Welcome to IRE!
Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. IRE was formed to create a forum in which journalists throughout the world could help each other by sharing story ideas, newsgathering techniques and news sources.
IRE provides members access to thousands of reporting tipsheets and other materials through its Resource Center and hosts conferences and specialized training across the country. Programs of IRE include the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR), a collaboration between IRE and the Missouri School of Journalism.
IRE News
A strong group of stories were submitted to IRE for the IRE Freelance Fellowship competition. The winners of the Freelance Fellowships for 2013 are: Wally Roberts, for his story on abuse in the nation’s largest nursing homes; Leah Bartos, for her work regarding shoddy forensic work; Erin Segal, for her work on misunderstood aspects of…
A big “Thank You” to all who participated in another successful membership drive! The results of the drawing are: 1st Place – Kate Perry, The Florida Times-Union3 Hotel nights and registration for the 2013 IRE Conference in San Antonio 2nd Place – Abby Rapoport, KNXV-PhoenixTwo years of free IRE Membership 3rd Place – Lori Jane…
Longtime IRE Journal FOI columnist and University of Missouri professor Charles Davis has been named dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Davis has enlightened IRE members with his FOI column in every issue since 2000. “Charles has the ability to effortlessly cut through obfuscation and bureaucratic smokescreens to…
There’s more pressure than ever to rise above the competition.
IRE can help you enhance your daily reporting with resources and member benefits you won’t find anywhere else.
The Center for Journalism & Democracy is accepting applications for a scholarship to the IRE conference!
