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 "tank data" ...
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Contacts, Strategies and resources for Border and Immigration Coverage
Olsen provides an extensive lists of resources for covering issues related to immigration - including US Government sites/data, Mexican nonprofit organizations, key journalism sites, think tanks, lawyers, and much more
Tags: immigration; human rights; boarder patrol; boarder states; crime statistics; legal issues; immigrants; immigration studies
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10 stories for most anywhere
Herzog provides a list of stories that can be done in almost any community and the data you can use to complete them: overtime for public workers; underground fuel tank issues; emergency service response time; parking tickets; problems with voter rolls; daycare inspections; stimulus spending on bridges; speeding tickets; minority home-loan gap; gas pump accuracy
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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Are there gas leaks in your community? Find out using this helpful tipsheet. "In the 1980s, Congress passed a series of laws that gradually took effect over the next decade. ... Leaks from underground storage tanks continue to pollute our drinking water streams and soil despite new federal laws and billions of dollars spend on prevention. In at least a dozen states, the tanks leak even more than they did before the laws went into effect."
Tags: gas; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; tank data; GAO reports; overfill protection; insurance funds for contamination leaks; inspectors; steel tanks; corrosion
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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks; The Data Work
Despite federal laws, underground storage tanks are leaking and continue to pollute our drinking water. Sylwester explains how to do the data work on this important story.
Tags: environment; water; pollution; data work; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency