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IRE announces 50th Anniversary Task Force
(March 6, 2024) COLUMBIA, Missouri — Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), the largest professional journalism association in the United States, is launching a new initiative to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of its founding. The nonprofit organization, which will reach the milestone in 2025, has created a special task force to plan events to celebrate…
Read MoreIRE announces winners of the 2023 Philip Meyer Journalism Award
January 17, 2024 “Still Loading,” The Markup investigation, which exposed vast disparities in internet service quality from four major providers, earned the first place prize in the 2023 Philip Meyer Journalism Award. The Meyer Award recognizes the best uses of social science research methods in journalism. It is named for Philip Meyer, the author of…
Read MoreDirector of U.S. Census Bureau to speak at NICAR23
IRE is pleased to announce that Robert L. Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will speak at the NICAR Conference in Nashville, March 2-5.
Read MoreIRE announces winners of 2022 Philip Meyer Journalism Award
A partnership between The Associated Press and PBS FRONTLINE that dug deeply into evidence of war crimes in Ukraine earned the first place prize in the 2022 Philip Meyer Journalism Award. Other top honors go to The Los Angeles Times for its project “Extreme Heat’s Deadly Toll,” and a collaboration between The Marshall Project, WOVU and Cleveland Documenters that gives a comprehensive assessment of multiple systems that have bolstered inequities in a marginalized community.
Read MoreIRE New York Workshop: January 20-21
Join Investigative Reporters and Editors for a special New York Workshop at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY January 20-21. Sessions on sourcing, backgrounding, business reporting and more will be led by some of the nation’s most widely respected journalists, including Wesley Lowery and Walt Bogdanich. Check out the full slate of speakers…
Read MoreParticipate in the #NICAR23 mentorship program
Applications are now open to participate in the #NICAR23 conference mentorship program, either as a mentor or as a mentee.
Read MoreQ&A with IRE Journalist of Color fellow Sameea Kamal
The IRE Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship is a year-long program intended to prepare and support a journalist 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 skill-building. An underlying goal of the program is to increase…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Jeff German Fund for Investigative Journalism
CONTACT: IRE Executive Director Diana Fuentes, diana@ire.org, 573-882-1984 COLUMBIA, Mo. — Working with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Investigative Reporters & Editors has established the Jeff German Fund for Investigative Journalism to help continue the kind of game-changing investigations German devoted his life to producing. German, who joined the Review-Journal in 2010, was killed outside his…
Read MoreIRE condemns senseless killing of investigative journalist Jeff German
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Investigative Reporters & Editors condemns the senseless death of Las Vegas reporter Jeff German. The continuing police investigation indicates German may have been killed in connection with his investigative journalism, work that is the very foundation of our democracy. “Jeff’s death is a sobering reminder of the inherent risks of investigative journalism,”…
Read MoreLocations announced for 2022/23 IRE on Campus program
IRE will provide coast-to-coast training opportunities for college educators and students as part of the IRE on Campus program now entering its third year. Six colleges and universities that all serve a large percentage of historically excluded students, have been selected to receive free custom training — Saint Xavier University, San Francisco State University, Texas…
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