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Archive for June, 2008

Miami tipsheet and audio CDs now available

Friday, 06/27/08 Posted in IRE Conference, Resource Center

Tipsheet and audio CDs from the 2008 IRE Annual Conference in Miami (June 5-8) are now available from the IRE Resource Center. Orders can be placed online ... Read more..

David Donald joining Center for Public Integrity

Tuesday, 06/24/08 Posted in IRE News, Training

After more than four stellar years as our training director, David Donald is leaving IRE to oversee database operations for the Center for Public Integrity in Washington D.C. It's impossible to ... Read more..

The dam data

Monday, 06/23/08 Posted in Data Library Blog, IRE News

With the sad news about flooding in the Midwestern United States this week, the Database Library received more than a few requests for the National Inventory of Dams. Not only ... Read more..

Feeling lost?

Saturday, 06/14/08 Posted in Data Library Blog, NICAR News

Three years ago (in November 2005, to be exact, according to the Wayback Machine), Investigative Reporters and Editors updated the look and feel of its Web site from something resembling ... Read more..

Honoring Bob Greene, 1929-2008

Saturday, 06/14/08 Posted in IRE News

He was one of the most influential and important people in the history of our organization. Click here to read tributes or share your own memories of the man remembered ... Read more..

Be a fan of IRE on Facebook

Saturday, 06/14/08 Posted in IRE News

Add the official IRE and NICAR Facebook page to your profile. We have 324 fans at last count. The page is not intended to replace the functions of our Web ... Read more..

Welcome to IRE’s new Web site

Saturday, 06/14/08 Posted in IRE News, Web notes

You're looking at the first phase of our ongoing Web site redesign: a fresh look and improved navigation. We've also incorporated new blogs for www.ire.org and www.nicar.org to create an ... Read more..