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Legendary journalist Jim Steele delivered the keynote address at the IRE25 Awards Luncheon in New Orleans, celebrating the organization’s 50th anniversary. This is a complete, unredacted version of his speech.
Scott Pelley, the longtime and highly regarded correspondent for CBS’ 60 Minutes, will serve as master of ceremonies for IRE’s 50th Anniversary Gala. The gala, the first such fundraiser in IRE history, will take place Sep. 15 in New York.
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IRE’s Koch Continuum Grant supports investigative journalists pursuing public health and disability reporting. Here are the 2025 recipients.
IRE members elected six journalists to the Board of Directors, and two journalists to the Contest Committee in the 2025 election.
IRE has awarded the Don Bolles Medal for 2025 to Rocío Gallegos, editorial director and co-founder of La Verdad, an investigative news outlet she helped form in 2018 to fight the censorship and control of information that the Mexican government exerted over local news organizations.