Investigative Reporters and Editors is accepting entries in the 2007 IRE Awards.

The IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative reporting in print, broadcast and online categories. All entries become a permanent part of the IRE Resource Center's investigative story collection becoming a valuable resource to other journalists who may need help reporting a similar story in the future.

The 15 categories recognized in the IRE Awards are:
· Newspapers: Circulation less than 100,000

· Newspapers: Circulation between 100,000 and 250,000

· Newspapers: Circulation between 250,000 and 500,000

· Newspapers: Circulation more than 500,000 (or wire service entry)

· Newspapers: Local circulation weekly

· Television: Network or syndicated program

· Television: Top 20 market

· Television: Below Top 20 market

· Magazine/Specialty Publication

· Book

· Radio

· Online

SPECIAL CATEGORIES (Any medium, any size circulation or market)

· Tom Renner Award (An IRE Medal for Outstanding Crime Reporting and $500)

· IRE FOI Award (An IRE Medal honoring an individual or organization whose actions further open records or open government)

· Student Work (An IRE Certificate of Recognition and a $250 cash scholarship for Outstanding Investigative Reporting)


Work submitted in the 2007 IRE Awards must have been published or aired between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2007. The postmark deadline for the is Jan. 7, 2008. The entry fee is $50 for members, $110 for nonmembers. There is no entry fee for students who are current members of IRE. The entry fee for non-member students is $25.Entry forms for the 2007 IRE Awards are available online: http://www.ire.org/contest/CallforEntries07.pdf

Additional information about IRE and the annual IRE Awards can be found on our website (http://www.ire.org/) or by calling the IRE Resource Center at 573-882-6668.