Events and Training

IRE Training Events

  • Feb. 10, 2012

    Washington, District of Columbia

    Washington D.C. Election Watchdog Workshop

    Host: The Washington Post

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Washington D.C. with an election theme.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will ...

  • Feb. 23, 2012

    St. Louis, Missouri

    2012 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference

    Join IRE and NICAR for our annual conference devoted to computer-assisted reporting. Come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers and viewers the information they want

    For more information, visit our conference page.

  • March 3, 2012

    Stillwater, Oklahoma

    Stillwater Watchdog Workshop

    Host: Oklahoma State University

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Stillwater.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

    In addition, this workshop will give you tips on how to bulletproof stories, how to deal with freedom of information laws and public records, and useful Web sites and strategies for using Internet tools such as wikis, blogs, robots ...

  • March 3, 2012

    Spokane, Washington

    Spokane Watchdog Workshop

    Host: Gonzaga University

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Spokane.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

    In addition, this workshop will give you tips on how to bulletproof stories, how to deal with freedom of information laws and public records, and useful Web sites and strategies for using Internet tools such as wikis, blogs, robots and ...

  • March 15, 2012

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    Be a Better Business Watchdog – CAR for Business Journalists

    Even if you’ve never touched a spreadsheet, you will walk away from this daylong workshop able to use Excel, including pivot tables. You’ll also learn about publically available databases that you can download and analyze to produce great local business stories. Co-presented with the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, this training is free, but space is limited, and you must sign up at the center’s website: BusinessJournalism.org

    Time

    8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2012

    The workshop is hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and precedes SABEW's Conference March ...

  • March 25, 2012

    Columbia, Missouri

    CAR Boot Camp - March

    Learn how to acquire electronic information, use spreadsheets and databases to analyze the information and translate that information into high-impact stories. In addition, NICAR provides follow-up help when participants return to their news organizations.

  • April 13, 2012

    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles Watchdog Workshop

    Host:  Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Los Angeles.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

    In addition, this workshop will give you tips on how to bulletproof stories, how to deal with freedom of information laws and public records, and useful Web sites and ...

  • June 14, 2012

    Boston, Massachusetts

    2012 IRE Conference

    The best in the business will gather for more than 100 panels, hands-on classes and special presentations about covering business, public safety, government, health care, education, the military, the environment and other key beats. Speakers will share strategies for locating documents and gaining access to public records, finding the best stories and managing investigations. Join the discussion about how to practice investigative journalism in print, broadcast, Web and alternative newsroom models.

  • Aug. 5, 2012

    Columbia, Missouri

    CAR Boot Camp - August

    Learn how to acquire electronic information, use spreadsheets and databases to analyze the information and translate that information into high-impact stories. In addition, NICAR provides follow-up help when participants return to their news organizations.

  • June 20, 2013

    San Antonio, Texas

    2013 IRE Conference

    The best in the business will gather for more than 100 panels, hands-on classes and special presentations about covering business, public safety, government, health care, education, the military, the environment and other key beats. Speakers will share strategies for locating documents and gaining access to public records, finding the best stories and managing investigations. Join the discussion about how to practice investigative journalism in print, broadcast, Web and alternative newsroom models.