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IRE urges the release of Nashville reporter by federal immigration authorities

IRE urges the release of Estefany Rodríguez, a reporter with Nashville Noticias and Univision 42 Nashville, whose coverage has included immigration enforcement. She was taken into custody while in a marked news vehicle, according to Nashville Noticias.

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Meetup: Seattle journalists to gather at The 5 Point Cafe this month
March 31, 2016 | Comments Off on Meetup: Seattle journalists to gather at The 5 Point Cafe this month

If you’re a journalist in the Seattle Area, we hope you’ll join us for a Meetup on Thursday, April 14. We’ll be gathering at The 5 Point Cafe starting at 6 pm. Everyone is welcome. Bring some colleagues from your newsroom to introduce them to the power of Investigative Reporters and Editors. As always, this event…

Quickly find SEC filings in a specific location using a new tool from Sqoop
March 28, 2016 | Comments Off on Quickly find SEC filings in a specific location using a new tool from Sqoop

If you’re tasked with covering business, you might want to check out a new feature from Sqoop. The document-mining site recently announced a new geographic search/location filter feature for SEC filings. That means that reporters can look for all SEC form types, or just a subset such as Form Ds or 8-Ks, in their state.…

A Message from the President: A Departure from IRE
March 24, 2016 | Comments Off on A Message from the President: A Departure from IRE

Dear Friends: I’m sorry to have to tell you that Mark Horvit has decided to take an exciting new job at the University of Missouri and will be stepping down as IRE’s executive director at the end of the summer. While this represents a huge loss to IRE, the board is hopeful that we’ll still…

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