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
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.
Couldn’t make it to the IRE Conference or to that panel you wanted to see? Follow the latest news out of the conference on IRE’s Conference blog. IRE will be blogging panels from the conference and tweeting tips throughout the day. UNLV students Nicole Villoria and Gregan Wingert will blog events, as well as freelance…
Barbara J. Greenspun, whose support has allowed IRE to train thousands of journalists throughout the country in investigative techniques, passed away on June 1. Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, is credited with helping to lay the foundation that led to the paper winning the Pulitzer Prize for public service last year. In 2005,…
While early-bird registration has ended, you have not missed your opportunity to attend this great training event. On-site registrations will be accepted beginning Wednesday evening, June 9 from 4-6 p.m. and will continue Thursday – Saturday during the conference, being held at the Paris Hotel, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd So. View the schedule and expected speakers today! This…
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.