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Broadcast panels offer insight to all at this year’s IRE Conference

May 15, 2012 | Comments Off on Broadcast panels offer insight to all at this year’s IRE Conference

We’ve got a great lineup of panels for broadcasters and anyone who shoots video for their projects at this year’s IRE Conference in Boston next month. Sessions will dig into confrontation interviews, how to take your story national, making document-based stories visual and how to do more with less. A panel of network media attorneys…

10 candidates for 2012 IRE Board Election

May 11, 2012 | Comments Off on 10 candidates for 2012 IRE Board Election

Vote for 2012 IRE Board of Director Candidates… If you are unable to attend the 2012 IRE conference in Boston, and your membership is current to 7/1/12, then you can vote for your favorite candidate via absentee ballot… Voting privileges are granted to the professional (including international), academic and retiree membership categories. Your membership must…

Best Practices for Nonprofit Newsrooms

May 10, 2012 | Comments Off on Best Practices for Nonprofit Newsrooms

Join us for a daylong, hands-on sharing and learning workshop at the IRE Conference on June 14. Sponsored by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Investigative News Network and IRE, this daylong program will focus on three key areas that are vital to nonprofit investigative centers: collaboration, legal issues and best practices in operations, digital…

Meet with a literary agent at the IRE Conference

May 9, 2012 | Comments Off on Meet with a literary agent at the IRE Conference

Pitch your book to a literary agent at the IRE Conference next month. Four leading agents from New York City and Boston are participating in a panel, “What are They Looking For? Inside Tips on Getting a Book or Movie Deal.” Some of them are then holding short one-on-one meetings, and you can sign up…

IRE Showcase Panel: The ethical landscape after News Corp.

May 8, 2012 | Comments Off on IRE Showcase Panel: The ethical landscape after News Corp.

After News Corp.: How Far is Too Far in Investigative Reporting Don’t miss this Showcase Panel at the 2012 IRE Conference next month in Boston. Join panelists Alan Rusbridger, executive editor of The Guardian; David Carr of The New York Times; Brian Ross of ABC News and moderator Leonard Downie Jr. of The Washington Post…

April membership drive winners announced

May 7, 2012 | Comments Off on April membership drive winners announced

Thank you to everyone who participated in our April membership drive.  Congratulations to the three members listed below whose names were drawn.  1st place – John Christie, the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Complimentary registration to the 2012 IRE Conference in Boston and 3 night’s hotel accommodations  2nd place – Doug Iten, WFTS-TV Tampa-St.…

IRE announces new Database Library Director

May 1, 2012 | Comments Off on IRE announces new Database Library Director

We are pleased to announce that Elizabeth Lucas is joining IRE today as the new director of our National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) Database Library. Liz comes to IRE from the Center for Public Integrity, where she analyzed data for investigative projects on political, environmental and health topics. Among the projects she worked on…

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