Resource Center

Resource Center

IRE Resource Center

The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 25,000 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,500 tipsheets from our national conferences, Watchdog Workshops, and on-the-road training on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories. IRE gives you resources that no reporter or editor should be without.

The Resource Center is partially supported by the Jane Pulliam Trust, The Florence and John Schumann Foundation and the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation.

  • Tipsheets

    More than 5,000 guides and presentations on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories.

  • Stories

    A library containing more than 25,000 investigative stories — both print and broadcast.

  • Audio

    Download audio from past IRE conferences and workshops.

  • Educators’ Center

    Browse example syllabi, student resources and practice data sets. You can also learn about NICAR Courses, our Excel course for college instructors.

  • Listservs

    Join one of our mailing lists to exchange ideas, information, techniques and war stories with members and non-members.

  • FOI Center

    Resources and external links to help you understand federal or state-level freedom of information law, file requests, overcome obstacles and get the records you need.

  • TV Watchdog Resources

    A collection of IRE resources to help local TV journalists improve accountability reporting.