The Center for Investigative Reporting’s staff is thrilled to be one of seven organizations chosen to host a Knight-Mozilla fellow in 2015. The start date for the 10-month fellowship can be decided later, but it typically begins in February or March.
Here’s our pitch for why, other than the fact that we are based in the most beautiful place in the country, you should apply to be a fellow and come to CIR. And be sure to do so by the deadline of Aug. 16!
Our newsroom is doing groundbreaking work, rooted in a distinguished 37-year history. What once was a compact, reporting-focused team of a few core journalists has grown dramatically through expansion and a merger. We’re now a 65-person newsroom, still dedicated to producing high-impact, award-winning journalism.
As we identify the bare patches in our newsroom to work to be even better, one key area stands out: design of data interactives and graphics.
We work with many graphic designers and have featured their incredible work. But we've never had anyone dedicated to making our reporting and data analysis really shine. When it comes to news apps, we’ve been pretty good at faking it, but we know that we can really up our game.
We need to be able to tell readers things they don't already know and are actually worth knowing. We need your help to communicate that information more effectively. We'll challenge you to help users understand complex concepts and help us understand the best way to distill millions of relevant records into a compelling presentation.
CIR is a nonprofit newsroom in the San Francisco Bay Area and reports stories close to home, across California and the nation, and around the world. We produce our stories on every available media platform – including print, online, video, radio, interactive data applications and live events (even poetry and coloring books) – so that our reporting is accessible and engaging.
But wait, there’s more: We have our own stats club, writing club and running club. We even have an office bike-share program and fresh fruit deliveries.
And yes, we have data and stories – lots of them. Come help us make them beautiful.
We’ve been telling stories that change laws and lives for more than 40 years. And we’re just getting started.
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