This document provides guidance on creating and using a research dossier to organize materials for a project analyzing crisis communication. It recommends using OneNote to digitally clip sources, code data using grounded theory, and organize information using chronological and scholarly frameworks. The scholarly framework involves analyzing sources according to the three phases of crisis response: denial, defense, and corrective action. Examples show how excerpts are clipped, cited, and analyzed within the dossier to identify themes in reader comments responding to news about a celebrity chef's use of a racial slur. Coding revealed comments quickly associated the chef's brand with southern racism.