The early bird deadline for 
The 2025 Freelance Fellowship Recipients
How to propose, vote on sessions Thursday (6/26) – Friday (6/27): Propose a panel online Saturday (6/28), 7 a.m. – noon: Vote online for sessions you’d like to attend Saturday, noon – IRE staff announces the winning sessions during the awards luncheon and posts information online Saturday, 4:50-5:50 pm: – Winning sessions take place. Locations for each…
Read MoreThe tragedies put the city on pace for a deadlier-than-usual year for bed-sharing infants. Jackson County, meanwhile, has recorded 100 such deaths since 2004 believed to be related to co-sleeping — grim statistics seldom discussed publicly. The deaths continue to increase nationally despite a campaign by the American Academy of Pediatrics to avoid bed-sharing and…
Read MoreTop officials at the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles were told the agency was improperly overcharging Hoosiers millions of dollars, but they secretly kept doing it for at least two years to avoid budget troubles, a former deputy director alleges. The explosive accusation comes in an 88-page deposition taken last week as part of a…
Read MoreCongressman Jack Kingston’s Republican U.S. Senate opponent dubbed the lawmaker an out-of-touch Washington insider Sunday after reports showed that major donations to the lawmaker came from companies linked to a felon that the U.S. government has long tried to deport. Read the full story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution here.
Read MoreBefore he was handed a badge and a gun as a police officer for Florida Atlantic University, Jimmy Dac Ho was no stranger to trouble in South Florida. Fired from the Broward Sheriff’s Office in 2004 after a violent fight with his wife, Ho spent two years trying to get another job as a police…
Read MoreMetro-North Engineer Steven Bauer’s testimony is just one part of a wide-ranging and ongoing NTSB investigation of the Bridgeport derailment and subsequent collision with an oncoming train, records reviewed by Hearst Connecticut Media show. Investigators have also produced an animated reconstruction video that offers concise details about the accident. The video concludes the crash was…
Read MoreOne of Boston’s most notorious landlords is housing international high school students in a building for which he does not have a proper license and whose facade Boston University considered structurally unsound when it sold the property to him in 2006. Anwar N. Faisal, who largely caters to student tenants in Boston and was among…
Read MoreHabitat for Humanity neighborhoods not havens for crime | Naples Daily News Neighbors fear a decrease in property values and an increase in crime when low-income Habitat homeowners move in. It’s a concern law enforcement officials say and a Daily News analysis shows is unfounded by data. Oso neighborhood never should have been built |…
Read MoreStarting today IRE members can vote online for the IRE Board of Directors. Ballots will be sent to the primary e-mail as listed in your membership profile. We expect voting to open around 4 p.m. (Central). So far 13 people have declared candidacy; seven of the board’s 13 seats are up for election this year. To…
Read MoreWe’re back with another episode of the IRE Radio Podcast. This week we’re focusing on FOIA. Here’s the lineup: Kirsten B. Mitchell, a former journalist and current facilitator with The Office of Government Information Services, talks about common FOIA problems and how to fix them. Deb Nelson, Michael Ravnitzky, Charles Ornstein, and Jennifer LaFleur share tips on beating…
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