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  "id": "1996-april-grants-available-for-investigative-journalism",
  "slug": "1996-april-grants-available-for-investigative-journalism",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-april-grants-available-for-investigative-journalism.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "April",
  "monthNum": 4,
  "headline": "Grants available for investigative journalism",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "IRE is donating $2,000 from Awards Contest entry fees to the Fund for Investigative Journalism, which has supported IRE members' investigative reporting for 25 years.",
  "keywords": [
    "donation",
    "journalism",
    "grants"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
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  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "IRE is donating $2,000 of proceeds from the IRE Awards Contest Entry fee to the Fund for Investigative Journalism.\n\nIRE 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.\n\nFor 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",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
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