Craig Lyons

NICAR 2026 March 5-8, 2026 Join IRE & NICAR for our annual data journalism conference – March 5-8, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana. NICAR is our annual conferenced focused on all things data journalism. Attendees...

Start your engines, journalists. The NICAR conference is heading to Indianapolis this March.

If your reporting relies on data, #NICAR26 is the premier conference for you.

Early-bird registration for #NICAR26 ends on Friday, Jan. 30.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4oDxQJH

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Media School faculty sign open letter to students A open letter to students signed by 48 Media School faculty members.

“Like you, we felt betrayed”: The faculty at The Media School issued this letter today in support of our students and a free press at Indiana University.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Five-star stays and Michelin-starred meals: Interest groups foot the bill for congressional travel • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation have accepted roughly $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020

Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation and their staffers have accepted over $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020, the Arnolt Center found.

Thanks to @indianacapitalchronicle.com for publishing the story.

indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/29/f...

@stacykess.bsky.social is doing great work (also, she’s a former Hoosier and current New Englander). Happy to support @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and its mission.

The footprint of Career Scholarship Accounts is growing. Transparency for them is lacking. The two-year old program that connects students to local businesses to provide them work experience is at full capacity, and lawmakers could soon increase its funding. But figuring out how much money ...

The latest from the Arnolt Center and Chalkbeat Indiana:
Scholarships for career-driven Indiana teens are growing and gaining fans, but lack transparency.
State agencies denied records requests for invoices related to spending and distribution of taxpayer dollars.

www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...

Craig Lyons talks about Google Sheets during the NICAR conference. Photo by Rashika Jaipuriar.

Many thanks to @ire-nicar.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to lead my first panel (Google Sheets 2) at NICAR in Minneapolis last week. A special shoutout to @ksophiewill.bsky.social for her coaching assistance during the session. (Photo by Rashika Jaipuriar/IRE)

Twelve students from the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University stand with faculty and staff at the 2025 NICAR conference.

The Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University and The Media School are well represented at #NICAR25. @ire-nicar.bsky.social, @kathleenmjohnston.bsky.social, @egawthrop.bsky.social