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IRE member wins 2016 Selden Ring Award

February 12, 2016 | Comments Off on IRE member wins 2016 Selden Ring Award

Congratulations to IRE member Martha Mendoza of The Associated Press for winning the 2016 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. USC Annenberg recognized Mendoza, along with Esther Htusan, Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, for their project, “Seafood from Slaves,” which investigated the multi-billion dollar Thai seafood export industry. According to the USC news release, the judges commented:…

Fellowship inspired by ‘Spotlight’ to award funding, support to investigative journalists

February 1, 2016 | Comments Off on Fellowship inspired by ‘Spotlight’ to award funding, support to investigative journalists

By Sacha Pfeiffer, The Boston Globe ‘Spotlight’ on the IRE Radio Podcast Listen to Pfeiffer, Walter Robinson and Marty Baron discuss the Globe’s reporting in 2002 and 2003. Fourteen years ago, my Boston Globe Spotlight team colleagues and I published our first story about the Catholic Church’s widespread cover-up of clergy sex abuse. It was…

Mark your calendar for the first IRE Chicago Meetup this year

January 28, 2016 | Comments Off on Mark your calendar for the first IRE Chicago Meetup this year

Join us for the first IRE Chicago Meetup of the year! We’ll be gathering at The M Lounge (1520 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL) on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 6-9 p.m. As with all of our Meetups, you don’t have to be an IRE member to attend. So bring a friend, colleague or anyone you…

2015 Philip Meyer Award winners announced

January 21, 2016 | Comments Off on 2015 Philip Meyer Award winners announced

IRE is proud to announce the 2015 Philip Meyer Award winners A data-driven investigation that exposed the human cost of school resegregation in central Florida is the first-place winner of the 2015 Philip Meyer Journalism Award. Investigations that explored the growth of diversity in American cities and revealed the small cadre of attorneys who dominate the…

Subscribe to NICAR-Learn, our gallery of on-demand training videos

January 11, 2016 | Comments Off on Subscribe to NICAR-Learn, our gallery of on-demand training videos

In November, we announced the creation of NICAR-Learn, a new hub for on-demand training videos. We launched the site with a handful of free videos, and now we’re excited to let you know that the full site is up and running. Here’s how it works: For a small fee ($25/year for IRE members; $40/year for non-members),…

IRE Office Closed for the Holidays

December 23, 2015 | Comments Off on IRE Office Closed for the Holidays

In celebration of the coming holidays, the IRE and NICAR offices will close Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 23 through Friday, Jan. 1. While staff will be checking in periodically, coverage will be sporadic. We appreciate your patience and will see you in the new year.

Funding, support available for freelance investigative journalists

December 21, 2015 | Comments Off on Funding, support available for freelance investigative journalists

Are you an independent journalist looking for support and funding for a new project? Consider applying for the Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE) Pilot Project and IRE’s Freelance Fellowship. Resources and support FIRE is a one-year pilot program from Project Word that provides freelance investigative journalists with reporting tools and resources. IRE is collaborating…

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