IRE Board elects new officers for 2025-26

(June 27, 2025) — Josh Hinkle, duPont Award-winning director of investigations and innovation for KXAN in Austin, Texas, is the new president of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Board of Directors. 

The IRE Board elected officers for 2025-26 at a meeting Friday, June 27, 2025.

Kate Howard, editorial director at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, is the new vice president. Mark Greenblatt was reelected treasurer; he is executive editor of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Ana Ley, reporter at The New York Times, was elected secretary. Alejandra Cancino, senior reporter at Injustice Watch, a non-profit newsroom, was elected the new at-large officer.

Immediate Past President Brian M. Rosenthal, investigative reporter at the New York Times, will continue to serve on the Executive Committee as Chair of the Board, a non-voting advisory position. 

Other board members are Jodie Fleischer, managing editor of investigative content for Cox Media Group; Cindy Galli, most recently executive producer of ABC News’ award-winning investigative unit; Mary Hudetz, a ProPublica reporter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Caresse Jackman, national consumer investigative reporter with InvestigateTV/Gray Media based in Washington, D.C.; Andy Lehren, director of investigative reporting at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism; Paroma Soni, data and graphics reporter for POLITICO, based  in New York, covering trade policy, agriculture and immigration; and Marina Villaneuve, investigative journalist for The Hechinger Report based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The next major IRE conference is the all-virtual AccessFest25, set for Oct. 9-11. Registration is now open, with a special early bird rate of just $50, celebrating IRE’s 50th anniversary.