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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Backgrounding People on the Internet (Exercises)
Guckian gives several examples of stories where backgrounding is necessary to good reporting. She discusses the sources she would turn to in those situations.
Tags: backgrounding; internet; research; practice; exercise
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Access Q&A: Dangerous Dams
This tipsheet is an exercise in Microsoft Access analysis, using a database of dam inspections as an example. Even if you don\'t have the dam database at your fingertips to practice, the second portion of this tipsheet may still be useful. LaFleur shares the answers to the exercise questions, illustrated by many screen shots and lots of query language.
Tags: Microsoft Access; database analysis; practice exercise; dam inventory; SQL
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Websites and Search Techniques for Reporters
This tipsheet proposes a hypothetical situation and then walks the reporter how to use CAR while covering the breaking news. In the hypothetical situation, a plane crashes. The tipsheet suggests resources and databases that would be helpful in covering the accident.
Tags: practice exercise; searching; search engine; internet; accident coverage; breaking news