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 "regulation" ...
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A Neighborhood In Peril
Fallon's Powerpoint presentation lays out how he covered the secret chemical spill that happened years ago and the story that followed: "A Neighborhood in Peril, How New Jersey environmental regulators failed the people they were supposed to protect".
Tags: pollution; environment; EPA; chemical spill
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Finding the holes in economic impact studies
Use this tipsheet when looking into studies that claim projects have an economic impact -- often used when someone wants to build a stadium, change a government regulation, promote tourism or bring a factory to town.
Tags: economic inpact study
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Data Privacy Scorecard: What To Watch in 2012
Sableman highlights key legal proposals, pertaining to data privacy issues, to be monitored in 2012.
Tags: data; privacy; data privacy; privacy regulation; data regulation;
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Money and Politics-Who's Giving
This tipsheet is a detailed guide to finding out who is giving money to politicians and their staffers and why.
Tags: campaign finance; lobbyists; lobbying; nonprofits; regulations; 527 groups
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Eleven tips on successful business investigations.
Get fresh ideas from Bogdanich and Fauber on how to successfully investigate businesses and the agencies that regulate them. From attending hearings to digging into the pharmaceutical's website, you'll have the insider's knowledge to get what you need.
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Reporting on Guns as a Consumer Product
This IRE award winning report uncovers the dangerous truth behind one of the world's largest gun manufacturer. Learn how to cover gun stories without looking like the bad guy.
Tags: Gun safety; consumer safety; Remington; gun laws; gun regulations
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Investigating Hospital Safety
Marshall gives insights into covering hospital safety - from developing sources; paying attention to story tips; covering hospital regulation;
Tags: hospitals; health care; medical care; physicians; doctors; nurses; insurance; pharmaceuticals; drugs; licensing
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Investigating Fraud: Schemes, Scondrels and Scams
The authors discuss how to uncover and report on fraud. The tipsheet offers suggestions for documenting fraud, such as finding a paper trail or videotaping the scheme. Then, the tipsheet discusses how to turn your findings into a well-organized, effective investigative piece. Finally, the tipsheet includes useful websites for finding court records, consumer information, corporations, property records, regulators and more.
Tags: internet sources; undercover investigations; visual story-telling; story ideas; consumer investigations; crime; fraud
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Fuel Stories and CAR: How ou can use data to write consumer-friendly stories
Torres offers tips for reporters who are interesting in writing about petroleum. She includes advice about understanding gasoline pump inspections and finding data from state regulators. The author also suggests sources, like watchdog groups and the National Council of Weights and Measures.
Tags: gasoline; petroleum; story ideas; oil; fuel; consumer reporting
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Investigating Business: From profit to non-profit
This tipsheet is a good guide to backgrounding businesses. The authors list local sources, government sources, data sources, online sources, regulators and trade groups that will be helpful for any business reporter. Each source has a short explanation of why it is helpful.
Tags: business; backgrounding; SEC; Wall Street; bankruptcy; Secretary of State; Pacer