Posts by adam@ire.org
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.
Read MoreT. Lee Beeman, Jr. and Allegany County, Maryland win 2026 Golden Padlock Award
Allegany County Attorney T. Lee Beeman, Jr. and Allegany County, Maryland are the winners of the 2026 Golden Padlock Award.
Read MoreDon’t know what to attend at the conference in National Harbor? The IRE staff is here to help!
Adam Rhodes, Training Director & Managing Editor It’s Pride Month so of *course* I’m going to shout out “LGBTQ+ Data Reporting and Visualization,” which is a great session if you want to cover LGTQ+ better but also how to better use key data for your next big investigation. I also really want to shout out…
Read MoreFifty years after Don Bolles’ murder, we owe it to him to continue his courage
By Jeremy Duda, Axios On June 2, 1976, Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles was backing out of a parking space at Phoenix’s Clarendon Hotel, where he’d been lured for a fake meeting, when a dynamite bomb exploded under his car. He used his last words to tell paramedics and bystanders who he thought was responsible,…
Read More“Truth Has Claws!” Sink yours into the new merchandise for the IRE Journal!
For those who’ve been eagerly waiting for some IRE Journal swag (please, please one at a time!), you’re in luck! Investigative Reporters & Editors is excited to unveil brand new merchandise, supporting the IRE Journal. The designs — created by Jan Diehm of The Pudding — are the first in a series of designs that…
Read MoreThe Digital Fortress: Engineering a Secure, Independent Newsroom for Yemen’s ‘Republic Generation’
By Helal Al-Anwah, Aljumhuriya Media Network In the fragmented landscape of Yemen, a journalist’s most dangerous enemy is often not a bullet, but a hyperlink. A single phishing click can expose an entire network of sources, leading to detention centers rather than headlines. Since 2014, the war has shattered not only our geography but also…
Read MoreHannah Natanson and Carol Leonnig to deliver 2026 IRE Conference keynote
Investigative Reporters and Editors is pleased to announce that Hannah Natanson of the Washington Post and Carol Leonnig of MS NOW will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 IRE Conference in National Harbor, June 18-21.
Read MoreLynnie McIlvain joins IRE as director of development
IRE is pleased to announce that Lynnie McIlvain, most recently of InvestigateWest, will join the team as director of development on May 18.
Read More‘The fox can’t guard the henhouse’ — how journalists shined a light on offices tasked with investigating wrongful convictions
By Willow Higgins and Ryan Kost, Columbia Journalism Investigations When we first learned about conviction integrity units, special programs in district attorneys’ offices meant to investigate claims of wrongful conviction, we found their very premise paradoxical. Could the same office that may have wrongfully convicted a person lead an unbiased reinvestigation of their own work?…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2025 IRE Awards
Announcing the 2025 IRE Awards (May 5, 2026) – Congratulations to winners and finalists in the 2025 IRE Awards. The annual contest showcases exemplary work by members of Investigative Reporters and Editors from the past year. Awards will be presented at the 2026 IRE Conference in National Harbor on Friday, June 19, during the Awards…
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