The early bird deadline for 
The 2025 Freelance Fellowship Recipients
Submissions are now open for Lightning Talks to be featured at #NICAR19 in Newport Beach. Lightning Talks, which take place on the Friday afternoon of the conference, are five-minute talks about a particular tool, skill or piece of advice learned from working on stories. The goal is to teach some practical tips in a fun…
Read MoreOn this bonus episode, we’re reaching into our archives for audio from the 2018 IRE Conference. During a panel about managing stress, reporters Ken Armstrong, Mike Hixenbaugh and Lulu Ramadan recounted difficult experiences and talked about how they balance their jobs and personal lives.
Read MoreEarn bragging rights and help raise money for future NICAR training events by participating in our annual NICAR T-shirt contest. We will accept entries up through Sunday, Feb. 3. Send official entries as JPG or PNG files to shirts@ire.org. Only submissions sent to that email will be entered in the contest.
Read MoreThe 2019 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference will offer a record number of hands-on computer labs, Master Class workshops to hone your reporting and management skills, and a new track designed to help you understand key data journalism concepts. We’ll also be celebrating a milestone — the 25th CAR Conference — with several special sessions. The early-bird…
Read MoreBy Steven Rich, IRE Board of Directors The IRE Board of Directors has voted unanimously to update the IRE Principles, the code of conduct for IRE events. The update includes language that more explicitly bans discriminatory and harassing behavior from IRE events. While these were never permitted at IRE events, it was important that we spell…
Read MoreReceived an email about resetting your password on the IRE website? We recently updated our site, and this reset will help improve security. At the same time, you’ll be required to update a few fields, including the race/ethnicity portion of your member profile. While one response is “Decline to specify,” we hope you will decide…
Read MoreMice, mold and lead paint. Tenants in Illinois public housing complexes were doing their best to make their conditions more livable. But even after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development swooped in and seized control, change wasn’t swift. On this week’s episode, Molly Parker, an investigative reporter for the Southern Illinoisan and a…
Read MoreWe’ve posted a list of more than 130 expected panels, demos, commons and hands-on classes we’re planning for the 2019 CAR Conference in Newport Beach. This list is designed to help you make decisions about the conference (show it to your boss!), but it doesn’t include everything we’ll be offering. A few highlights: A “How it works” track…
Read MoreThe IRE and NICAR offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, through Tuesday, Jan. 1. The University of Missouri is on winter break leave during this time. We appreciate your patience and will see you in the new year.
Read MoreAs podcast audiences continue to grow, more newsrooms are making the leap to telling stories with sound. Podcasts can be a great vehicle for investigations, allowing journalists to reach interested audiences around the world. But the format also presents challenges, especially when it comes to working with watchdog staples like data and documents. On this…
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