The 2013 IRE Conference in San Antonio features several panels on criminal justice reporting, including the following sponsored by Criminal Justice Journalists:
- Criminal justice and guns
Featuring Gerardo Reyes of Univision, Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and moderator Ted Gest of Criminal Justice Journalists
- Criminal justice and prisons
Featuring Scott Henson of the Grits for Breakfast Blog, Kirk Mitchell of The Denver Post, Jessica Pupovac of NPR, Mike Ward of the Austin American-Statesman and moderator Ted Gest of Criminal Justice Journalists.
- Criminal justice and immigration
Featuring Alicia Caldwell of The Associated Press, Susan Carroll of the Houston Chronicle, Jeremy Roebuck of the San Antonio Express-News, John Sandweg of the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security and moderator Ted Gest of Criminal Justice Journalists
Other sessions covering criminal justice include:
- Policing the police: Investigating law enforcement
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Covering drug trafficking from Mexico to your community
- Unnatural deaths: Investigating medical examiners (Sponsored by the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma)
Check out the full list of sessions and speakers here.