Investigative Reporters & Editors is a nonprofit organization providing training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world.
With heavy hearts, we stand with the #CapitalGazette in #Annapolis. Each and every day, #journos make sacrifices to serve the public, to protect our democracy and fulfill our Constitutional duties.
The Tortured Journalists Department:
-Election Night
-My Editor Only Cuts His Favorite Lines
-Who’s Afraid of My Little Old FOIA request?
-I Can Do It With a Broken Dataset
-I Can Make This Deadline (No Really I Can)
-I Hate It Here
-I Look in Public Records
-The Google Doc
2024 goals:
-use more em dashes
-submit more FOIA requests
-make a new friend at an IRE event
-publish a story so good they’ll say, “wow she really investigATE”
Thank you to all the journalists covering Election Day! IRE stands with you. We know it’s often a tough job, but your work is the bedrock of a strong democracy.