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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Under Pressure
This Powerpoint presentation gives tons of great tips and ideas on how to cover a story after it breaks, using computer-assisted reporting.
Tags: story ideas; CAR
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Broadcast: After Breaking News, What's Next?
This tipsheet is comprised of many useful web links covering topics of aviation accidents, automobiles and trucks, political campaign data, federal spending, U.S. court system, crime, business records, weather and more.
Tags: aviation; transportation; accidents; weather; government; federal spending; courts; crime
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Broadcast: After breaking news, what's next? (PowerPoint)
Turn to these tips after a break news story and you'll have your viewers turning to your station day after day.
Tags: breaking news; broadcast
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Be Prepared, Before the Storm Hits (PowerPoint)
Start planning before the storm hits. Stock and Armendariz provide this useful PowerPoint on what to do before it's too late.
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Data on Deadline
This powerpoint explores the use of data when reporting on deadline. It explores possible stories that break and must be reported on deadline, and what sort of data should be available to better inform your reporting. Included are a list of useful websites for all sorts of available data online.
Tags: data; deadline; breaking news; databases; quick hits
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Navigating the Social Network Minefield
This PowerPoint presentation discusses how social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and Linkedin can be valuable to an investigation. The authors discuss the ethical implications of using material found on the web, and offer suggestions to make sure everything is legally alright. The tipsheet also includes many examples of stories that have successfully utilized social networks to enhance their investigations.
Tags: social networks; Facebook; Flickr; Twitter; internet research; journalism ethics; sources; broadcast reporting
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Aviation Safety from the Ground Up
The authors discuss the various aviation-related investigations they have worked on. They share information about valuable sources, common issues that came up in their investigations, and the data they used. This tipsheet is a powerpoint presentation.
Tags: aviation; transportation; TSA; beat reporting
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Tips for Covering Aviation Stories
This tipsheet offers a lot of advice for reporters on the aviation beat. Tips include learning aviation lingo and making contact with a local Air Traffic Controller's Union.
Tags: TSA; airplane; transportation; aviation; beat reporting
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Contact List for Aviation Stories and Data
This tipsheet is a list of sources for reporters beginning investigations about aviation. The tipsheet includes contact information for NASA, NTSB and the FAA.
Tags: aviation; sources; federal government; airplanes; flying
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Navigating the Social Network Minefield
The authors discuss why social networks have a place in journalism, and how to use them to enhance your stories. They also discuss some ethical and legal issues regarding the use of social networks. The authors include advice for creating compelling visuals from a computer screen. The tipsheet ends with examples of journalism in which social networks have been well utilized.
Tags: social networks; facebook; MySpace; internet research; sourcing; journalism ethics; visual story telling