News Division CE Course 2001:
News Research By the Beat

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Sunday, June 10, 2001
SLA Conference
San Antonio, Texas


News researchers are generalists who need to be experts in all areas, most often in deadline situations. This session provides news researchers the best sources to use for efficient research on specific topics from the experts in their respective fields.

Speakers from other SLA divisions will give their perspective on the best tools of their trade. The topics to be covered include: legal, business/finance, telecommunications, transportation, military and pharmaceutical/health technology.

In addition presenters from each division will be given several real news research scenarios and will be prepared to walk the news researchers through the process live during the session.

Transportation

Barbara Post -- Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences
Handout; Presentation

Health/Pharmaceutical Technology

Paul Brock -- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Gerri Klumpp
-- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 
Handout; Presentation

Legal

Constance Ard -- Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Handout 1 (condensed version of PowerPoint handout); Handout 2 (Web links from presentation); Presentation

Lunch--SLA Luncheon

Military

Barbara J. Fox (BJ) -- Defense Technical Information Center; Handout, Handout 2, Presentation
Marie O’Mara -- Defense Technical Information Center
; Handout; Presentation

Business/Finance and Telecommunications

Mary Ellen Bates -- Bates Information Services
Presentation (Handout was the same in a PDF file)