If you’re a musician in central Appalachia, we want to enlist your talents to write original compositions that convey the challenges for veterans in your community.
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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Could change in tax code bring transparency to charity fundraising?
What if charities were required to tell donors how much of their contribution actually went to the charity after deducting fees from for-profit fundraisers?
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Finding a path to better charity oversight
There are a number of ways to improve the way charities collect and spend donations. We’re going to be presenting a series of discussion points on this subject to encourage more debate on the issues.
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How newsrooms are localizing the VA backlog story with CIR data
We’ve recently launched an API and dashboard for our data on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ massive stack of disability claims to make it as easy as possible for journalists, developers and citizens everywhere to see how the delays are impacting veterans in their areas. Three weeks after launching the API, we’re already seeing great results.
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Use our data, share your story: CIR launches VA backlog API
When we published our interactive map of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ backlog of disability benefits claims in August, our goal was to highlight the delays’ impact on veterans across the country. Updated with new data from the VA each week, the map also serves as an ongoing accountability tracker for the agency’s progress on […]
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Journalists: Localize our investigation on VA benefits backlog
We’re in the process of working out an easy way to connect veteran sources with other journalists, but if you need help finding a local veteran, get in touch and we’ll see if we can help.
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Veterans: What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced after returning home?
It’s no secret that transitioning back to civilian life after military service can be a huge challenge for many veterans. Across the country, they routinely encounter obstacles, both personal and institutional, after returning home from battle.
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Inform our reporting: What’s your experience with charitable giving?
It’s the giving season – that time of year when you’re likely being solicited by a variety of causes and charities encouraging you to donate. Whether it’s a phone call during dinner, an online advertisement or a flashy flier in your mailbox, many organizations (even ours!) are making their case for why they need your […]