Training directors join IRE
IRE has expanded its training operations.
We now have two training directors, a change that will allow our organization to focus more attention on key areas including developing new training initiatives and Web-based training.
Joining IRE this week is Doug Haddix, who comes to the organization from The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio, where he worked as projects editor since 1998. Investigations he supervised included an examination of Ohio’s flawed DNA testing system for inmates claiming innocence, mortgage fraud and the growing global market for counterfeit goods. Doug, who has also worked in Scranton, Penn., and Danville, Ill., has been a volunteer trainer for IRE for several years. Doug can be reached at doug@ire.org
Joining IRE in October is Jaimi Dowdell. Jaimi comes to IRE from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, where she was computer-assisted reporting editor. She helped uncover waste and misspending in a local school district, reported stories that encouraged dam safety reform across Missouri and revealed stark disparities in local hospitals’ handling of ambulance diversions — some of which put lives at risk. Jaimi worked at IRE and NICAR while completing a master’s degree at the University of Missouri. Jaimi can be reached at Jaimi@ire.org
Doug and Jaimi will share on-the-road training duties, running our workshops and seminars. They will also be available for in-newsroom training that can include consulting on story ideas, open records issues, reporting strategies and data analysis. Doug will also take a lead role in editing the IRE Journal, while Jaimi will lead the development of our Web-based training.
IRE’s former training director, David Donald, is now the data editor at the Center for Public Integrity.
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