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Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference. Description Established by former IRE president David Cay Johnston to honor his wife, Jennifer Leonard, the president of the Rochester Area Community Foundation and a national leader in promoting ethical standards for endowments before she retired in 2022. In the early 1980s, Leonard exposed how corporations blackballed various…

Provides assistance to attend a Data Journalism Bootcamp, or the NICAR Conference. Description The fund is named for the late David Donald, a former IRE training director who spread the gospel of computer-assisted reporting to thousands of journalists, educators and students around the world. The fund is designed to support computer-assisted reporting training to university…

Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference, June 19-22, 2025 in New Orleans. LA. Description The scholarship is made possible by Dr. James Richard Bennett, professor emeritus of English at the University of Arkansas.  Who is eligible? Journalism students in Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma or Louisiana. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville students are not eligible.  What does the…

Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference. Description Established by former IRE board member Nancy Stancill and her family in memory of her father, Godfrey Wells Stancill (who was an editor and publisher of the Suffolk News-Herald), the fellowship supports journalists working for newspapers with a Sunday circulation of under 50,000. Who is eligible? U.S.-based…

Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference. Description Established through an estate gift by the late Eric B. Sager, an IRE member from West Virginia, who worked mainly in trade publications. Who is eligible? U.S.-based journalists and independent journalists. Journalists from trade publications and small outlets are encouraged to apply. Students are not eligible.  What…

Provides assistance to attend the IRE Conference. Description Established by long-time IRE member David Jackson who established the Gary Marx Journalism Fund to honor a trusted Chicago Tribune colleague, Gary Marx, and hopefully to inspire the new generation of investigative reporters.  Who is eligible? U.S.-based college journalism students and early-career journalists (five years post-college graduation).…

Meeting Minutes The Board of Directors generally meets two times a year to discuss and vote on IRE business. The board also conducts conference calls periodically. After being approved, the minutes are posted online for IRE members to view and/or download. 2025 October 3, 2025 – Emergency IRE Board of Directors meeting September 9, October…

Please note that data and research services are not available from May through August (summer break following the University of Missouri academic calendar). Custom training is available in Spanish. Los talleres personalizados están disponibles en español. Please contact us for more details. “*” indicates required fields

IRE appreciates the many journalists who served the organization as members of the Board of Directors. An asterisk (*) denotes service as board president; (dec) indicates the person is deceased. Paul Adrian (2000-2006) Matt Apuzzo (2017-2019) Rosemary Armao (1997-2001) Bethany Barnes (2019-2021) Roberta Baskin (1998-2000) *David Boardman (1997-2007) Walt Bogdanich (1988-1992) Ziva Branstetter (2013-2019) Darla…