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Sign up for IRE’s new virtual mentor program

IRE members can now volunteer to mentor fellow journalists on our new online platform, which replaces our former partnership with journalismmentors.com.

Only active IRE members will be lis...

By Jeremy Duda, Axios

Don Bolles

On June 2, 1976, Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles was backing out of a parking space at Phoenix’s Clarendon Hotel, where he’d been lured for a fake meeting, when a dynamite bomb exploded under his car. He used his last words to tell paramedics and bystanders who he thought was responsible, then clung to life for 11 agonizing da...

The 2026 Golden Padlock Award Nominees

Investigative Reporters and Editors has named its finalists for the 2026 Golden Padlock Award, honoring the most secretive public agency or official in the U.S.
The 2026 award celebrates four finalists for their outstanding achievement in the art of keeping public interest information hidden fro...

IRE Announces New ‘Diana Fuentes Service to IRE Award,’ Names Liz Lucas First Recipient

The staff of Investigative Reporters & Editors has named Liz Lucas, former IRE senior training director, as the recipient of the inaugural Diana Fuentes Service to IRE Award, named in honor of IRE’s late executive director to recognize outstanding volunteer co...

For those who’ve been eagerly waiting for some IRE Journal swag (please, please one at a time!), you’re in luck! Investigative Reporters & Editors is excited to unveil brand new merchandise, supporting the IRE Journal.

The designs — created by Jan Diehm of The Pudding — are the first in a series of designs that will release every few months. The first, “Trut...