The Center for Investigative Reporting was named a finalist in five categories, including four with California Watch, in the Online News Association awards.
Meghann Farnsworth
Managing Director, Distribution, Operations and Engagement
Meghann Farnsworth is the managing director of distribution, operations and engagement for Reveal and The Center for Investigative Reporting. She manages teams dedicated to website production and management, technology, analytics, social media, distribution, newsletters, online and on-the-ground community building, arts collaborations, and youth engagement. She also helps develop and support media partnerships and collaborations for Reveal’s national public radio show and podcast. Previously, Farnsworth was the senior digital media manager at Home Front Communications in Washington, D.C., where she worked in digital media management, interactive development and outreach for nonprofit and government clients. She also served as the associate editor of Forums at PBS NewsHour, where she created interactive online forums that helped increase and engage the NewsHour's online audience. She was an inaugural member of the Online News Association-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media, and she has presented at conferences across the country, including SXSW, ONA, the Logan Symposium, the Reynolds Journalism Institute and others. She earned her master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon. Farnsworth is based at Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
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Parents use Facebook security features to protect kids from predators
We asked members of our Public Insight Network to share their thoughts on this issue and whether they approve of the 12-and-younger set having their own Facebook profiles.
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CIR’s Recommendations for SXSW Interactive
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A post-mortem on the “Post Mortem” social media outreach
How many social media coordinators does it take to promote a yearlong investigation between four media organizations? Distribution and Online Community Manager Meghann Farnsworth reports on the social media outreach around the Post Mortem partnership series.
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DHS is now following you on Twitter!
An average of 600 tweets appear on the Internet every second. This extraordinary volume of online content proved seductive to the Department of Homeland Security. It launched a recent initiative to search social media sites for dozens of key terms, such as “cocaine,” “militia” and “radicals.” By searching for terms listed in a DHS report, CIR used Storify to collect just a few of the messages, images and videos that could feasibly cross the government’s radar.
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Center for Investigative Reporting joins Public Insight Network
Network will provide investigative journalists with new opportunities to engage the public and fellow journalists on issues that impact their communities.
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California Watch steps out for coffee with readers
Well, that was fun! This past Monday, Oct. 4, California Watch reporters, editors and other staff spread out across the state for our second Open Newsroom.