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IRE is pleased to announce that Lynnie McIlvain, most recently of InvestigateWest, will join the team as director of development on May 18.
Read MoreBy 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 (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…
Read MoreNew initiative aims to build community, expand leadership pipelines and address gaps identified by members.
Read MoreBy Lauren Lifke My journey with public records started in 2023, when I was a student at the University of New Mexico just starting out as a reporter for our student newspaper, the Daily Lobo. I, like much of the student body, wondered why we frequently weren’t getting campus safety alerts until hours after the…
Read MoreIRE Announces New ‘Diana Fuentes Service to IRE Award,’ Names Liz Lucas First Recipient Applications are now open for the mentorship program at IRE 2026 in National Harbor. If you’re joining us for the conference, you can fill out this form to sign up as a mentor or mentee. IRE will match mentors with mentees…
Read MoreCandidates for Election Tipsheets, slides, session recordings and other resources from recent IRE & NICAR conferences are available again at this link. Logged-in members can browse this list of resources, which is a temporary fix while we finalize the import functionality of the new IRE Resource Center. ⚠️ Note: You must be a logged-in, active…
Read MoreWhat I learned from Diana R. Fuentes by Francisco Vara-Orta I never felt like I had enough time in DeeDee’s presence because I genuinely enjoyed being with her. Even though we lived in the same city, we didn’t see each other often since she was always on the go. And when we did, she was…
Read MoreIRE training coming to a city near you! The year is already off to a busy start for Investigative Reporters & Editors’ training team, with bootcamps, conferences and travel already under their belts. Even after the sudden passing of executive director Diana Fuentes, the trainers are committed to continuing her important work and teaching journalists…
Read MoreApril 11, 2026 IRE is kicking off its Spring Member Drive on Monday and there’s never been a more important time for you to invest in your work as a journalist. We know what you’re facing. Reporters across the country continue to face layoffs and newsroom budgets won’t stop shrinking. At the same time, the…
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