The IRE Office will be closed on Friday, March 27, to attend the funeral of our late Executive Director Diana R. Fuentes.
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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.
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Earn bragging rights and help raise money for future training events by participating in the NICAR 2026 Conference T-shirt contest! Submit your best T-shirt ideas that celebrate data and data journalism. There are only a few guidelines: It must be work-appropriate. There are no restrictions on colors, but keep in mind that the more detailed/multi-colored…
IRE strongly condemns the raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home by the FBI, purportedly in an effort to seize classified documents provided to the reporter as she investigates President Donald Trump’s administration. “This was an unconscionable attack on a free press,” said IRE Executive Director Diana Fuentes. “There is nothing more intimidating than going…
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…
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