Calise Hawkins, Julia Johns and Scott Chaplain weren’t planning to dive into a typical stand-up routine when they took the stage at WFMU in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Oct. 21. Surrounded by a 1970s-themed set, the comedians were set to riff on a topic that doesn’t seem like much of a laughing matter: the […]
Cole Goins
Director of Community Engagement
Cole Goins is the director of community engagement for Reveal, where he cultivates partnerships that blend in-depth journalism and creative public engagement. He has built and supported distribution networks, spearheaded arts-based initiatives such as the Off/Page Project, led social media and audience strategy, and facilitated statewide media collaborations. He was a senior fellow in the 2015 USC Annenberg Health Journalism Fellowships, mentoring five journalists on approaches to community engagement. Previously, Goins was the engagement editor at the Center for Public Integrity, where he led audience development initiatives and multimedia features for award-winning investigative projects. He earned a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he worked as music director for WXYC, the student-run radio station. He is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
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Why does Oklahoma lock up so many women? Hundreds gather at solutions forum
“I was just one of the lucky ones to make it out and to be different than the statistics,” said one young woman whose mother was incarcerated.
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Voting Block encourages NJ neighbors to talk politics over dinner
A collaborative reporting project in New Jersey is using meals to surface local perspectives on the state’s upcoming gubernatorial election.
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Journalists explore Mississippi’s civil rights legacy through theater
“Beautiful Agitators,” an original StoryWorks play about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Vera Mae Pigee, premieres in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in August.
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Tell Reveal about your challenges with renting and buying a home
If you rent from a big corporate landlord, or if your family has run into trouble buying a house, we want to hear from you.
Posted inChasing Energy
Meet the people in the path of a massive pipeline expansion
We traveled along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion route to learn more about where various communities stand on the project, and how they see it affecting their lives.
Posted inChasing Energy
We asked for your messages to Trump about Standing Rock. Here’s what you said
Before the protest camps at Standing Rock were cleared, President Donald Trump said he hadn’t “received a single call” about the Dakota Access pipeline. Could it be because the White House comment line was blocked? We created our own phone line.
Posted inChasing Energy, Environment, Oil and Mining, The Trump Era
What would you tell Trump about the Dakota Access Pipeline?
President Donald Trump claims he hasn’t “had one call from anybody” about the Dakota Access Pipeline. So we think it’s time to make your thoughts known on the controversial energy project.
Posted inInside the Newsroom
What we learned blending animation and investigative reporting
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Posted inInside the Newsroom
Introducing Reveal Labs, a new engine for local investigative reporting
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