IRE is donating $2,000 of proceeds from the IRE Awards Contest Entry fee to the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
IRE members Robert Baskin of CBS, author David Burnham, Brooks Jackson of CNN, Margaret Engle of the Alicia Patterson Foundation and Gene Roberts of the New York Times, sit on the board of the fund. For 25 years, IRE members have gone to the fund for support to do stories that otherwise would not be done.
For information about applying for a grant, call (202) 462-1844, or write to the fund at: 1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Room 324, Washington. D.C. 20036