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 "jury" ...
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(More than 5) Databases for criminal justice reporting
Roberts discusses the "data-rich" nature of the criminal justice beat, identifying several key databases for reporters. Examples include 911 response data, jail bookings, jury selection transcripts, National Corrections Reporting program and many more
Tags: crime; arrest; jail; courts; police; criminal justice; violent offenders; sexual offenders; prison; inmates; judicial reporting; NACJD; NCRP; jury; juries; court docket
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Empirical Research on Jury Selection
Rose provides findings from research on the representativeness of juries and information about jurors and privacy.
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Steroids in Sports: A primer to covering the never-ending saga (And, how to penetrate a federal grand jury in 3 easy steps)
This tipsheet is an extremely detailed guide to investigating steroids. It lists six websites, with descriptions of what information can be found at each one. It also lists six experts that reporters could consult. Finally, the tipsheet lists six story ideas about steroids that any reporter could do, and most of them could be localized. The tipsheet ends with a brief guide to getting information out of a grand jury.
Tags: sports; athletics; BALCO; steroids; internet; athletes; cheating
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Jury Selection
What can jury data show? What people are picked most often, who is called up for jury duty and what the minority participation is in the jury of peers.
Tags: jury; minority; selections; Venire sheets; holdover sheets; comptroller; treasurer; trials
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Courts/Cops Records
"Knowing courts and cops records can help you track important stories..." Records that should be used often are: offense/incidents reports, police calls, arrest reports, search warrants, arrest warrants, sex offender registration, jail booking information, autopsy reports, medical examiner investigator's report, subpoenas, appellate files, search warrants, district attorney files and grand jury attachments.
Tags: crime
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Bernard Baran: The 80s Day Care Panic's First Conviction
This tipsheet includes a summary of the wrongful conviction of Bernard Baran as well as a research report by the U.S. Department of Justice - Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Cases Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence After Trial.
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Taming Your Beast
Hundreds of pages of interview notes and thousands of pages of grand jury testimony could easily make a an investigative project tough to handle. Computer can play an essential role in helping to manage a massive amount of information. No matter the size, all investigative projects can benefit from using these tools and strategies.
Tags: CAR
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The Jury System
Mark Twain once said -- "We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding 12 men every day who don't know anything and can't read." Berens and Meyer's handout lists great jury story ideas and is accompanied by the National Center for State Courts publications list. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org.
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Libel-Smart News Reporting
"Libel-Smart News Reporting" explains the process of a libel trial, the role of the defense and plaintiff attorneys and likely biases of the jury and judge. Focuses primarily on how journalists should conduct themselves while reporting a story to put themselves in the best position in a libel trial.
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