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Tipsheets and stories from past events
IRE will post links on the workshop Web page to showcase stories produced by workshop attendees who put these lessons into practice. We hope the Web site will inspire journalists in other newsrooms to do these kinds of public service stories. Visit this page in the future for the latest updates.
All Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop participants receive a complimentary one-year IRE membership. As a member, you can search all IRE tipsheets and stories in the IRE Resource Center. (You will need your IRE Membership ID to log in.) Tipsheets are downloadble PDF files and free for IRE members. Use the search function to explore tipsheets for any topic. For example: a search for "immigration" shows 32 relevant tipsheets. Entering the phrase "housing and urban development" locates five tipsheets. |
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Chicago - Feb. 17 & 18, 2007
Using the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, Alden Loury, The Chicago Reporter. (Tipsheet No. 2789)
A successful FOIA request takes knowledge, planning, persistence and toughness. Loury offers tips about preparing the request, submitting the request, and negotiating with the agency over information. He also includes several examples of FOIA requests that he has submitted.
Managing and Juggling: How to Cover Your Beat and Still Produce Investigative Stories, Dianna Hunt, The (Fort Worth, Texas) Star-Telegram. (Tipsheet No. 2790)
Hunt offers eight tips about how to dig up investigative stories on a beat. Her tips include information about how to stay organized (make lists, keep files) and how to go about transforming a daily story into an investigative report (ask for documents, keep the big picture in mind).
Bulletproofing Your Investigation, Dee J. Hall, The Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) State Journal. (Tipsheet No. 2791)
Investigative reporting is only as powerful as the truth it tells. Even the smallest error in a media investigation can be used by critics to devalue the entire project. Hall overs advice about how to make sure your investigation is error-free. The tips include "Ask tipsters why the want you to do the story" and "Keep going back to your main sources, quizzing them again and again on points to make sure their stories stay the same." All together Hall offers 17 pointers.
Investigating Education: 3 F's Earn You an A, Andy Hall, The Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.) State Journal. (Tipsheet No. 2792)
Hall discusses how good education reporters utilize families, facts and fun to strengthen their reporting. He offers examples of each category and advice for incorporating it into daily beat reporting.
Corporate Documents, Mark Skertic, Kroll.Inc. (Tipsheet No. 2793)
Skertic discusses ways to familiarize yourself with corporate documents to improve your reporting on the business beat. He recommends using SEC filings, court records, and uniform commercial code filings in business investigations. He thoroughly explains each source, describes the various forms companies are required to file, and lists information available from each place. |
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