The IRE office will be closed from December 25th to January 5th.
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Don’t miss at IRE 2013: Connect with a book agent
Meet with a book agent at this year’s IRE Conference in San Antonio. Learn how to pitch your material and meet with a book agent to share your work during the designated time slot. What else shouldn’t you miss at IRE 2013? The list is long. Check it out …
Read MoreDon’t miss at IRE 2013: Lawrence Wright of ‘The Looming Tower’
Lawrence Wright, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book “The Looming Tower” and the new book “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief”, will be at the 2013 IRE Conference, appearing on a panel and also playing with his band, the Who Do Band, at IRE’s closing reception on Saturday night. What else…
Read MoreColumnist Charles Davis named dean of University of Georgia’s journalism school
Longtime IRE Journal FOI columnist and University of Missouri professor Charles Davis has been named dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Davis has enlightened IRE members with his FOI column in every issue since 2000. “Charles has the ability to effortlessly cut through obfuscation and bureaucratic smokescreens to…
Read MoreIRE April 2013 Membership Drive
A big “Thank You” to all who participated in another successful membership drive! The results of the drawing are: 1st Place – Kate Perry, The Florida Times-Union3 Hotel nights and registration for the 2013 IRE Conference in San Antonio 2nd Place – Abby Rapoport, KNXV-PhoenixTwo years of free IRE Membership 3rd Place – Lori Jane…
Read MoreIRE announces winners of Freelance Fellowship competition
A strong group of stories were submitted to IRE for the IRE Freelance Fellowship competition. The winners of the Freelance Fellowships for 2013 are: Wally Roberts, for his story on abuse in the nation’s largest nursing homes; Leah Bartos, for her work regarding shoddy forensic work; Erin Segal, for her work on misunderstood aspects of…
Read MoreBorder patrol agents shooting into Mexico, killing civilians
Washington Monthly reports that “over the past five years U.S. border agents have shot across the border at least ten times, killing a total of six Mexicans on Mexican soil.” According to the report, border patrol shootings were a rarity before 2009, with only a handful occurring. But after an increase in border patrol agentst between…
Read MoreInvestigating the Cleveland missing and rescued women case
On Monday, three young Cleveland women who had been missing for nearly a decade were found alive and, according to authorities, appeared unharmed. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight were kidnapped and held for years as prisoners inside a house in Cleveland. Police arrested the house owner, Ariel Castro, 52, and his two brothers, Pedro Castro, 54 and Onil Castro,…
Read MoreHigh-risk health providers stay in business thanks to state insurance
“Maple Grove surgeon Joseph Pietrafitta has been sued at least six times for malpractice, leading to $1.2 million in settlements for former patients. The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice also has cited some of the lawsuits in ordering Pietrafitta to take corrective action for “inappropriate” conduct. In 2010, no conventional insurance carrier would give him…
Read MoreGive Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill
“Since 2005, immigration has been criminalized as never before. In 2000, when George W. Bush came into office, there were about 10,000 convictions for illegal entry and re-entry—essentially crossing the border illegally; in 2011, even as the number of people crossing the border had plummeted during the Obama administration, there were more than 71,000 such…
Read MoreFish die-off in Brown Slough a mystery
“The next day, hundreds of shiner perch were found dead on the banks of Browns Slough. A week later, the state Department of Ecology and the Department of Fish and Wildlife say they are no closer to finding a cause. No samples were tested and no cause has been established — just a lot of…
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