IRE News Archives

IRE Launching New Student Mentorship Program

December 9, 2013

Investigative Reporters and Editors is launching a student-journalist mentor program. This one-year program is a rare opportunity for a limited number of student journalists to be paired with a professional journalist for one-on-one guidance, advice, critiques and conversation, and online training opportunities. The goal for students is to gain valuable knowledge, advice and experience by…

Watch Live: Google Hangout Deadly Delays

December 9, 2013

We’re hosting another live Google+ Hangout with Ellen Gabler and Allan J. Vestal of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Watchdog team today, Dec. 9th, at 10:00 am CST. Tune in here as we learn about their Deadly Delays series on processing failures in newborn screening programs. After the broadcast, the recorded Hangout will be posted to ire.org. Please…

Investigating nonprofits during charitable giving season

December 6, 2013

This holiday season you can help your audience make sure that the charities they’re supporting are spending donated money wisely. The Center for Investigative Reporting has posted a guide, and CIR reporter Kendall Taggart, along with Tampa Bay Times reporter Kris Hundley, put together a great tip sheet for IRE’s 2013 conference that’s available here…

Google Hangout Dec. 9th with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Deadly Delays Team

December 5, 2013

On Dec. 9th at 10:00 a.m. CST, IRE will host another live Google+ Hangout with Ellen Gabler and Allan J. Vestal of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Watchdog team. Tune in as we learn about their Deadly Delays series on processing failures in newborn screening programs. Topics for discussion will include how the team uncovered delayed…

2013 IRE Awards now open for submissions

December 3, 2013

ENTER YOUR BEST INVESTIGATIVE WORK INTO THE 2013 IRE AWARDS. It’s that time of year again – time to consider entering your best work into the IRE Awards. Among the most prestigious in journalism, the IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative reporting across all media. Eligible entries must have been published or aired between January 1…

Winning T-shirt selected for NICAR 2014

December 3, 2013

The votes are in and the 2014 NICAR T-shirt has been selected! The winner is a black T-shirt with “DATA OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN”. The winning design comes from Jeremy Bowers of NPR. Bower’s design will be on sale at the 2014 CAR Conference in Baltimore and the IRE store. In addition, Jeremy will receive…

IRE to host a Google Journalism Fellow in 2014; applications now being accepted

December 2, 2013

IRE will be hosting a Google Journalism Fellow again next year. This is a great program designed for college students who, as Google puts it, “are passionate about journalism and the role that technology can play in the industry and the pursuit of their craft.” The IRE-based fellow will focus on data journalism. The program comes…

IRE/AAJA announce partnership for conferences

November 26, 2013

The Asian American Journalists Association and Investigative Reporters and Editors are creating a unique opportunity for members of both organizations to take advantage of the training offered at three national events in 2014: IRE’s Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in Baltimore in late February, IRE’s annual conference in San Francisco in June and the AAJA National…

Best practices for data journalism

November 11, 2013

Tune in here at 11 a.m. CST to view award winning data journalists Jennifer LaFleur, from the Center for Investigative Reporting, David Donald, of the Center for Public Integrity and Tom Hargrove of the Scripps-Howard News Service as they talk about their best practices for great data reporting. They’ll also be touching on the stories that won…

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