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Register now and join us in New Orleans for the 2025 IRE Conference!

We are offering a special $199 rate for early-career members, freelancers and those currently unemployed — available for the first 100 registrations or until April 28, whichever comes first. The general early-bird rate is available until April 28. The student early-bird rate is only $100. You can also save by booking your stay with the IRE discount.

NEW: We're partying on a riverboat cruise to celebrate the 50th! Once you've registered for the conference, you can buy tickets to the cruise here.

IRE is heading to Utah for the Jeff German Investigative Workshop, April 11-12.

The workshop at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, will begin on a Friday morning and continues through Saturday with half-day training in Google Sheets.

This regional workshop is named in honor of the late Jeff German, a longtime IRE member killed in 2022 by a county official German had investigated. The workshop is made possible through the Jeff German Fund for Investigative Journalism and co-sponsored by Weber State University's Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities.

The IRE Board of Directors is meeting online Friday, April 18, at 10 a.m. EST. The agenda will be posted soon; it will include an update on planning for IRE25, set for June 19-22, in New Orleans, and information on how to run for the board — six of the 13 seats are up for election this year along with two seats on the Contest Committee. The meeting is open to active members. Registration is required.

In a related matter, the board is considering an amendment to the IRE Code of Bylaws that would allow the appointment of a financial professional to the IRE Board’s Finance Committee. IRE members have until April 23 to comment on the proposed amendment. Send comments to Treasurer Mark Greenblatt at mark.greenblatt@asu.edu or to Sarah Cohen, chair of the board's Governance Committee, at sarah.h.cohen@gmail.com.

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