IRE seeks training director

Investigative Reporters and Editors is seeking a training director for a new nonprofit educational organization in Mexico focused on journalist training, with the position offering a path to executive leadership within two years.

Investigative Reporters and Editors is searching for a training director for the new Instituto Mexicano de Investigacion Periodistica, a not-for-profit educational organization for Mexican journalists funded with a three-year grant from the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

The training director will report to the Insituto Coordinator with the goal of assuming that top position within two years and will help develop and carry out professional training programs for journalists. Applicants should be Mexican journalists who are fluent in English with an interest in investigative reporting and computer-assisted reporting. Send a letter, resume and references to IRE Executive Director Rosemary Armao, 138 Neff Hall Annex, University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo., 65211. The deadline is May 1.