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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Investigating your local company whether public or private
This tipsheet outlines numerous tips, resources and websites that can be used to investigate a company, from UCC filings of a private company to SEC filings of a public one, from quarterly reports to court records, from labor unions to regulatory agencies.
Tags: business; companies; backgrounding; records; documents; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; Nature of Suit listing
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American FactFinder: A beginner’s guide to getting just a little local census data
How does a beginner with just a browser and a spreadsheet keep from drowning in oceans of census data? One way is American FactFinder, the Census Bureau’s data dissemination site. After a long, clumsy development stage, it has steadily improved. It offers so much -- and several ways of finding it -- that it takes a little work to learn the navigation. But it’s now pretty simple to drill down to a small area, extract just a little data and download or print it. Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting just one county worth of neighborhood-level data on one subject, a typical task for many newsrooms. The example uses Census 2000 public and private school enrollment for Bucks County, Pa., but you can adapt as needed:
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Public and Private Data Bases
Public and Private Databases in Canada information. Phone numbers, e-mails and Internet addresses
Tags: Databases; public and private; Canada
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Backgrounding privately-held companies: a strategic approach
Kueter gives four steps to backgrounding privately held companies. He also includes tips and resources that might help in the process.
Tags: Corporate; SEC; FOIA; Public and legal records; privately-held companies; stocks
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A Primer on Corporate Sleuthing
Iwata and Kueter present a well documented list of general and specific tips on backgrounding public and private businesses. The list is completed by Web links to organizations or associations that can jump-start you in the road to obtain accurate information. An example of a published article is included. Two seperate tipsheets provided.
Tags: Corporate; SEC; FOIA; Public and legal records; privately-held companies; stocks
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Backgrounding a Business
This tipsheet gives information for researching both private and public businesses.
Tags: backgrounding; business
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Tracking nuclear shipments in your region; Resources for investigations on the transportation beat
This tipsheet is a list of mainly Internet sources of information on tracking nuclear shipments by private companies or the government. There is also a list of Internet sources for investigating local transit services, air safety and airline service ratings.
Tags: Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Weapons
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Sourcing: From Bureaucrats to Cops
A tipsheet about "..Sourcing your way into a bureaucracy, or any institution -- public or private -- is a lot like door-to-door sales. You've got to get your foot in the door. Once there, you just widen the circle..." A listing of agencies and documents to pursue to figure out sources to pursue, especially at tightly woven companies or government offices.
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Navigating business information; Using aviation safety documents
This tipsheet has three sections. Section 1 gives general advice on being an excellent reporter and writer. Section 2 is gives detailed tips on how to cover both public and private companies. Section 3 describes how to use aviation safety documents to cover an airline crash.
Tags: Aviation
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Money Talks
Whether they are public or private, businesses produce reams of public records. This tipsheet provides a list of some of the best records available.
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