IRE Radio Podcast
1) A conversation with Ben Welsh
In this episode of the IRE Radio Podcast, veteran reporter, editor and computer programmer Ben Welsh discusses his journalism career and how he got to where he is today. As founder of the Reuters News...Show More
2) 2024 IRE Awards: Behind the scenes
In this episode of the IRE Radio Podcast, two judges for the 2024 IRE Awards share a behind-the-scenes look at their committee’s selection process. Judges chose winners and finalists from a pool of 54...Show More
3) 2024 Philip Meyer Award winner: “How Thousands of Middlemen Are Gaming the H-1B Program”
In this episode of the IRE Radio Podcast, Bloomberg reporters Eric Fan and Zachary Mider take you inside the investigation that earned them the 2024 Phil Meyer Award. Their winning work, “How Thousand...Show More
4) IRE Radio: “40 Acres and a Lie"
“40 Acres and a Lie,” a collaborative investigation by Mother Jones, The Center for Public Integrity, PRX and Reveal, dives into unfulfilled promises to formerly enslaved people after the Civil War. T...Show More
5) The quest for diversity evolves
On this episode, Francisco Vara-Orta — IRE’s director of diversity and inclusion — reads an excerpt from his Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2025 piece titled, “The quest for diversity evolves.”...Show More
6) IRE Radio: Supporting journalists with disabilities
More than 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. reported having a disability in 2022, yet people with disabilities have long been underrepresented in news coverage and in newsrooms. To explore this topic — and re...Show More
7) Disability is part of every beat
Although there has been a move to diversify journalism from the stories we tell to the people we interview, the sad reality is that not enough journalists prioritize disability coverage. As part of ...Show More
8) Introducing the Knight Election Hub
On this episode, host Nakylah Carter chats with Knight Election Hub’s Erica Peterson and Scott Klein. The hub — an initiative funded by the Knight Foundation — contains more than 100 free and discoun...Show More
9) 2024 Golden Padlock Award winner: Georgia Department of Corrections
On this episode of the IRE Radio Podcast, host Nakylah Carter discovers how the Georgia Department of Corrections came to win the 2024 Golden Padlock Award for frequently and deliberately withholding ...Show More
10) 2024 Don Bolles Medal recipient: Marion County Record
On this episode, host Nakylah Carter chats with the 2024 Don Bolles Medal winner Eric Meyer, publisher of The Marion County Record. The Don Bolles Medal acknowledges investigative journalists who ha...Show More