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10 public sources of downloadable demographic data
Many government datasets that were once public and available on the internet are either being taken down or no longer updated. So what’s a data journalist to do?
Read MoreThe 2025 Freelance Fellowship Recipients
IRE is excited to announce that the recipients of the 2025 IRE Freelance Fellowship are Jennifer Chowdhury and Molly Cotner! In their respective projects, Jennifer will investigate the U.S. government’s inconsistent approach to granting citizenship to children born through international surrogacy, while Molly will lead a community-centered investigation into the realities of the childcare crisis…
Read MoreCall for entries: 2025 IRE Awards
Call for entries: 2025 IRE Awards (Dec. 19, 2025) – It’s that time of year again! The 2025 IRE Awards are now open! We’re excited to announce a few new categories this year as well as a brand new contest platform. We’ve expanded the print/online, video and audio categories to include outstanding international investigations. Our…
Read MoreJoin us at The National Summit on Local News Preservation
This event seeks to bring together representatives from news and cultural heritage organizations. Editors, reporters, and journalists from all types of media organizations are encouraged to attend, as are archivists, librarians, and other heritage professionals.
Read MoreComing soon: a new IRE website
IRE members will soon be able to enjoy a new and improved website! “Staff and volunteers have been hard at work for long months to develop and test the new site — and now we’re about ready to launch,” said IRE Executive Director Diana Fuentes.”It shows IRE’s commitment to meaningful improvements that put members first,…
Read MoreDavid Dietz Fellowship
Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference. Description Established in 2011 for the late David Dietz, an award-winning journalist and a past president of IRE, the fellowship supports early-career journalists who have a demonstrated interest in financial investigative reporting. Who is eligible? Journalists and independent journalists with less than 10 years’ professional experience, who have a…
Read MoreNapoli Management Group TV Scholarship
Napoli Management Group TV Scholarship Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference. Description Established by the Napoli Management Group to assist aspiring early-career watchdog journalists, who would not have the financial means, in receiving training at the IRE Conference. Who is eligible? Early-career (five or fewer years of post-college work experience) TV journalists interested in…
Read MoreThe Arizona Project
The Arizona Project is an important chapter in Investigative Reporters and Editors’ story. Journalists across the country came together to complete the work of Don Bolles, an Arizona Republic investigative reporter murdered in 1976 in retaliation for his reporting. The large-scale collaboration, the first of its kind in American journalism, took place just a year…
Read MoreFrom the Editor: Welcome to the “new” IRE Journal
From the Editor: Welcome to the “new” IRE Journal By Adam Rhodes, IRE & NICAR This isn’t going to be a “things I’m thankful for” essay, I swear. But I am lucky to have a lot to be thankful for. My sweet albeit ornery beagle, a healthy family and trusted friends, a steady income, Ariana…
Read MorePress Freedom Committee Meeting Minutes
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