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Michael Biesecker Statement I’m an investigative reporter for The Associated Press in Washington and longtime IRE member hoping to give more back to an organization that has given me so much. I’m a North Carolina native and early in my career I had the good fortune to work with Pat Stith, co-founder of NICAR and…

Aaron Kessler Statement More than two decades into my relationship with IRE, I still remember the day I first stepped into the IRE office in Neff Annex, as a young grad student at the University of Missouri. To help work my way through school, I would soon be fielding calls from reporters around the country…

Jenifer McKim Statement Like many of you, I will never forget my first IRE conference. It was 2004, I had left a newborn at home, and I was excited to learn more about investigative journalism. I left the conference with a notebook full of ideas. Tips I received helped me write my first deep-dive articles…

Paroma Soni Statement I am a Data and Graphics Reporter at POLITICO, where I cover trade, immigration and agriculture. Before this, I was an Associate Visual Journalist with FiveThirtyEight, where I worked on data-driven stories about politics, abortion, and public policy. I am also currently a member of the IRE Board, where I’ve had the…

Kate Howard Statement I’m honored to seek my third term on IRE’s board at a pivotal moment for the organization and our industry. I aim to continue expanding IRE’s work on press freedom issues, improving training for audio journalists, and pushing good governance principles to ensure the organization will be training investigative journalists for generations…

Katie Wilcox Statement Katie Wilcox is an investigative reporter, editor, data journalist and educator with more than a decade of experience exposing waste, fraud and abuse. She leads teams in holding the powerful accountable and empowering communities to enact change. Her newsroom leadership and collaborative reporting has prompted legislation, criminal and civil investigations, terminations and…

Andrew Lehren Statement I am passionate about IRE and seek your support to further diversify the organization, ensure its financial stability, make trainings more affordable and accessible for a wider reach of journalists, support press freedoms and help our members in these challenging times. IRE has been life-changing for me. Just out of college and…