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Covering the military and war Stories from the Resource Center •General stories about the U.S. military and war •Stories about weapons •Stories about illnesses linked to the Gulf War Tipsheets from the Resource Center •NEW! Military/war-related tipsheets from the recent 2003 CAR Conference (1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 ) •More tipsheets about covering the military (169, 182, 1184, 1106, 1405,1468, 1433, 1711,1746 ) Stories/resources from The IRE Journal and Uplink  Stories about military from The IRE Journal  Stories about military from Uplink  Stories about war from The IRE Journal  Stories about war from Uplink Useful chapters in The Investigative Reporter's Handbook •Chapter 4 -- Crossing Borders: International Investigations (related Web sites) •Chapter 7 -- Investigating Government: The Executive Branch (related Web sites) •The book also has information specifically about researching military bases, courts, documents, personnel and records. Data The IRE and NICAR Database Library can provide several databases of federal spending, including Department of Defense contracts and the agency's research grants. The contract data covers 1992 through 2001 fiscal years. Contracts included in the 2001 data show services being performed or items being produced in all U.S. states, as well as U.S. territories and some foreign countries.The data also lists the contractor performing the service or providing the product, as well as their address and the location where the work is being performed. The data will also reveal patterns in military spending. IRE members can search contracts on the Web by country or by federal contractor on the Campaign Finance Information Web site. The grants data covers 1996 through 2001. The records show the name and location of the recipient, the amount of the awarded, the agency and program under which the award was made, and the project description. The Center for Public Integrity recently published a story using both databases, looking at contracts and grants related to the Office of Total Information Awareness. The Dallas Business Journal looked at federal contracts in North Texas shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and revisited the topic in September 2002. Just updated by the Database Library, Immigration and Naturalization Service Legal Residency data contains information on people who were admitted as immigrants (permanent residents of the United States) between FY 1980 and FY 2000. A journalist can examine the flow of immigrants from different countries and for what occupations.

IRE Resources •About the Resource Center •Search IRE's 20,000-plus story database -- print and broadcast • Search more than 2,000 tipsheets and reporting guides from IRE conferences •Reporter contacts, links and resources for specific beats  Searchable indexes of The IRE Journal and Uplink •Purchase reporting books and guides •Terrorism-related materials •Reporting on military activity: IRE joined a coalition of 16 journalism groups to urge the Bush administration to abide by guidelines the Pentagon and media groups established after the 1991 Persian Gulf War if an invasion of Iraq occurs. Useful Links Military Reporters and Editors Links about the conflict in Iraq from the Special Libraries Association News Division Iraq coverage resources from the Poynter Institute Coverage of Iraq and the press from Editor & Publisher Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has built a special section devoted to Iraq and the looting and loss of priceless archaeological artifacts that chronicled 7,000 years of civilization Iraq Navigator from The New York Times Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions, from the Society of Professional Journalists Postwar Profits, an article from Center for Responsive Politics AlertNet: Reuters Foundation site for war correspondents. Provides country data, info on relief operations and links to satelite images as well as news. Beyond the Battle: Bringing Global Stories Home -- from American Press Institute Covering Conflicts Safely: A guide from the Committee to Protect Journalists Build-up in the Gulf: Resources, links and information on the possible Middle East conflict, from the Committee to Protect Journalists A Journalist's Guide to Covering Bioterrorism, published by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. Homefront Confidential: How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know (third edition), from The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press War coverage resources, from Newsplex at the University of South Carolina