Learn how to follow the campaign money trail and track political influence in a series of panels at next month's IRE Conference in Boston.
Our focus on Campaign 2012 kicks off with a free pre-day workshop focusing on companies' influence on politics and the election. The sessions, sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, take place Wednesday afternoon and are open to all.
The series of sessions during the conference include:
- Backgrounding Candidates and Truth-Testing Claims
- How Healthcare and Other Key Issues will Influence the Race
- What's So Super about PACs (and 501cs)?
- Online ...

Don't miss your chance to meet with an experienced pro in Boston at the 2012 IRE Conference. This is an opportunity for in-depth, one-on-one coaching on investigative reporting. These private sessions allow attendees to seek advice on challenging stories or followup ideas. You must have registered for the conference and have signed up for a mentor by May 21, 2012.

IRE pairs those who signed up with a mentor, and contact information is provided to both mentors and those who want to be mentored. Mentors and mentees can then agree on a time and place to meet at the ...

Join us for a daylong, hands-on sharing and learning workshop at the IRE Conference on June 14.

Sponsored by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Investigative News Network and IRE, this daylong program will focus on three key areas that are vital to nonprofit investigative centers: collaboration, legal issues and best practices in operations, digital technology and more. A limited number of fellowships are available. Requests should be sent to Shelby Ian (shelby.ilan@investigativenewsnetwork.org) at the INN by end of business on Friday, May 11.

After News Corp.: How Far is Too Far in Investigative Reporting

Don't miss this Showcase Panel at the 2012 IRE Conference next month in Boston. Join panelists Alan Rusbridger, executive editor of The Guardian; David Carr of The New York Times; Brian Ross of ABC News and moderator Leonard Downie Jr. of The Washington Post and Arizona State University for a discussion of the implications of the Murdoch scandal for British and American journalism and where the ethical lines are now drawn for aggressive reporting, from invasion of privacy and hidden cameras to paying for the news.

(Washington) — During the past year and a half, more than twenty experienced reporters and news executives have mentored Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) grantees, lending a hand in the reporting, writing and editing of their work.

Wanjohi Kabukuru (left) with New York Times
reporter Ron Nixon. The two met through IRE's
mentorship program. Nixon provided guidance as
Kaburkur investigated pesticides dumping and malaria
vaccine experimentation for New African magazine.
(Fund for Investigative Journalism)

The executive director of Investigative Reporters & Editors, Mark Horvit, recruits the mentors from the roster of IRE members. In so doing, he has lined up some ...

Jill Abramson, who took over as executive editor of The New York Times in September, will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 IRE Conference in Boston. She is the first woman to hold that position in the newspaper's more than 160-year history. 

More than 800 journalists and journalism educators are expected to attend the four-day conference that focuses on accountability reporting techniques and trends. Abramson will deliver the keynote speech during annual IRE Awards luncheon on Saturday, June 16, 2012. She follows CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager, who was the keynote speaker at the 2011 IRE Conference. 

"Jill ...