The IRE Office will be closed on Monday, March 23, 2026, to mourn the passing of Executive Director Diana R. Fuentes. The office will also close on Friday, March 27, to attend Fuentes' visitation.
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DocumentCloud will have a new home at Temple University under the leadership of Aron Pilhofer, one of the platform’s co-founders. Effective Aug. 1, DocumentCloud will be housed at an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit and operate in collaboration with Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication in Philadelphia. The organization has received $250,000 in new funding…
The deadline to apply for the IRE training job has been extended to Aug. 8. System upgrades at the University of Missouri, where IRE is based, took down the HR application portal for five days. The system is expected to open again on Tuesday, August 1. Here’s our original post with information about the training director position:…
Projects investigating the U.S. war on terror, immigration and American business practices in Mexico have been awarded IRE Freelance Fellowships this year. The winners of the 2017 competition are: Anna Cavell, first place, is a freelance journalist based in the United Kingdom whose work has appeared on the BBC and Al Jazeera English. Her documentary…
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