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 "legal" ...
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Forming and Operating a Tax-Exempt Journalism Organization
Hermes extensively lays out what it means to be a tax-exempt journalism organization and the history behind it and provides legal resources for anyone interested in starting their own nonprofit center.
Tags: nonprofits; tax-exempt; 990; 501(c)(3)
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Broadcast: Doing it for free
Do more with less by following these tips, including how to travel on a dime and how to get legal fees covered by your newsroom.
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Data Privacy Scorecard: What To Watch in 2012
Sableman highlights key legal proposals, pertaining to data privacy issues, to be monitored in 2012.
Tags: data; privacy; data privacy; privacy regulation; data regulation;
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Pulling off the Undercover Investigation
Galli, et al., help you weigh the pros and cons of going undercover. From the legalities of using a hidden camera to what to do if you get caught.
Tags: surveillance; hidden cameras; undercover investigation; The Poynter Institute
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Covering Drug Trafficking and Designer Drugs
Learn about the drug trade beyond pills and pot and into the "new designer drugs, created by savvy, backroom chemists that often circumvent local and federal drug laws to provide a dangerous, but legal high."
Tags: drugs; incense; bath salts; plant food; not for human consumption
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Contacts, Strategies and resources for Border and Immigration Coverage
Olsen provides an extensive lists of resources for covering issues related to immigration - including US Government sites/data, Mexican nonprofit organizations, key journalism sites, think tanks, lawyers, and much more
Tags: immigration; human rights; boarder patrol; boarder states; crime statistics; legal issues; immigrants; immigration studies
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Education Beat Tool Box
This tipsheet outlines how data helps you cover the education beat; what materials you have a legal right to; what data is collected; who works for the schools; where the money goes; and other "must see" documents.
Tags: education; data; databases; schools; students; teachers; private schools; charter schools
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Russian companies’ and people’s records databases
Shleynov's gives a list of public records available about companies and people in Russia; legal records; court records. Links to websites included.
Tags: Russia; public records; people; companies; Russian tax service; legal information; court records
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Investigating Corruption in the Legal System
Sherman's tipsheet addresses story ideas to cover/look for when investigating corruption in the legal system. She also identifies useful documents for covering different aspects of the justice system - from covering federal judges to bail bond agents. Included are a couple of story examples.
Tags: justice system; legal system; judges; bail bond agents; conflict of interest;
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Open Records - Legal Road Blocks and Resources
This tipsheet provides links to information illuminating the legal landscape of access to information under state and federal statutes.
Tags: private individuals; decendents; privacy rights; corporations; government employees