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Announcing the 2025 Philip Meyer Award Winners

IRE is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Philip Meyer Journalism Award! The Baltimore Banner earned the first-place prize, second place was awarded to ProPublica, and third place went to the Arizona Republic. Judges gave Bloomberg News an honorable mention and The Blade received a special mention.

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The IRE team grows + promotions

Help us welcome three new staff members to the IRE team! Benét Wilson is our newest training director, Aaricka Washington takes on the role of marketing and promotions specialist and Krista Sporleder joins us as the IRE program coordinator.

In the promotions department, Adam Rhodes has been promoted to managing editor of the IRE Journal and Lauren Grandestaff was promoted to deputy executive director.

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Join the next IRE President/Executive Director Office Hours

Join IRE President Josh Hinkle, Executive Director Diana Fuentes, and Training Director Laura Moscoso this Wednesday, February 11, at 1 p.m. ET for monthly virtual office hours. They'll be talking about NICAR26 and other exciting upcoming events!

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IRE Board of Directors Meeting

The IRE Board of Directors will meet from 9:00am - 11:00am CST on February 13, 2026. Please find the agenda for the meeting here. The meeting is open to all current IRE members. Members must register for the meeting. All those registered will receive an email with the Zoom info to access the meeting. Watch your email one day in advance. For any questions, please email logistics@ire.org.

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