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 "stand ups" ...
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Covering the Military Beat
Capaccio discusses the challenges of reporting on the military. He suggests resources to familiarize yourself with when you begin to cover this beat, and how to organize yourself so you have the needed resources at hand - from Pentagon URLs to up-to-date phone lists. Included in this document is a chart of Military Insignia and what each stands for by specific branch of the military. He also includes sample documents from military resources
Tags: military; contacts; Pentagon; Pen and Sword: A Journalist's Guide to Covering the Military; Ed Offley; Army; Marines; POGO; Project on Government Oversight; The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment; CSBA
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Is That Thing Recording?
Anglim's tipsheet covers the basics of shooting great TV photography. He explains the controls on a camera and the importance of white balancing. Anglim also discusses how to shoot good B-roll and create sequences, as well as how to manage sound and lighting issues.
Tags: broadcast; photography; camera; film; film editing; soundbites; stand ups
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Presenting the CAR Story
Rogalski discusses techniques that broadcast reporters can use to make their CAR stories more compelling on the air. His tips include maintaining a narrative story structure and using creative stand ups.
Tags: broadcast reporting; CAR; graphics; story editing
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How to Turn Complicated Stories Into Good TV
This tipsheet offers four main pieces of advice on how to liven up overwhelming investigative pieces. Zamost suggests building characters, doing creative stand-ups and getting good graphics among other things.
Tags: television; TV; broadcast; investigation; interview; stand-up
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Visual Storytelling
Zamost discusses seven aspects of visual storytelling and provides examples of each step in this informative tipsheet. From graphics to creative stand-ups, Zamost gives good tips on packing more visual punch in your broadcast stories.
Tags: graphics; promo sharing; pre-production; b-roll; visual reminders; still images; photos; websites; layering; stand-ups; character development; editing
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Visual Storytelling
A quick series of hints on how to think visually for a investigative story in broadcast.
Tags: broadcast; visual reporting; stand-ups; B-roll; video; pre-production; graphics; animation; editing; style; layering; post-production
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Pictures, People Sound & Fact
This tipsheet provides tips for creating good visual effects and conducting compelling interviews and stand-ups.
Tags: None