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  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2001-novemberdecember-tipsheets.html",
  "year": 2001,
  "month": "November/December",
  "monthNum": 11,
  "headline": "Tipsheets",
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  "summary": "The IRE Resource Center offers tipsheets providing guidance on building databases for investigative reporting, including cost-effective strategies and best practices from experienced journalists.",
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  "full_text": "More information on building a database is available from following tipsheets in the IRE Resource Center:\n\nTipsheet #806. Handout includes \"Ten Commandments of Building Your Own Database\" and advice from Jeffrey Meitrodt, Carolyn Tuft, and David Washburn. Also available on audiotape by calling (303) 649-1811 ($11).\n\nTipsheet #948. \"Frugal and Proud of Frank Krummer explains how to stretch a CAR budget by sharing data with organizations and building databases from Web sites or NICAR sources.",
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