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IRE members recognized in 2014 Pulitzer Prizes

April 14, 2014

Several members of Investigative Reporters and Editors were among journalists recognized in the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes on Monday. The Washington Post and The Guardian US won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their work exposing secret surveillance by the National Security Agency. Several IRE members contributed to the reporting. Chris Hamby of The Center…

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8 news organizations chosen for Total Newsroom Training

April 10, 2014

Total Newsroom Training provides intense, in-house training for small and medium-sized newsrooms dedicated to watchdog journalism. This is the second year IRE has offered the free program.  More than 80 applications were submitted. Training is customized and includes two days of sessions ranging from public records battles to hands-on data analysis. “We had a large number of…

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Start planning for the 2014 IRE Conference in San Francisco

April 9, 2014

The IRE Conference in San Francisco is only a few months away. Here are a few things to consider as you make your travel plans:   Expected Speakers and Sessions The best in the business will gather for panels, hands-on classes and special presentations about covering business, public safety, government, health care, education, the military,…

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Catch up with some of IRE’s international members

April 4, 2014

While many of our members work in the United States, hundreds of international journalists contribute to the IRE community. IRE membership stretches from Australia to Argentina. It includes journalists in more than 50 countries, including Pakistan, Kenya, India, Finland and Switzerland. We asked a few of our international members to tell us what they’ve been…

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Learn how to use genealogy records with IRE’s new webinar

April 3, 2014

Paul Parker of the Providence Journal walks through how to use online genealogy records and ancestry databases to profile subjects and verify stories in this 20-minute webinar. Learn how to use popular genealogy websites like Ancestry.com as well as lesser-known sites such as cyndislist.com. So how do you use this stuff? Parker explains how he…

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Announcing the 2013 IRE Awards

April 3, 2014

The winners of the 2013 IRE Awards provided unprecedented insight into the ways in which the government deploys technology in surveillance programs with a shockingly wide net. They used deep sourcing to overcome government roadblocks and uncover atrocities and corruption. They fought and won precedent-setting victories in open records battles to shine light on increasingly…

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IRE members honored with Peabody Awards

April 2, 2014

Several members of Investigative Reporters and Editors were named 2013 Peabody Award winners. To learn more about the awards, click here.   Sebastian Walker of Al Jazeera America won for his participation in the “courageous investigation into an international health scandal,” which resulted in “Fault Lines: Haiti in a time of Cholera.” Anjali Kamat of…

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Coming soon: Learn how to use online genealogy records in your reporting

March 28, 2014

Photo from “A letter from England,” courtesy of the Providence Journal If you’ve ever struggled to find relatives of a person you’re profiling or verify a source’s story, we’re putting together a webinar that’s sure to help. Paul Parker of the Providence Journal will explain how to use genealogy records as a reporting tool. Using popular…

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IRE welcomes new Google Journalism Fellow

March 27, 2014

This summer IRE will welcome Aram Chung, a student at Columbia University in New York, as its Google Journalism Fellow. Chung is working on a dual graduate degree in journalism and computer science. She is focusing on computational journalism, data visualization, news design and social media. Chung has participated in the ProPublica Pair Programming Project,…

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