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Koch Continuum Grant Recipients for 2026

Koch Continuum Grant Recipients of 2026 Investigative Reporters and Editors is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Koch Continuum Grant, a program supporting investigative journalists pursuing public health and disability reporting. Marissa Evans and Brian Howey have been selected for their project proposals to investigate the existence and impact of pain policies in U.S.…

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Sign up for an IRE Committee today!

We’re seeking volunteers to serve on several committees this year! These groups offer ideas and help us improve member services and governance, expand IRE’s reach and fundraising, plan training events and conferences, organize regional meetups and much more.

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Ways to Give

Ways to Give Thank you for considering a gift to support IRE and our mission to resource and upskill investigative reporters. Donations of any size make a difference for our members. There are several ways you can make your impact; read more below to discover them. Give online: This is the easiest way to give.…

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Investigating religious groups? These records might help

By Liam Adams, The Tennessean I went out of my way to attend NICAR 2026 for the first time, hoping to unlock a bunch oftrade secrets for accessing records on my beat. As a religion reporter who often encounters legal hurdles for public access to internal info, I ventured up to Indianapolis from Nashville with…

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IRE members elect seven to Board in 2026 election

June 20, 2026 — IRE members elected seven journalists to the Board of Directors at the annual IRE 2026 Conference in Washington, D.C., and two journalists for the contested seats on the Contest Committee. Four incumbents — Kate Howard of Reveal, Andrew Lehren of The City University of New York, Alejandra Cancino of Injustice Watch…

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2026 Don Bolles Medal awarded to Julie K. Brown

IRE has awarded the Don Bolles Medal for 2026 to Julie K. Brown for her dogged, indefatigable and fearless investigative reporting on Jeffrey Epstein and the powerful forces that tried to stop it.

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