The Investigative Reporters and Editors Association (IRE)

The Investigative Reporters and Editors Association (IRE), including National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR), is an investigative resources site based in Columbia, Missouri, USA. It was founded in 1975 and is currently owned by the Missouri School of Journalism. IRE is a grassroots nonprofit organization that aims to improve the quality of journalism by educating, empowering, and connecting journalists worldwide. Their mission is to create a better and more informed world through journalism. The organization does not have a print edition and its revenue and staff count are not specified.

NICAR, the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, is a program of IRE, founded in 1989 and supported by the Missouri School of Journalism.

NICAR shares IRE’s mission to foster excellence in journalism, particularly with regard to data journalism.

For more than 30 years, NICAR has:

• made valuable government datasets available to journalists

• done custom analysis work for newsrooms large and small

• held annual conferences that helped create and continue to support the active NICAR community

• trained journalists around the country and overseas in the art of acquiring, cleaning and analyzing data

• provided resources for using data effectively and responsibly

• trained Missouri journalism students to handle data and do analysis

To find out more about NICAR and its services, contact David Herzog, director of data and research services, at (573) 882-2127 or dherzog@ire.org.