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 "recovery" ...
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Tracking the stimulus
Cochran points out some of the excellent coverage of the stimulus - such as ProPublica's continuing project that includes data and guides to coverage; the Investigative Reporting Workshop's focus on renewable energy grants; and some local coverage. He points to resources available on the TARP/bank bailout, and government sources such as GAO reports and Recovery.org
Tags: stimulus; TARP; Troubled Asset Relief Program; Recovery.org; Government Accountability Office; GAO reports; bank bailout
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Following the Stimulus Money
Poston and Grabell give links to and information on several sites that can assist you in reporting on and tracking stimulus funds
Tags: Recovery act; stimulus; government spending; federal procurement data; transportation; infrastructure
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Stimulus Webinar
Cohen dissects the stimulus explaining some of the basics, and describing the best way to report on it. Cohen includes a list of possible story ideas using stimulus data.
Tags: stimulus; economic recovery; The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RAT); Office of Management and Budget; OMB; federal spending; recovery.gov; USASpending.gov; contracts: FPDS;
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Understanding Stimulus Data
LaFleur discusses the use of stimulus data, and how it impacts "nearly every beat" such as housing, transportation, community programs, unemployment and technology. She outlines how to get started with the data, and useful federal sites to reference in your coverage. She explains how to sort through the data and see the role it is playing locally.
Tags: stimulus; recovery; economics; bridges; dams; infrastructure; community programs;
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Tracking the stimulus in your community
LaFleur equips reporters with the tools they need to track stimulus funding within their community.
Tags: stimulus; federal government; Recovery.gov; USASpending.gov; infrastructure; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Recovery Act; Ethnic Media Workshop - Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2009)
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After Disaster Strikes: Be A Recovery Watchdog
Cervantes details how the Union-Tribune covered the wildfires that ravaged San Diego in October 2007. The city and county governments offered "free" demolition and debris removal for destroyed properties. "We got a tip contractors were charging outrageous rates, so we decided to investigate and analyze the public records and data to see what was being done with taxpayer money."
Tags: disaster; wildfire; Union-Tribune; FEMA; California Public Records Act; FOIA; demolition permit applications; RFP; requests for proposals; Governor's Office of Emergency Services; San Diego; GIS mapping; mapping
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Making the Polluters Pay
This tipsheet gives you a lead on databases that will lead you to finding polluters and finding violators of AIRS (Clean Air Act), PCS (Clean Water Act) and RCRIS (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act).
Tags: EPA; CAR; pollution; fines; environment; air; water; forest; USFS