Investigative Reporters & Editors
@IRE_NICAR
Investigative Reporters & Editors is a nonprofit organization providing training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world.
Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2024 IRE Awards! ire.org/announcing-the…
Just finished my fourth and final #nicar25 session! True to my word, I spent half the time showing people how to do things with AI and the other half of the time giving dire, highly opinionated warnings about its usage.
Have you ever laughed while reading an investigative book? 🙋♀️👇 Congratulations to @CraigMWhitlock on his @IRE_NICAR Award.
"Fat Leonard" by @craigmwhitlock is the full, sometimes stranger-than-fiction story of a world-class con man who blackmailed and bamboozled the US Navy for years. More: simonandschuster.com/books/Fat-Leon…
Are you passionate about investigative reporting? Want to help build a stronger journalism community? The period to declare candidacy for the IRE Board of Directors and Contest Committee is now open. Submission deadline is May 6 with @IRE_NICAR: ire.org/declare-ire-bo…
World Journalists Conference by Journalists Association of Korea started. Speech by @IRE_NICAR Executive Director Diana Fuentes.
Back home after a few days at my first #NICAR25 feeling inspired and grateful. I was lucky enough to be asked to speak on a panel about data on deadline, co-hosted a networking session & met so many great people 🥹 Thanks to @IRE_NICAR for sending me, and see y’all in NOLA! 🫶🏽
NEW 📌 Los hijos de las familias solicitantes de asilo salvaron la caída de la matrícula en las escuelas públicas de #Chicago y #NY, pero las políticas migratorias de la administración Trump están poniendo en riesgo a sus redes de apoyo. Esta es la historia de…
Great to connect with so many at #NICAR2025! Brechner FOI Project had the privilege of speaking on 3 panels about free gov't databases, records for social justice and Bill Track 50. @IRE_NICAR 🚨 #FOIA #datajournalism #opengov
Had fun talking about data reporting in smaller newsrooms at @IRE_NICAR in Minneapolis. At @MLNow, sometimes that means going out and counting planters block by block! ICYMI: bit.ly/small-data-j Thanks @KateReports @myersjustinc and @CodyLillich for a great talk!
If you’re part of a small data team — or you are the newsroom’s data team — this #NICAR25 session will cover practical ways to weave data into your beat, balance quick-turn stories with investigations, and make the most of limited resources. Join us: schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/
A special shoutout and ocean of thanks to the folks behind the scenes at #NICAR25. Amy, who’s been with IRE for 25+ years. Jim, welcoming attendees at registration. Derek and Eugene, who make sure all the tech runs smoothly. Heather, always the smiling face behind the merch…
Thank you to all our wonderful members who joined us at #NICAR25 in Minneapolis! We hope you learned a lot and are feeling inspired to do great journalism in your community.
Absolutely thrilled to be at #NICAR25 @IRE_NICAR-Exciting to realize that the challenges in my work are shared concerns across both academia and industry (suddenly feels solvable!). Grateful for the interest and support from peers in my projects!
“Our team is relentless about doing follow-up stories” 📍Panel: Behind the story: Recovery Inc. – Using data to investigate the big business of addiction treatment @AJInvestigates @KellyDietz_11 @kare11 #NICAR25
This is a special organization. We here at SPJ-NE are big fans!
IRE was founded Feb. 22, 1975 in Reston, Virginia — exactly 50 years ago today! This milestone is special. It means that for half a century, our members have stayed true to the belief that journalism can help us all live in a better, more informed world. ire.org/ire-50th-news/
Thanks, Minneapolis! You’ve been a wonderful #NICAR25 host city! Also appreciate all the @IRE_NICAR staff and member volunteers who put on a stellar event! See you in June for #IRE25 in New Orleans!
Don’t want the #NICAR25 fun to end just yet? Join our “great data” scavenger hunt tonight! Fill out this form to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
What did you learn at #NICAR25? We’re writing a blog post for the IRE website! Let us know: docs.google.com/forms/d/1byBLP…
“We’re gonna go until 5:45 pm” -@palewire “Or until we expire” -@derekwillis 📍First LLM Classifier: Practical AI in the newsroom #NICAR25
The room was packed at #NICAR25 for our blitz through "First Athena Query." Our full class, including detailed step by step instructions, is now free to all. It features a set of Python helpers developed at Reuters that we are releasing to the world. palewi.re/docs/first-ath…
Today, join Arlene Martinez and Siobhan Standaert to learn about ways to dig into companies and how to find their records of corporate misconduct. #NICAR25
Digging into the corporate world? @GoodJobsFirst has databases that can help journalists, from tracking company behavior across regulatory agencies to records of which companies have received taxpayer subsidies. Learn how to use these tools at #NICAR25. schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/