National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting (Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc.). A source of data for journalists. data are available only to members of IRE. IRE handles the Freedom of Information hassles in requesting and obtaining the data, transfers the data from various media and formats, and put it in database format that is ready to use, converts date and numeric fields out of their text versions so they are ready for analysis, and make sure you have complete, detailed record layouts, codesheets and other documentation. They also document glitches or flaws in the data and offer suggestions for story ideas and places to find stories that have already been done using this data.