Expected speakers for the 2009 IRE Conference
Name
Affiliation
Bill Allison
Sunlight Foundation
Bill Alpert
Barron's Magazine
Robert Anglen
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Agustin Armendariz
California Watch
Niran Babalola
Texas Tribune
Dan Barr
Perkins Coie Brown & Bain P.A.
Ed Bender
National Institute on Money in State Politics
Robert Benincasa
National Public Radio
David Bodney
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
John Bones
Verdens Gang
Brian Boyer
Chicago Tribune
Brad Branan
The Fresno (Calif.) Bee
Danielle Cervantes
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Wendell Cochran
American University
Sarah Cohen
Duke University
Michael Corey
The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Kevin Crowe
Watchdog Institute
David Cuillier
University of Arizona
Chase Davis
California Watch
Anthony DeBarros
USA Today
Steve Doig
Arizona State University
David Donald
Center for Public Integrity
Jaimi Dowdell
IRE and NICAR
Joe Epps
Arizona State University
Jacob Fenton
Investigative Reporting Workshop
Laura Frank
Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network
Jack Gillum
USA Today
Michael Grabell
ProPublica
Mark Greenblatt
KHOU-Houston
Doug Haddix
IRE and NICAR
David Heath
The Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Tim Henderson
The Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.)
David Herzog
IRE and NICAR
Mark Horvit
IRE and NICAR
Brant Houston
University of Illinois
Aaron Kessler
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Scott Klein
ProPublica
Jennifer LaFleur
ProPublica
Daniel Lathrop
InvestigateWest
Paula Lavigne
ESPN
Darnell Little
Northwestern University
Ryan McNeill
The Dallas Morning News
Ted Mellnik
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Blake Morrison
USA Today
Nils Mulvad
Kaas & Mulvad
Maggie Mulvihill
New England Center for Investigative Reporting
Gavin Off
Tulsa (Okla.) World
Paul Overberg
USA Today
Griff Palmer
The New York Times
Nora Paul
University of Minnesota
Michael Pell
Center for Public Integrity
John Perry
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cheryl Phillips
The Seattle Times
Aron Pilhofer
The New York Times
Ben Poston
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dylan Purcell
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Neil Reisner
Florida International University
Alex Richards
Las Vegas Sun
Rich Robertson
R3 Investigations
David Smallman
Smallman Law PLLC
Doug Smith
Los Angeles Times
Matt Stiles
Texas Tribune
Stephen Stock
WFOR - South Florida
Charlie Szymanski
The Nation
Maurice Tamman
The Wall Street Journal
Mary Jo Webster
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ben Welsh
Los Angeles Times
James Wilkerson
The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Brooke Williams
Watchdog Institute
Derek Willis
The New York Times
Matt Wynn
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)