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Declare IRE Board candidacy by May 6
Would you like to help lead Investigative Reporters and Editors as a new member of the Board of Directors? Or help judge the IRE Awards as an elected member of the IRE Contest Committee? Now is your chance! Six of 13 board seats are up for election in 2025, along with two seats on the Contest Committee.
Read MoreHydrogen sulfide hotspots, regulatory failure
By Will Evans, The Examination, and Caroline Ghisolfi, Houston Chronicle We knew we had a story when Sam Birdwell answered our call and began talking openly. Birdwell had retired after a long career with the state of Texas, patrolling oil fields to make sure companies followed the rules concerning hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a toxic gas…
Read MoreReverse engineering Medicare, Inc.
By Christopher Weaver, The Wall Street Journal One doesn’t just wake up one morning and decide to reverse engineer the federal government’s convoluted Medicare Advantage payment system. Taxpayers spend billions of dollars each year on excessive payments to private insurers in Medicare Advantage, but it is shrouded in secrecy and fueled by vast reams of…
Read MoreUnearthing a broken promise
By April Simpson, Pratheek Rebala and Alexia Fernández Campbell Every investigative journalist has been there. It’s early in an investigation, and the problem is the size of 27 football fields. That’s how much space the documents could cover if we laid them out. Where do we begin? That’s how we felt at the beginning of…
Read MoreMapping preventable death in “Bleeding Out”
By Lauren Caruba, The Dallas Morning News In the back of an ambulance in San Antonio, I watched as paramedics worked on a man they had pulled from a house with bullet-riddled windows and blood-smeared tiles. He had been shot twice, in the arm and chest. When I looked down at my shoes, I saw…
Read MoreJoin the legacy: How Watergate launched a new era in investigative journalism
As part of IRE’s 50th anniversary and spring member drive, we’re sharing some of the biggest moments in investigative journalism since 1975. This week’s story is about Watergate.
Read MoreAttending IRE25 on a budget
Attend the 2025 IRE Conference in New Orleans on a budget. You’ll find lots of tips that are big easy on the wallet!
Read MoreJoin IRE now and get a discount on digital security services
IRE is offering a new member benefit for our 50th anniversary and spring member drive. Join or renew your membership by April 28, 2025 to receive a 50% discounted subscription to DeleteMe services.
Read MoreSign up to be a mentor or mentee at IRE25
Sign-ups are now open for the mentorship networking program at IRE25 in New Orleans!
Read MoreInvestigating how loopholes and middlemen are breaking America’s H-1B visa system
By Jason Grotto, Bloomberg News In December 2023, with the migrant surge at the US-Mexico border dominating the national conversation, Bloomberg data investigations reporter Eric Fan was crafting a series of Freedom of Information Act requests that would crack open another problematic part of America’s immigration system — the skilled-worker visa program known as H-1B.…
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