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by David Plazas The 2023 NICAR Conference is fast approaching! It’s going to be a great time in Nashville, March 2-5. As a local regional committee member for NICAR23, I’m happy to share few of my favorite things to do with visitors: Downtown is very walkable, so you can go to Ascend Amphitheater by the…
Read MoreIRE is pleased to announce that Britta Lokting, Jonathan Moens and Gregor Stuart Hunter are the recipients of our 2022 Freelance Fellowships. With IRE’s support, these independent journalists will pursue projects investigating disability issues, technology, and China’s offshore wealth.
Read MoreThe votes are in and the 2023 NICAR T-shirt has been selected! Jon Keegan of The Markup won our annual contest. You’ll be able to buy T-shirts with Keegan’s winning design at the 2023 NICAR Conference in Nashville. Jan Diehm of The Pudding was runner-up. Stickers with Diehm’s second-place design will be available at Nashville, too. Shirts and…
Read MoreHalima Gikandi of The World, Leslie Rangel of KTBC-TV, Austin and Kaylee Tornay of InvestigateWest will serve as IRE’s 2023 Journalists of Color Investigative Reporting Fellows.
Read MoreIRE is pleased to announce that Robert L. Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will speak at the NICAR Conference in Nashville, March 2-5.
Read MoreA partnership between The Associated Press and PBS FRONTLINE that dug deeply into evidence of war crimes in Ukraine earned the first place prize in the 2022 Philip Meyer Journalism Award. Other top honors go to The Los Angeles Times for its project “Extreme Heat’s Deadly Toll,” and a collaboration between The Marshall Project, WOVU and Cleveland Documenters that gives a comprehensive assessment of multiple systems that have bolstered inequities in a marginalized community.
Read MoreJoin Investigative Reporters and Editors for a special New York Workshop at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY January 20-21. Sessions on sourcing, backgrounding, business reporting and more will be led by some of the nation’s most widely respected journalists, including Wesley Lowery and Walt Bogdanich. Check out the full slate of speakers…
Read MoreEarn bragging rights and help raise money for future training events by participating in our annual NICAR Conference T-shirt contest.
Read MoreTen newsrooms have been chosen to receive custom, grant-funded watchdog training in the coming year through IRE’s Total Newsroom Training program.
Read MoreSubmissions are now open for Lightning Talks to be featured at #NICAR23 in Nashville!
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