IRE News
Reporting from IRE23 in Orlando, Rashika Jaipuriar recaps notable conference milestones. Her coverage features photos, programming highlights and an interview with a local snake on IRE’s TikTok — plus a reminder for speakers to submit tipsheets!
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The 13-member Board of Directors for Investigative Reporters and Editors elected new officers for 2023-24 on June 30, 2023.
Investigative Reporters and Editors is proud to announce it is naming its Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship in honor of Chauncey Bailey, a respected journalist who was covering his community of Oakland, California, when he was murdered in August 2007.
Four incumbents — Vice President Cindy Galli, Treasurer Brian M. Rosenthal, Secretary Josh Hinkle and At-Large Executive Committee Member Jodie Fleischer — along with two newcomers, Ana Ley and Hyuntaek Lee, were elected to two-year terms.
On June 24, 2023, the late Tom Torok of The New York Times and the late David Donald of The Washington Post became the first two members of the IRE Ring of Honor.
IRE’s Don Bolles Medal for 2023 has been awarded posthumously to Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, who was killed in September 2022 in apparent retaliation for his reporting on a local public official. The Don Bolles Medal recognizes investigative journalists who have exhibited extraordinary courage in standing up against intimidation or efforts to…