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The 2025 Freelance Fellowship Recipients
IRE members elected seven new directors to the IRE board on Saturday evening at the organization’s annual conference in Boston. The newly elected members are: Manny Garcia of El Nuevo Herald, Sarah Cohen of Duke University, Mc Nelly Torres of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Rob Cribb of The Toronto Star, Stuart Watson of…
Read MoreCouldn’t make it to the conference or missed a panel you wanted to see? Watch online. Some panels from the conference were recorded and posted online by Latakoo. Special thanks to the company for providing this service.
Read MoreBy Châu Mai@maingocchau To survive and succeed in the Internet era, the newsroom has to transform itself and instantly keep up with the latest technological developments. Matt Wells, The Guardian US blogs and networks editor based in New York, and Emily Ramshaw, editor of The Texas Tribune, talked about ways to remake the newsroom during…
Read MoreBy Châu Mai@maingocchau How do you get people to open up? How do you get the key information you’re are looking for? The first thing before we’re heading to the interview, according to Raquel Rutledge, an award-winning reporter of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is to fully prepare and know the subject well, by googling or using…
Read MoreMore than 1000 journalists are gathering in Boston for IRE’s annual conference. They’re sharing tips and resources on how to better cover a range of topics from local government to immigration, racial disparities, housing scandals and police abuses. Computer-assisted reporting, criminal justice and sessions on managing non-profit news centers were the focus of Thursday’s sessions. IRE…
Read MoreBy Chelsea Sheasley@csheasley The interview is at the heart of all reporting, but mastering it can take a lifetime. In IRE 2012’s panel Talking your way to the truth: The art of the interview, three veteran reporters shared their tips on what it takes to get sources to talk and how to get key information…
Read MoreBy Chelsea Sheasley@csheasley What’s the best way to follow the money, especially in an election year? Joe Stephens, The Washington Post, Duff Wilson, Reuters, and Angie Moreschi, a former investigative reporter and now director of communications at James Hoyer Law Firm, shared the databases and documents that helped them in their latest investigations during their panel, Paying…
Read MoreBy Pamela Cyran @CyranStar Investigating vulnerable populations such as the elderly, mentally disabled, and even children, is extremely taxing. Many times it’s finding the story in the first place that’s troubling. Proving the story is another task. In many cases these victims can’t speak for themselves. Maybe they have no family or family are hesitant…
Read MoreDon’t forget to attend the closing reception, Saturday, at 7 p.m. on the 4th floor. Thanks to Boston University College of Communication for cosponsoring this event. Schedule for Book Signings Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Michael Grabell “Money Well Spent? The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, The Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History” Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Josh…
Read MoreGannett sent more than 60 journalists from the companies’ various media outlets to attend this year’s conference. Those journalists are sharing their insights on Gannett @ IRE, which includes interviews with speakers and general insights from the conference. Here are some posts from Thursday: World of Data session I was amazed by how quickly Tisha Thompson…
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