AccessFest 2025

AccessFest is IRE’s annual virtual-by-design conference. The two-and-a-half-day event will take place online from October 9 to 11, 2025.

AccessFest focuses on expanding IRE’s efforts to provide more accessible training centered on belonging, equity, and inclusion in the newsroom and through better news coverage of inequities in the communities journalists serve.

Couldn't make it to NICAR or IRE this year? The conference also features the best investigative reporting and data classes from the in-person conferences this past year.

Registration Fees

You must be a current IRE member through November 1 to attend the conference. Lapsed members must renew their membership before registering for the conference. Not an IRE member? You can apply online.

• Professional (general and early-career), Academic, Associate, Retiree
  • Early bird: $50 through Monday, September 8, 2025, midnight ET
  • Regular: $199 begins Tuesday, September 9, 2025
• Students
  • Flat rate: $50

You must be logged into your IRE account before trying to buy a ticket.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be sent via email to logistics@ire.org. All cancellations must be in writing. There is a $50 processing fee for all cancellations until September 18. After that date, requests for refunds will be considered case by case. Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. 

Recording Notice

All IRE events are subject to being photographed, video/audio-recorded, screen captured and/or live-streamed. Attendees, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors may be captured via these formats. All conference sessions, materials and activities are subject to recording by IRE and may be reproduced in part or whole, and distributed or used in any way consistent with IRE’s mission.

Questions?

For questions about registration or general conference questions, please contact logistics@ire.org.