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Welcome to The IRE Journal Online! Here you'll find all the in-depth stories and regular departments you've enjoyed in the print version, plus new audio and interactive features, including the latest IRE Radio Podcast episodes. Let us know what you think at editorial@ire.org.
Welcome to The IRE Journal Online! Here you'll find all the in-depth stories and regular departments you've enjoyed in the print version, plus new audio and interactive features, including the latest IRE Radio Podcast episodes. Let us know what you think at editorial@ire.org.
2024 IRE Awards: Behind the scenes
2024 Philip Meyer Award winner: “How Thousands of Middlemen Are Gaming the H-1B Program”
Data Dive: Reporting on an American health crisis
Nakylah Carter, IRE & NICAR
Show Your Work: 5 essential data journalism guides from Ben Welsh’s palewire
Nakylah Carter, IRE & NICAR
FOI Files: Trump 2.0
David Cuillier, Brechner Freedom of Information Project
Collected Wisdom: The quest for diversity evolves
Francisco Vara-Orta, IRE & NICAR
Opening Letter: Disability news and community
Francisco Vara-Orta, IRE & NICAR
IRE ortorgó a Rocío Gallegos la Medalla Don Bolles 2025
Read Jim Steele's IRE25 keynote address
CBS' Scott Pelley to emcee IRE's 50th Anniversary Gala
Sign up for an IRE Committee or Task Force today!
Local Matters •
Unlicensed casinos, utility overbilling and problems at Alligator Alcatraz
Quick Hits •
💰 Applications open for Freelance & JOC Fellowships
I-Team Toolkit •
I-Team Toolkit: Winning video investigations
IRE staff
On June 21, 2025, Jim Steele delivered a no-holds-barred, deeply stirring keynote speech at the IRE25 Awards Luncheon in New Orleans, celebrating the organization’s 50th anniversary. This is a complete, unredacted version of his address.
Audrey Carleton, Bruce Gil, Emily Nadal and Zachary Smith
In the final semester of their graduate studies, four CUNY student journalists joined Katherine Eban on a three-year investigation to expose ethical problems with a deep brain stimulation research study.
IRE staff
In honor of IRE's 50th anniversary, we are featuring photos, testimonials and stories — along with miscellaneous personal arcana — from members. Explore our new 50th anniversary microsite to learn more about IRE's five decades supporting investigative journalism.
Gerry Lanosga, Indiana University, and Brant Houston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Continued expansion in the nonprofit sector, a diversifying investigative workforce, and growing pessimism about the future of journalism are among the main takeaways from a broad national survey of IRE members conducted in 2023 and 2013.
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 patient data.
