Access IRE20 conference recordings and materials until September 2021
Journalists, journalism educators and students can still register and participate in IRE’s virtual 2020 national conference, which features keynote speaker Ronan Farrow and 150 recorded sessions. Professional and academic members can register until Sept. 13, 2021 for $250, and students can register for $50 to receive access to all of the recorded sessions from the…
Apply to be an IRE Educator of Color Fellow
Educators of color can apply for IRE’s Educator of Color Fellowship to attend an online Data Bootcamp for Educators. The bootcamp will be virtual Jan. 4-7, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. ET and Jan. 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET. Fellowship applications are due Monday, Oct. 26 and require a letter of recommendation. Fellowships are open to any…
Call for entries: 2020 Philip Meyer Award
It’s once again time to enter the Philip Meyer Journalism Award contest. Entries are now being accepted online, through Nov. 15. Established in 2005, the award was created to honor Philip Meyer’s pioneering efforts to utilize social science research methods to foster better journalism. The contest recognizes stories that incorporate survey research, probabilities, and other social…
IRE to launch search for a new executive director
The IRE Board of Directors will launch a national search to find a successor to IRE Executive Director Doug Haddix, who has announced his resignation, effective in early January. “After four years in this demanding position, I am ready for a change,” Haddix said. “With IRE in solid shape, I feel confident that this is…
IRE awards more than 180 fellowships to #IRE20 virtual conference
Investigative Reporters and Editors awarded 189 fellowships to its first-ever virtual conference Sept. 21-25. The fellowships included registration to the conference (a $175 value) and an IRE membership or membership renewal (a $70 value). Because the conference was online, IRE used funds that would have been used as a travel stipend for fellowship recipients to…
Detroit officials win 2020 IRE Golden Padlock Award
Investigative Reporters and Editors has named the City of Detroit and Mayor Mike Duggan as the winner of its annual Golden Padlock Award, which recognizes the most secretive U.S. agency or individual. Detroit was selected for this national honor for its handling of a Detroit Free Press public information request and for ordering the destruction…
IRE receives endowed gift to train college journalism students of color
An endowed gift to IRE from television journalist Rick Gevers and his wife, Karen Burns, will fund investigative journalism training for college students of color. With the gift, IRE has established the Rick Gevers-Karen Burns Diversity Fund for College Journalists. Income from the fund will provide IRE training, resources and support annually at Historically Black…
Apply for the IRE Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship
We’re looking for IRE’s next Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellows! This yearlong program is designed to support diversity in investigative journalism. The 2021 fellowship is open to U.S journalists of color with at least three years of post-college work experience. Applicants currently working in a newsroom must receive the support of their employer; freelancers…
IRE launches slate of online data bootcamps this fall and spring
IRE is announcing a series of online bootcamps to train members in data skills such as spreadsheets, SQL, data visualization and programming.
Pulitzer Prize Administrator
The Pulitzer Prize Board annually awards 22 prizes in journalism, arts, and letters. In addition, the Board provides study fellowships to young journalists and hosts seminars on Pulitzer Prize–winning journalism to broaden and deepen public understanding of journalistic excellence and its value to democracy and civic life. The Administrator supports the Board in its awarding…
Health Care Reporter, D.C.
We’re hiring an investigative reporter to cover health care, looking deeply at how policy decisions made by the federal government have life-and-death consequences. It’s a role designed for someone hard-charging and mission-driven, someone who can cut through jargon and comb through data to find the human stories the country needs to know. We’re looking for…
Managing Editor
Apply online Black tech news and data insights platform, The Plug, is seeking an experienced managing editor with strong editorial sensibility and a background in business or tech news reporting. The managing editor will be responsible for developing the infrastructure of The Plug’s remote newsroom operations, creating both culture for readers and subscribers, and the…
Audience Development Project Manager
The News Revenue Hub is looking for a task-motivated Audience Development Project Manager to organize and execute our custom audience development work. This person will work closely with our member newsrooms to size up their audience development needs and to execute strategies that set them up for spectacular results. This role is 50% task-master and…
Managing Editor
The News & Observer’s managing editor ensures that all of our journalists are laser-focused on producing quality journalism that helps us grow and engage our digital readers and subscribers. She/he/they have a strong voice in the overall strategy and direction of the newsroom and are charged with overseeing the daily decisions that turn strategy and…
Reporter: Privacy
At The Markup, we believe that not everything that is “new” is “news” and not everything that is “news” is “new.” Reporters will produce a steady rhythm of articles that aim to illuminate the impact of technology on society, some of which will be originally reported news and many of which will assemble for readers…
Reporter: Labor
At The Markup, we believe that not everything that is “new” is “news” and not everything that is “news” is “new.” Reporters will produce a steady rhythm of articles that aim to illuminate the impact of technology on society, some of which will be originally reported news and many of which will assemble for readers…
News Editor
At The Markup, we believe that not everything that is “new” is “news” and not everything that is “news” is “new.” Our News Editor will oversee a steady rhythm of articles that aim to illuminate the impact of technology on society, some of which will be originally reported news and many of which will assemble…