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 "managing" ...
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Infect the CMS
We web developers strive for rugged independence. The luckiest of us have total control over our web stacks and the design of our projects, unlike those poor sods forced to labor within the Content Management System (CMS). Therein lies the problem; being apart means being invisible unless you spread your content to the CMS and beyond. This tipsheet will discuss some strategies and experiences for getting your app content to find readers where they are. http://harrisj.github.io/infect-the-cms/
Tags: app; CMS; content management system
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FOIA Machine
Journalists can use the FOIA Machine to better prepare and manage their FOI requests. The system allows them to file requests and support or track other ones.
Tags: Website; FOIA; FOI requests; FOIA Machine
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Managing the CAR Project
Donald, Sallah and Stapleton created an extensive list of almost every step you should take while managing a computer-assisted reporting project.
Tags: CAR; managing; computer-assisted reporting
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Tight, bright, sleep well at night!
Garcia lays out a simple game plan for a successful investigation in his Powerpoint presentation.
Tags: story management; timeline
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Big data: How to think about it, prepare for it, and manage it
Lucas' Powerpoint presentation on how to tame big data sets.
Tags: data sets; large data
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What is big data, and where did it come from
When dealing with big data sets, use Lucas' tipsheet to help you tame it. She includes tips on how to prepare for big data sets and how to manage your analysis.
Tags: data sets; large data
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Revisiting Diversity: Not Why But How. A Look at Some Best Practices
Jue and Williams give you tips on how to keep your newsroom as diverse as possible.
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Michael Beren's Powerpoint for: The game plan: Deciding when to do what during an investigation
This is the Powerpoint presentation from Michael Berens on how he navigated and managed his award winning story, Methadone and the Politics of Pain.
Tags: blueprint; strategies; bulletproofing
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Bulletproofing in the heat of deadline
Thompson provides 10 tips to bulletproof a story in the heat of the deadline. From thinking like a lawyer to working directly with the copy editor.
Tags: bulletproofing; deadlines; libel
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Managing Multimedia Projects
Managers, use this tipsheet and end up with a "rich multimedia project". From start to finish, Ciotta, DeBarros and Moughty will guide you along the way.
Tags: multimedia; multiplatform; managing; deadlines; progress