Investigative Reporters & Editors

Investigative Reporters & Editors is proud to partner with Journalism Mentors to help provide mentorship in investigative skills. IRE members who participate are available to provide guidance in skills such as data journalism, public records, interviewing and other techniques. Reach out to set up a chat during a mentor’s office hours.

This mentorship program is subject to IRE’s Code of Conduct, which prohibits discriminatory or harassing behavior. Please read the full Code of Conduct before signing up.

IRE is a nonprofit membership organization that provides training, resources and community for watchdog reporters. Mentorship is available to any journalist regardless of IRE membership. If you’d like to join, check out the benefits of membership here.

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Tory can coach on life after a layoff, how to overcome burnout, how to enter the world of data journalism, and resumes/portfolios. She can also help with figurng out how to balance multiple commitments at once, like going back to school while working full time or having side gigs, without burning out.
I can mentor folks looking to enter the world of graphics/data journalism. I also have experience navigating visa hassles as an international person in the newsroom.
Meghan can coach on local and beat reporting, building sources, including young or underrepresented voices in your coverage, newsletter writing and navigating searching for a new job – including interviewing and negotiating.
I can coach on career planning, navigating the product-editorial relationship, negotiating
Matt can coach and mentor on being a positive and effecitve manager, editing and organizing investigative projects, public records, preventing burnout, data journalism, and maintaining work-life balance.
Maureen can coach on running large projects, moving into management, working across multiple groups and establishing goals for your team.
Adam can mentor on all aspects of data related to journalism: web scraping, API work, data analysis, FOIA requests, writing with data, interactive design, and auto-updating graphics.
Lisa is a national-award winning investigative reporter.
Izz can coach on figuring out your role as you go, combining audience and traditional reporting techniques to serve your audience and how being part of underrepresented groups in journalism can bring strength and joy to your newsroom.
Erika can chat about the news nerd community and career paths within it as well as about all types of nonprofit admin/leadership stuff including fundraising, budgeting, planning, and especially shared leadership.