IRE Award winners take us behind the story in blog posts, podcasts

Over the last year we’ve talked to many of the journalists now honored with 2014 IRE Awards. They’ve taken us behind their award-winning stories, shared tips and provided valuable insight into the reporting process. We combed our archives to put together a list of all the behind-the-scenes interviews we’ve gathered over the last 12 months.

"First Lady Inc." by Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week (Won: IRE Medal winner and Print/Online Small)

• Podcast episode "The Reporter Who Took Down the Governor"

"Fugitives Next Door" by Brad Heath, USA TODAY (Won: Tom Renner Award)

• Behind the Story: How USA TODAY pieced together a confidential FBI database to count fugitives who go free
• Uplink: Multiple data sets used to track fugitives who go free

"VA Scandal" by Dennis Wagner, Craig Harris, Rob O’Dell and Paul Giblin, Arizona Republic (Won: Print/Online Medium)

• Podcast interview with Dennis Wagner for “Scandals at the VA”

"Product of Mexico" by Richard Marosi and Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times (Finalist: Print/Online Large and Multiplatform)

• Podcast episode “Product of Mexico” goes behind the series

"Losing Ground" by Al Shaw and Brian Jacobs of ProPublica and Bob Marshall of The Lens (Won: Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism winner; Finalist: Multiplatform)

• Podcast interview with Bob Marshall of The Lens was part of the episode "The Dark Side of the Oil & Gas Boom"

"Fatally Flawed," The Charlotte Observer (Finalist: FOI Award)

• Uplink: Medical examiner databases shed light on North Carolina’s death investigation system