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Editor's note

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.

Editor's note

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.


Departments

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

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Newsletters

Local Matters •
Dangerous waterways, black mold in schools and chronic delays in resolving murder cases

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Quick Hits •
🌟 50th Gala and AccessFest this fall

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I-Team Toolkit •
I-Team Toolkit: Winning video investigations

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Remembering Paul Williams

Explore how Omaha’s last Pulitzer Prize connects Warren Buffett to the foundation of modern investigative journalism methodology (through the life and legacy of IRE co-founder Paul Williams).

The rise, fall and (possible) resurgence of FOIA audits

30 years ago, FOIA audits challenged government secrecy and ushered in a new era of Sunshine. Could they do so again?

Capturing global investigative journalism’s oral history

There is a new effort to document the oral history of investigative journalism around the world. It's the brainchild of investigative reporter Adiel Kaplan at Columbia Journalism School. The goal of her project is to preserve key perspectives on how the methods and tools of accountability reporting spread globally since the 1970s.

Despite attacks, industry turmoil, journalists declare: We are staying

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.

Probing the ethics of controversial brain research

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.

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