IRE Radio Podcast

Welcome to the third episode of the IRE Radio Podcast. We’re taking a cue from reporter Corey Johnson and calling this e... Read more

It’s a special Halloween episode of the IRE Radio Podcast, and this week we’re telling some housing horror stories. Here... Read more

When a story breaks, speed is key. But so are depth, context and accuracy. So how do you cover the news while simultaneo... Read more

If you attended an IRE Conference in the early 2000s, the plot of the movie "Spotlight" might have sounded familiar. Tha... Read more

A good reporter-editor relationship can make or break your investigative project. This week's episode is all about build... Read more

Thomas Hargrove spent decades reporting for the Scripps Howard News Service — until he was abruptly laid off in 2015. Th... Read more

This week we’re talking about investigating veterans issues, past and present. Here’s the lineup:- Dennis Wagner of the ... Read more

For decades, children passed through the doors of Catholic orphanages. Some never walked out. On this week’s episode, Ch... Read more

Think about the last time you got a call, email or direct message from someone who wanted to share a crazy story. You mi... Read more

Chicago drivers have forked over more than $600 million for traffic fines captured by red light cameras. But an investig... Read more

On this episode, reporter A.C. Thompson discusses his investigation into the deaths of five Vietnamese-American journali... Read more

An anonymous tip led the Los Angeles Times to a shocking revelation about the University of Southern California’s medica... Read more

More than 1.4 million people in the U.S. alone have fallen victim to a mail scam centered around a psychic named Maria D... Read more

If you’re walking down the street in San Francisco, it’s impossible to ignore. On any given day there are nearly 7,500 h... Read more

February 14, 2018 started out as a relatively calm day for Florida’s Sun Sentinel newsroom. Then, Nikolas Cruz walked in... Read more

On high school graduation day, the future looks bright, especially for Boston’s valedictorians. But as years pass, thing... Read more

If someone dies under suspicious circumstances, it’s a medical examiner’s job to figure out what happened. But in New Je... Read more

Investigations often don’t go according to plan. Dead-end data and stubborn sources are just some of the factors that ca... Read more

After the 2016 election, reporters across the country began noticing what seemed like a wave of hate crimes, harassment ... Read more

The numbers are striking: Across the country, some 700-900 women die every year from pregnancy or childbirth-related cau... Read more