Workshop News
FRONTLINE, NPR, IRW collaborate on new program about Puerto Rico
April 26, 2018
More than seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, damaging or destroying homes and demolishing much of the island’s infrastructure, more than a hundred thousand Americans are still without power, as part of the worst blackout in U.S. history.
IRW launches interactive on antibiotic resistance
March 8, 2018
"Nightmare Bacteria: Life Without Antibiotics" is a new interactive multimedia project of the Investigative Reporting Workshop. The site uses clips from previously aired programs and divides them into small segments. Viewers also will find additional video interviews that did not air; more resources and links; and an explanation of the science behind antibiotics.
Apply for summer 2018 internships
Jan. 3, 2018
The Investigative Reporting Workshop, a nonprofit, professional news organization, is looking for smart, engaged college students from around the country for internships in the summer of 2018.
FRONTLINE (PBS) and American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop launch new journalism fellowship
Nov. 16, 2017
The PBS series FRONTLINE and the Investigative Reporting Workshop (IRW) at American University’s School of Communication are pleased to announce a new journalism fellowship.
Jennifer LaFleur joins Workshop as data editor
Aug. 28, 2017
Jennifer LaFleur joins the Investigative Reporting Workshop as its new data editor and the School of Communication at American University as a data journalist-in-residence today.
Interns report for Post, FRONTLINE
Aug. 14, 2017
IRW interns from the spring and summer cohorts researched police accountability, low-income housing and charities renting Mar-a-Lago for major fundraisers, which led to stories with our partners, The Washington Post, PBS FRONTLINE and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, respectively.
Intern lands byline in Washington Post
July 17, 2017
One of IRW's summer interns secured a front page Washington Post byline after working with Post reporter and Workshop Senior Editor John Sullivan on a six-month update of fatal police shootings, which the Post has tracked nationwide for two years.
Encore broadcast of FRONTLINE program
July 17, 2017
"Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria," a 2013 FRONTLINE program co-produced by the Investigative Reporting Workshop, looks at whether the age of antibiotics is coming to an end. Rick Young, Emma Schwartz, Fritz Kramer, correspondent David E. Hoffman and Workshop intern Sarah Robertson have updated the story with new interviews and footage from Houston.
Lewis inspires young journalists
July 17, 2017
Executive Editor Charles Lewis urged young journalists to get excited about the profession and to hold those in power accountable this month at a two-day, international conference in Edinburgh.
IRW selects first high school intern
July 17, 2017
Maya Wilson says her parents' first kiss was over a side table the pair assembled in February 1993, when they both worked as journalists at the News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.