Investigative Reporting Workshop
The Investigative Reporting Workshop is a nonprofit, editorially independent newsroom based at American University in Washington, D.C. in that trains undergraduate, graduate student and early career journalists by pairing them with professional newsrooms on investigative, enterprise and data journalism projects. Since its founding, the IRW has partnered with dozens of professional newsrooms on hundreds of investigations, and trained more than 240 student journalists -- many of whom now work in leading newsrooms across the country.
| Founded | March 2008 |
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| Founder | Charles Lewis Wendell Cochran |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Investigative Journalism |
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| Method | Foundation and Member Supported |
Executive Editor | Wesley Lowery |
Parent organization | American University School of Communication |
| Website | www |
Since 2013, IRW has had a partnership with The Washington Post in which graduate students work as researchers and reporters on major stories, including contributing to the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the causes, costs and aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Other reporting partnerships have included collaborations with PBS FRONTLINE, NBC News, WAMU-FM, Reveal News, the New Yorker, ABC World News Tonight, Politico, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Public Health Watch, McClatchy newspapers, Mother Jones magazine, and the Columbia Journalism Review.