Tipsheets available from the IRE Resource Center

This resource guide provides tipsheets on analyzing police staffing and covering crime using computer-assisted reporting (CAR), including guidance on story ideas, data sources, and television presentation techniques.

"Tips on Analyzing Police Staffing," by Geoff Dougherty, of the St. Petersburg Times, from the 1999 National CAR Conference. (Tipsheet #872)

A tipsheet by Paul Adrian, of WAVE-TV in Louisville, Ky, includes answers to several important questions about CAR and the crime beat, including what kinds of stories you can do, where you can get data and how to get all of those data across on TV. (Tipsheet #439, from the 1995 National CAR Conference) Audio tape available through Sound Images, Inc., (303)649-1811, for $10. Ask for tape #CAR95-29.

To order these tipsheets or other items, contact the IRE Resource Center by phone at (573) 882-3364 or e-mail: rescntr@nicar.org and refer to the tipsheet numbers.