Archive for December, 2008

CNN’s Jon Klein will deliver keynote at 2009 IRE Conference

A stellar group of investigative reporters is lining up to speak at the annual IRE conference, June 11-14, in Baltimore.
Jon Klein, president of CNN-U.S., will deliver the keynote address. Other speakers participating in conference panels include Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, Jill Abramson and Dean Baquet of The New York Times, Brian Ross of [...]

IRE in talks about Arizona Project movie

Miramax studio and Idealogy production company are in talks with Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. to acquire the movie rights to the Arizona Project Series. IRE owns the copyright to the series, published in 1977.
Talks began after IRE was contacted several months ago regarding the possibility of a film being produced that would tell the [...]

ArcView mapping software discounts now available

IRE and NICAR are once again offering substantial discounts on ArcView mapping software. And your first opportunity to take advantage of the almost $2,000 in savings comes next month.

In memory of Holly Whisenhunt Stephen

Holly Whisenhunt Stephen was the best executive producer an investigative reporter could ever ask for.
Holly, an award-winning journalist and a longtime IRE member, died Nov. 28 after a long battle with cancer. She was 38.
Holly spent much of her career in Texas, working for TV newsrooms in Stephenville, Waco, Austin, Houston and San Antonio, before [...]

Mapping, interactively

We reached have yet another milestone in the services we are offering our members: the Database Library can now create interactive maps for news Web sites connected to investigative projects.