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| Founded | March 2008 |
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| Founder | Charles Lewis Wendell Cochran |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Investigative Journalism |
| Location | |
| Method | Foundation and Member Supported |
Executive Editor | Wesley Lowery |
Parent organization | American University School of Communication |
| Website | investigativereportingworkshop |
The Investigative Reporting Workshop (IRW) is an editorially independent newsroom in the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C. focused on investigative journalism. It pairs students with professional newsrooms to publish projects. It has partnered with dozens of newsrooms on hundreds of investigations, working with over 240 students journalists.
Since 2013, IRW has had a partnership with The Washington Post in which graduate students work as researchers and reporters on major stories, including its coverage of the causes, costs and aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. That coverage was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for public service.
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, and Columbia Journalism Review.