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Denise Malan is joining IRE full-time as a member of our training team in August. For the past three years, Denise has worked at the Institute for Nonprofit News in a joint position with IRE. She spent the first two years helping nonprofit news organizations around the country collaborate on data projects, then served as…
Ten newsrooms have been chosen for IRE’s Total Newsroom Training this year. TNT provides intense, in-house training for small and medium-sized newsrooms dedicated to watchdog journalism. This is the fourth year IRE has offered the free program. IRE also awarded three TNT Fellowships for IRE’s data analysis boot camp next month. TNT alumni are still encouraged to apply for six…
Boost your data skills for just $10 at our hands-on, half-day workshop taking place August 10, before the 26th Annual AAJA National Convention at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. Get experience working with data to help you beat the competition in any market. You’ll come away with plenty of quick-hit story ideas and also learn about…
Join us Monday, July 11 at 6 p.m. for the IRE Bay Area Investigators with Drinks! Invite your friends and get them to RSVP here so we have enough snacks to go around. Share what you learned at the IRE Conference and catch up with colleagues at the tropical-themed Natoma Cabana. The bar is just a…
Investigative Reporters and Editors has named the Department of Veterans Affairs as the winner of its annual Golden Padlock Award recognizing the most secretive U.S. agency or individual. The VA was selected for this honor for withholding records about the qualifications of medical staff who evaluated thousands of veterans for potential brain injuries following service to their country. When TEGNA…
IRE members elected seven new directors to the IRE board on Saturday evening at the organization’s annual conference in New Orleans. The newly elected members are: Sarah Cohen, The New York Times; Andrew Donohue, Reveal + The Center for Investigative Reporting; Ellen Gabler, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Jill Riepenhoff, The Columbus Dispatch; Nicole Vap, KUSA-TV-Denver;…
The IRE Board of Directors has appointed a committee of IRE members and representatives of the University of Missouri School of Journalism to conduct a search for IRE’s next executive director. The committee is in the process of reviewing applications and conducting initial interviews with candidates. In the coming weeks, the committee has been asked…