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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Investigating the business of war
Maud Beelman provides a list of research resources for reporters who are investigating war and those involved with it.Disponible en espanol (2890)
Tags: War; U.S. Department of Defense; terrorism
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Tips and Discussions on Investigating Terrorism
This tipsheet is helpful for anyone interested in judicial practices in Italy, especially concerning terrorism. Leo Sisti outlines three major tips that reporters need to know when covering the Italian court. He also lists several useful websites and telephone numbers.
Tags: court; judicial document; September 11; international; Italy; Rome; terrorism
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Why Covering Homeland Security is like Popular Mechanics
Holstege draws on his on experience reporting on homeland security to offer a lot of good advice about the issue. He lists and explains sixteen lessons such as "re-interview sources" and "don't fall in love with your CAR." The tipsheet also includes a list of suggestions for homeland security stories and an overview of one of his own stories for the Oakland Tribune.
Tags: defense spending; Excel; counter-terrorism; FOIA; Homeland Security Grant Program
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Homeland security: The stories we are missing
Sherman summarizes several investigations for reporters to pursue involving homeland security, such as tracking federal grants, assessing hospital preparedness and examining transportation and cargo concerns. She notes 13 Web site resources and provides a sample public information request for fund records.
Tags: homeland security; investigative reporting; federal grants; terrorism
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Military Aviation Safety Data
Employing his experiences in the armed forces into CAR, Richard O’Reilly offers his insights on the analyses of safety data that is available from the Army, Navy and Air Force. Though most of these Access databases are not suitable for ‘quick-hit’ analyses on deadline, they can be well customized if a journalist can spare time to learn and perfect these, says O’Reilly.
Tags: Army; navy; airforce; Navy Aviation Safety Database; Fighter Wing
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Watchdogging homeland security, locally
Dalmer's tipsheet emphasizes the amount of information that can be found in homeland security grant programs, as well as how states determine the allocation of funds. This tipsheet also focuses on finding some context for grant information, as well as how to set up spreadsheets to organize data,
Tags: State Homeland Security Grant Program; Urban Areas Security Initiative
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Databases and the war on terror
Some databases are readily available that will considerably help a reporter who is covering terrorism. From NICAR resources to AP resources to federal sources, this tipsheet lists quite a few that will add a new depth to stories covering the war on terror.
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Covering Terrorism in Canada
This is a three-part tipsheet. The first part explains who is a terrorist, the second part is about how today's terrorist groups operate, and the third part gives a list of resources for covering terrorism
Tags: terrorism; terrorist organizations; security; intelligence; police; immigration; extremist groups; homeland security; Canada