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Reporting on an American health crisis
By Nakylah Carter, IRE & NICAR When investigating topics with large data sets, reporters have to become creative and proactive in order to include all the crucial information to make the story pop. In this edition of Data Dive in The IRE Journal, we feature two investigative data pieces about the American health crisis. In…
Read More5 essential data journalism guides from Ben Welsh’s palewire
By Nakylah Carter, IRE & NICAR This edition of “Show Your Work” compiles five essential data journalism resources from Ben Welsh’s website, palewire. Welsh, a longtime IRE member, frequently speaks at IRE and NICAR conferences. His website offers transparent guidance for others to build their data journalism skills, while also providing tips and tricks for…
Read MoreSign up for an IRE Committee or Task Force today!
Want to get more involved with IRE? Sign up to join a Committee or Task Force! Let us know you’re interested by July 25.
Read MoreTwo journalists selected for IRE Koch Continuum Grant
IRE’s Koch Continuum Grant supports investigative journalists pursuing public health and disability reporting. Here are the 2025 recipients.
Read MoreIRE Board elects new officers for 2025-26
The IRE Board of Directors elected officers for 2025-26.
Read MoreIRE members elect six to Board of Directors
IRE members elected six journalists to the Board of Directors, and two journalists to the Contest Committee in the 2025 election.
Read More2025 Don Bolles Medal awarded to Rocío Gallegos
IRE has awarded the Don Bolles Medal for 2025 to Rocío Gallegos, editorial director and co-founder of La Verdad, an investigative news outlet she helped form in 2018 to fight the censorship and control of information that the Mexican government exerted over local news organizations.
Read MoreU.S. Department of Government Efficiency wins 2025 Golden Padlock Award
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) earned the 2025 Golden Padlock Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Read MoreProbing the ethics of controversial brain research
By Audrey Carleton, Bruce Gil, Emily Nadal and Zachary Smith The four of us met in a classroom in midtown Manhattan in the fall of 2021 — donning masks during the throes of the pandemic. Then final-semester graduate students at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, we…
Read MoreAwards
Awards Every year IRE holds several different types of contests. Some have cash prizes while others honor dedication to (and against) freedom of information. Contact awards@ire.org with any questions. The 2024 IRE Awards video The video showcases the winners of the IRE Awards presented at the IRE25 Awards Luncheon in New Orleans. The video was created…
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