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 "moving" ...
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Broadcast: Staying on the Air - Staying Relevant
Estrada gives suggestions for several broadcast scenarios: breaking news; moving beyond the "one-off" story; how to get people to remember your story; etc.
Tags: broadcast; television; breaking news; interviewing;
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Moving abuse stories beyond the courthouse
Davis talks about covering abuse - but steering clear of the "extraordinary" cases and focusing on the other stories. He suggests delving into how often abuse happens, why it keeps occurring, and how the system fails at prevention of abuse.
Tags: case-tracking systems; public documents; domestic violence; abuse; Complaints and Settlements; Broken Trust; Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Coaches Who Prey; Seattle Times; The ABCs of Betrayal; The Columbus Dispatch
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Moving from Excell 2003 to Excel 2007: Welcome to the Ribbon
Dowdell discusses the changes between Excel 2003 and Excel 2007. Basic differences in the layout of the programs, and the introduction of the "ribbon" are addressed. "The "Ribbon" is what Microsoft is calling this new interface. It has gotten rid of the menus and added a series of tabs." Dowdell discusses where to find and how to use different fucntions in the 2007 version of Excel.
Tags: Excel 2003; Excel 2007; ribbon; pivot tables; filtering; sort; sorting;
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Negotiating for Data
Gillum discusses the entire data negotiation process. The tipsheet begins with sources to find data. Gillum then moves on to reason why requests are often refused, and how reporters can challenge those refusals. Finally, Gillum suggests some alternate ways of acquiring data, such as filing a lawsuit or reporting on an agency's lack of compliance with FOIA rules.
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Speaking the Same Language: Data Handling Between the Newsroom and the Website
Willis offers tips on how to make sure your website takes full advantage of CAR stories. The tips include using ASCII text to link between a database server and a web server, as well as moving away from Microsoft Access.
Tags: intranet; internet; web server; computer-assisted reporting; database analysis
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Covering Migration
This tipsheet describes how to use the Census Bureau's new American Community Survey to track local migration rates each year. Overberg explains why this data is important and how to analyze it.
Tags: population; census; migration; moving; IRS; factfinder.gov
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Moves to the right? Bringing in the voters.
This tipsheet briefly outlines and explains some new methods of investigating political views and parties.
Tags: political views; parties; Europe; international reporting
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Case Against the High Priest of Justice (Sri Lanka)
This tipsheet walks the reader through a story. The author writes, "The story I am going to tell is one which started as a minor incident and developed into a massive crisis. At a high point of it, the parliament had to move a motion of impeachment against the chief justice and the supreme court in response imposed a prevention order on the parliament. This protracted crisis which has caused a rot in the entire judicial system of the country is continuing with no end in sight."
Tags: Sri Lanka; high priest; supreme court; parliament; scandal; international politics
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Moving data in the newsroom
Wilkerson includes bare bones tips on getting reporters data throughout the newsroom and having them use it in this tipsheet. He gives pros and cons on four different ways to accomplish this.
Tags: CAR; intranets; web pages; spreadsheets; databases
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Ways to Source a Beat
Smith lays out a quick set of reliable ways to source a beat. These ideas range from the obvious to the complex. Great way to get started if you just got moved to a beat you're unfamiliar with.