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We are pleased to announce that Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) will bring its annual IRE Conference to Boston on June 14 - 17, 2012.

The conference will feature more than 130 panels and hands-on training sessions led by top investigative journalists and experts on a multitude of cutting-edge and timely investigative topics over 3 ½ conference days. Sessions will take place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. We expect to draw around 800 – 1,000 journalists from the region, across the U.S. and internationally. 

Each year we depend deeply on the generosity and support of media organizations, foundations and corporations to conduct our conferences. The conferences benefit journalists by offering not only story ideas, but also the guidance in techniques and resources needed to carry out those ideas. They also provide a great recruiting opportunity for conference sponsors.

Support from our sponsors helps us keep our registration fees low – registration is $200 in early bird registration fees for the main conference days for IRE members, thus ensuring our attendance remains robust when training and travel budgets are lean.

At the 2011 IRE Conference in Orlando, participants shared investigative tips and ideas on how to dig deeper into stories, hold government and business leaders accountable, collaborate with readers/viewers as well as other news organizations and establish and manage nonprofit investigative centers, among other things. Turnout was excellent – about 850 journalists from the U.S. and countries around the world came together, shared knowledge, exchanged ideas for the future and celebrated the best investigative journalism of the year. That speaks volumes to the need for the resources, training and community of support that IRE offers. 

IRE is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) educational and professional organization of more than 4,000 journalists working to foster excellence in journalism. Founded in 1975, IRE provides extensive training and resources through seminars, publications and Web site: www.ire.org. IRE also runs the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, a joint program of IRE and the Missouri School of Journalism. IRE has its offices at the University of Missouri.

Please note that we are open to customizing the sponsorship packages. Please contact IRE Development Officer Alan Lynes for more information at (573) 884-2222 or alan@ire.org.

Featured IRE Sponsor Level ($25,000 and above):

  • Prominent listing as a Featured Sponsor of the conference.
  • Sponsorship recognition on selected reception or brown-bag event.
  • Recognition of support prominently displayed in all program literature, in news releases, on signage during the conference and on IRE’s website with links to the organization’s website. 
  • 6 months of Web placement on the main IRE Web pages (page placement to be determined by IRE).
  • One complimentary full-page b/w/optional-spot-color print ad in the 2012 IRE Conference program. The program is distributed to all conference participants.
  • One complimentary full-page full-color print ad in an issue of the quarterly IRE Journal. 
  • One complimentary Recruitment/Vendor table in the exhibit area.

Awards Luncheon ($25,000):

  • Sponsorship of the largest gathering at the IRE conference, this luncheon gives you the most recognition available at the IRE conference
  • Additional benefits as listed in the Featured Sponsor level

Primary Sponsor Level ($10,000 – $24,999):

  • Prominent listing as Primary Sponsor of the conference.
  • Recognition of support prominently displayed in all program literature, in news releases, on signage during the conference and on IRE’s website with links to the organization’s website. 
  • Co-sponsorship recognition on selected reception or brown-bag event.
  • Rotational Web advertisement on the IRE Conference Web page.
  • One complimentary half-page, b/w/optional-spot-color print ad in the 2012 IRE Conference program. The program is distributed to all conference participants.
  • One complimentary full-page, full-color print ad in an issue of the quarterly IRE Journal. 

Closing Reception ($10,000):

  • Your organization will be featured prominently at the closing reception of the conference, the last gathering of the event

Sponsor Level ($5,000 – $9,999):

  • Recognition of support prominently displayed in all program literature, in news releases, on signage during the conference and on IRE’s website with links to the organization’s website. 
  • Rotational Web advertisement on the IRE Conference Web page.
  • One complimentary half-page, b/w/optional-spot-color print ad in the 2012 IRE Conference program. The program is distributed to all conference participants.
  • One complimentary full-page, full-color print ad in an issue of the quarterly IRE Journal. 

International Luncheon ($5,000):

  • Your organization will be featured at the luncheon for all of our international attendees

Supporter Level (Less than $5,000):

  • Recognition of support prominently displayed in all program literature, in news releases, on signage during the conference and on IRE’s  website with links to the organization’s website.