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Longtime IRE leader dies at 83

Jim Polk, a longtime IRE leader and member, died on July 15th in his home in Atlanta. Polk, 83, had a distinguished career as an investigative journalist in both print and broadcast, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for his coverage of Watergate.

IRE to host DBEI event

IRE is returning to in-person events with a symposium in Baltimore focusing on diversity, belonging, equity and inclusion (DBEI) issues for newsrooms. The hybrid event Oct. 21-23 will be IRE’s first in-person training event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. Learn more and share your ideas.

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Longtime IRE leader and investigative journalist dies at 83