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The Investigative Reporting Workshop (IRW) is an independent newsroom at the American University School of Communication.  IRW pairs experienced professional reporters/editors with graduate students to conduct in-depth, long-form journalism on such issues as politics, the environment, health, criminal justice, national security, immigration, and the economy.  These investigations are co-published across print, web, television, and radio with major media partners and nonprofit news organizations, including the Washington Post, NPR, and Reveal.  IRW also co-produces documentaries for PBS’s Emmy and Peabody award-winning series FRONTLINE.  Founded in 2008 by Charles Lewis, IRW is one of the largest and most innovative university-based newsrooms in the country.  Lewis is a 1998 MacArthur Fellow, former producer at ABC News and CBS News “60 Minutes,” and founder of two Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organizations, the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.