Susan Carroll Fellowship
Update: As of 5/13, we are only accepting applications for mentors. Sign up online by May 17. The IRE Conference offers an opportunity for in-depth, one-on-one coaching on investigative reporting. These private sessions allow attendees to seek advice on challenging stories or follow-up ideas. IRE pairs those who signed up with a mentor, and contact information is…
Read MoreIRE is once again offering fellowships for independent journalists who are working on investigative projects. And thanks to the generosity of IRE members and a donor who provided matching money, we’re able to offer larger fellowships this year. First place will win $2,500; second place will get $1,500 and third place will get $1,000. Applications…
Read MoreInvestigative Reporters and Editors is now welcoming nominations for its third annual Golden Padlock award recognizing the most secretive government agency in the United States. “Governments have elevated secrecy into a form of high art,” said Robert Cribb, chair of the Golden Padlock committee. “We seek to honor those who have excelled in the practice…
Read MoreWhen a Navy helicopter crashed off the coast of Virginia in January 2014, Jason Paladino lost one of his childhood friends – Petty Officer Third Class Brian Collins. But instead of grieving the loss and moving on, Paladino, a journalism grad student at UC-Berkeley, decided to investigate. Working with The Virginian-Pilot and NBC News he…
Read MoreJames Risen We hope you’re making plans to join us in Philadelphia June 4-7 for the IRE Conference. We’ll be sharing expected speakers and panels soon, but we’re excited to announce our 2015 keynote speaker – James Risen. Risen is an investigative reporter for the New York Times, based in Washington. He was the winner of…
Read MoreThis week we posted updated data on loans backed by the Small Business Administration. The SBA 7a database has loan records going back to 1990 (prior years available on request); fields include the name and address of the business getting the loan, franchise and industry codes, the bank lending the money, the amount loaned, and (where…
Read MoreBy Glynn A. Hill Four journalists discussed tips for reporting out a data story at the 2015 CAR Conference in Atlanta. Steve Myers, visiting professor at Texas Christian University and special projects editor at The Lens, facilitated the panel. Speakers included James Ball, a special projects editor at The Guardian; Andy Lehren, a reporter for…
Read MoreWant to know how some of the biggest names in journalism got where they are today? We did. So we asked some of our 2015 CAR Conference Knight Scholars to interview conference attendees and share pieces of their conversations for our blog. Rikke Østergård Hansen Rikke Østergård Hansen, Danish Broadcasting Corporation Before Rikke Østergård Hansen…
Read MoreThis week is Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of open government and access to public information. To honor the occasion, we’re unveiling a special video series on the NSA files. We talked with James Ball, special projects editor at the Guardian, about reporting one of the most high-stakes stories in the last decade. He discusses…
Read MoreMadison Feller By Keytron Hill Three questions for Madison Feller, a journalism student at the University of Missouri and volunteer at the 2015 CAR Conference. Q: What do you love about journalism? A: I’m not a hard news reporter, it’s just not for me, but I love feature stories and longer stories. I just love sharing…
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