Investigative Reporters & Editors - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBWe are heading to Toronto, Ontario, for two days of professional development training with the Investigative Journalism Bureau to elevate investigative and data skills, Sept. 20-21 at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University. Then, on Oct. 25, our New York Watchdog Workshop will focus a full day of training on climate, environment ...
Conferences - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBNew Orleans | June 19-22, 2025. Join us for our annual investigative journalism conference where you'll get world-class professional development opportunities in all things investigative and data journalism. The conference will feature sessions on the most tried and tested investigative skills, story ideas for anyone and tons of chances to grow ...
Training - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBIRE makes available fellowships and scholarships to allow professional journalists, students and educators the opportunity to attend training events they might not otherwise be able to afford. Fellowships and scholarships typically include a one-year IRE membership and conference/seminar registration fees. Some cover travel costs.
Awards - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBThe IRE Awards is the annual contest of Investigative Reporters and Editors recognizing the best in investigative reporting by print, broadcast and online media. After judging, all entries are placed in IRE’s Resource Center story library so that IRE members may learn from others’ triumphs and troubles. The contest helps identify techniques ...
Find a Job - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBFind a Job. Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting host an active website for some of the best-trained and highest-profile journalists in the world. You can’t afford to miss our more than 5,500 members or thousands of other reporters and editors when trying to fill a special job in your ...
Resources - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBThe IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 25,000 investigative stories — print, broadcast and online. Add to that more than 5,000 tipsheets from our national conferences, Watchdog Workshops, and on-the-road training on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories. IRE gives you resources that no reporter ...
About IRE - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBInvestigative 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.
David Donald Fellowship for Data Journalism
WEBThe 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 educators so that they can better equip their students to be ...
NICAR 2021 - Investigative Reporters & Editors
WEBNICAR 2021. IRE’s annual data journalism conference was originally scheduled to take place in Baltimore, Maryland. We are moving the event online because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “NICAR is such a unique conference with its hands-on training, innovative sessions and collaborative spirit,” IRE Deputy Executive Director Denise ...
Ethics & Orphans: the Monster Study - Investigative Reporters
WEBIn 1939, speech pathologist Wendell Johnson and a graduate student conducted an experiment on a group of orphans near the University of Iowa. Their theory: "Stuttering begins in the ear of the listener, not in the mouth of the child." To test the hypothesis, the researchers conducted a psychological experiment on children starved for attention.