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:
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Data tactics for the well-rounded business reporter
Business is all about numbers and data. In this session, you will get tips for finding and using data to beef up your stories about business and economics. No heavy lifting here, but it would be useful to have some experience with spreadsheets.
Tags: business reporting; business; data; numbers
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Excel 1
Start learning basic calculation and sorting with Microsoft Excel. Learn how to format your data, rank and sort numbers and filter information.
Tags: Microsoft Excel; software; calculation; sorting; formatting; filtering; data: CAR
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The numbers don’t lie * *If you read them really carefully
This is Campbell's Powerpoint presentation for the panel: Analyzing the past, present and future with U.S. Census data. He includes the pros and cons of using Census data as well as some tips for stories you can do using the Census.
Tags: census; data; story ideas
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Covering Breaking Military News
Capaccio gives extensive tips on how to cover breaking military news. From numbers to call and websites to check, you'll have everything you need from this tipsheet.
Tags: military; breaking news; army
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COVERING THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Johnston links to a number of sites to help you cover the economy and businesses. He includes the Joint (House and Senate) Committee on Taxation, the SEC, and the Congressional Budget Office, just to name a few.
Tags: economy; business; taxes; SEC; government; jobs; unemployment
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Spycraft: Keeping your sources private.
Get great tips and tools from Doig. He provides extensive information on how to keep your sources private.
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PDF utilities
This document provides information on a number of PDF utilities which enable the one to extract data from pdfs.
Tags: pdftotext; pdftk; ImageMagick; tesseract; qpdf;
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Census 2010: A Survivor's Guide
In a data dump that will deliver 100 billion numbers, Campbell walks you through downloading and analyzing the overwhelming wealth of material provided by the 2010 Census.
Tags: Census; data; American FactFinder; blocks; block groups; tracts;
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Criminal justice investigations: tips from unexpected people and documents
This tipsheet touches on unexpected people and documents in criminal justice reporting. "Rivalries and jealousies open the door to tips and document leaks for well-positioned reporters." Diedrich details a number of these type of sources and materials.
Tags: crime; justice; police; Federal Bureau of Investigation; probation agents; judges; clerks; convicts; warrants; arrest reports; autopsy records; indictments; trial exhibits
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Cracking the Justice System
McCoy and Purcell discuss the computer-assisted work they did in reporting their series "Justice: Delayed, Dismissed, Denied." They explain the data you should gather when reporting on the courts, and the stories you can find within those numbers.
Tags: courts; crime data; Uniform Crime Report; FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation;