to Be?
Houston describes the mutual benefits of investigative centers and public broadcast stations sharing resources. This is a Powerpoint presentation.
Tags: nonprofits; investigative centers; public broadcast stations