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Board elections, IRE annual meeting set
Although the IRE national conference has been postponed until late August, IRE will follow the same calendar as it has in recent years for board elections and the annual membership meeting. Starting April 6, IRE will begin accepting applications for candidates for the IRE board of directors. This year seven of the board’s 13 seats…
Read MoreHearst Foundations donate $50,000 to IRE Journalist of Color Fellowship
The Hearst Foundations are contributing $50,000 to support IRE’s Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship. The yearlong fellowship, which launched in 2019, is intended to prepare and support journalists of color for a solid career in investigative reporting. The program also provides an opportunity for the fellow’s news outlets to benefit from the fellow’s investigative…
Read MoreIRE offers new online training
During the coronavirus crisis, IRE is offering a series of webinars and recorded trainings to help our members and all journalists in these unprecedented times. The webinars are free and open to IRE members and non-member journalists, students and educators. IRE is committed to bringing all journalists the training they need to help cover the…
Read MoreIRE national conference rescheduled to late August
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the #IRE20 national conference has been rescheduled for Aug. 27-30. The conference will be held in the same location: the Gaylord National hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Government bans on large gatherings and uncertainty about travel led IRE to delay the conference, which had been set…
Read MoreIRE postpones spring workshops due to coronavirus
IRE Watchdog Workshops scheduled this spring in Miami, Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City will be postponed because of the rapidly shifting landscape involving coronavirus. Workshop registration fees will be refunded for those who already have registered. IRE will work with its workshop hosts to reschedule the training events. “There’s too much uncertainty about travel and…
Read MoreIRE monitors NICAR20 coronavirus developments
SECOND NICAR20 ATTENDEE TESTS PRESUMPTIVELY POSITIVE FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS A second NICAR20 attendee has received a presumptively positive test result for the COVID-19 virus, IRE learned today (March 16). The attendee feels better and expects a full recovery. The attendee traveled from inside the United States to New Orleans for the conference. They arrived Wednesday…
Read MoreIRE postpones spring workshops due to coronavirus
IRE Watchdog Workshops scheduled this spring in Miami, Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City will be postponed because of the rapidly shifting landscape involving coronavirus. Workshop registration fees will be refunded for those who already have registered. IRE will work with its workshop hosts to reschedule the training events. “There’s too much uncertainty about travel and…
Read MoreIRE monitors NICAR20 coronavirus developments
UPDATES: Self-isolation period ends after #NICAR20 Second NICAR20 attendee tests presumptively positive for novel coronavirus Spouse of attendee tests negative for coronavirus NICAR20 attendee tests presumptively positive for coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Self-isolation period ends after #NICAR20 Updated March 23, 2:30 p.m. The 14-day period of self-isolation due to the novel coronavirus has ended…
Read MoreNominate a journalist for the Don Bolles Medal
By Phil Williams, WTVF-Nashville In my mind, Don Bolles had always been a hero of journalism — a reporter who stood up against intimidation and eventually paid the price with his life. But in recently listening to the podcast, “Rediscovering: Don Bolles, a murdered journalist,” the late Arizona Republic journalist became more than a legendary…
Read MoreNominate a journalist for the Don Bolles Medal
By Phil Williams, WTVF-Nashville In my mind, Don Bolles had always been a hero of journalism — a reporter who stood up against intimidation and eventually paid the price with his life. But in recently listening to the podcast, “Rediscovering: Don Bolles, a murdered journalist,” the late Arizona Republic journalist became more than a legendary…
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