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 "strategy" ...
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Finding Data Online
There are plenty of clues on the Web that data exist, even though so much information is buried deep beyond search engine eyes. This session will highlight advanced searches and strategies for finding data that can't be found with a traditional search engine. We'll also point you to the best sites for tracking down local, national and international data. All you need is a browser and some curiosity.
Tags: data online
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Infect the CMS
We web developers strive for rugged independence. The luckiest of us have total control over our web stacks and the design of our projects, unlike those poor sods forced to labor within the Content Management System (CMS). Therein lies the problem; being apart means being invisible unless you spread your content to the CMS and beyond. This tipsheet will discuss some strategies and experiences for getting your app content to find readers where they are. http://harrisj.github.io/infect-the-cms/
Tags: app; CMS; content management system
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Finding the Story
Berens outlines three stages of strategy to use when you want to make an enterprise project really pop.
Tags: story ideas; strategy; enterprise projects
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Campaign 2012: Tips for backgrounding candidates
Use this tipsheet to help you cover the candidates this election season. Gillum provides the strategies you'll need and gives tips on how to use documents and data to your advantage.
Tags: political candidates; campaign coverage; following the money
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Michael Beren's Powerpoint for: The game plan: Deciding when to do what during an investigation
This is the Powerpoint presentation from Michael Berens on how he navigated and managed his award winning story, Methadone and the Politics of Pain.
Tags: blueprint; strategies; bulletproofing
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TIME IS MONEY – AND I’M OUT OF IT!!!
Use this tipsheet for some strategies for daily, “down and dirty” digging when you need to do a quick-turn investigation.
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Finding the Story
Berens gives great tips on how to break a big enterprise story. "The key is to not only follow your gut but to employ specific strategies that allow you to attack story ideas from new directions." This extensive tipsheet has all you need for a brilliant story.
Tags: enterprise story; research; story ideas
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The Art of the Interview
Zurick gives his tips on this classic IRE tipsheet. Simple reminders that will make your next interview great.
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Contracts, Strategies and Resources for Border and Immigration Cover
Olsen provides tons of links for covering border and immigration (in English and español). From links to the Federal Court websites to the ACLU’s immigrant rights page; your story will not lack the information needed to provide a good investigative story.
Tags: bilingual; español; immigration
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The Art of the Interview
This tipsheet has a wonderfully detailed list of how to prepare for an interview, and how to be the best interviewer possible.
Tags: interviewing; preparing for interview; interview strategies