Welcome to IRE Radio, our new audio blog

If you’ve been spending time on our site recently, you’ve likely noticed something new – audio.

For the last three months we’ve been working with a team of Mizzou journalism students to highlight and share our extensive library of audio recordings.

On IRE Radio you’ll find a collection of short audio clips pulled from our conferences, workshops and special events. Check back regularly to hear journalists discuss story ideas, tips and tools of the trade.

Here are a few packages we’ve already put together:

• Inside the 2013 IRE Awards: Audio from some of the reporters, editors and producers who worked on prize-winning stories.

• The Prescribers (ProPublica)
• Deadly Delays (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• The Child Exchange (Reuters)

• Tips on protecting your work from prying eyes
• Sunshine Week: A 13-track playlist of some of our best tips, tricks and techniques for filing successful Freedom of Information Act requests.
• Tips for using NICAR’s hazardous waste database and covering hazmat pollution

You can also find many of our audio clips and playlists on Soundcloud.

Full-length audio from CAR and IRE conferences is still available online. We also have recordings from many of our Watchdog Workshops. These recordings are only available for members.

Now that we’re up and running, we’d like your input. What kinds of audio would you like to see on our site? Is there a particular speaker or session that stuck with you that we should make available online? Send your ideas to Sarah Hutchins, IRE's web editor, at sarah@ire.org.