California Watch, a project of the Center for Investigative Journalism, won an award for General Excellence from the Online News Association on Saturday.
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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.
The Chauncey Bailey Project wins two ONA awards
The collaborative project won investigative and Knight Public Service awards.
The Center for Investigative Reporting announces California Watch reporting, editing and multimedia team
CIR recruited a diverse team of 11 reporters, multimedia producers and editors.
The Center for Investigative Reporting Hires High-Profile Journalist for its New California Watch Reporting Team
Berkeley, CA—The Center for Investigative Reporting announced today that it has hired Lance Williams as an investigative reporter covering money and politics for CIR’s new California Watch project. Williams joins California Watch from the San Francisco Chronicle, where he helped break many of the newspaper’s exclusive stories on the BALCO steroid scandal. With Mark Fainaru-Wada, […]
The Center for Investigative Reporting Launches California-Focused Initiative
The Center for Investigative Reporting Launches California-Focused Initiative Innovative New Project Features Collaboration and Public Engagement Berkeley, CA—The Center for Investigative Reporting is launching a new statewide reporting initiative to produce in-depth multimedia journalism specific to California and to engage the public on issues of critical importance to the state. It will launch with a […]
The Center for Investigative Reporting Announces Launch of Henry Demarest Lloyd Investigative Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director rrosenthal@cironline.org (510) 809-3160 Berkeley, CA—The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is proud to announce the creation of the Henry Demarest Lloyd Investigative Fund to help fill the increasing void in probing, enterprising investigative reporting. The Lloyd Investigative Fund will sponsor pioneering journalism that has “moral force” and […]
Robert J. Rosenthal named Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2007 CONTACT: Christa Scharfenberg, 510-809-3171, christa@cironline.org BERKELEY–Robert J. Rosenthal, an award-winning journalist with nearly 40 years of experience, has been named Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), the first and oldest nonprofit journalism organization in the world devoted to producing original investigative reporting. Since 1977, CIR has […]
Nuestra Familia wins NAHJ award
CIR’s documentary on prison gangs wins for “fair coverage of Hispanic communities.”
Nuestra Familia wins top IRE award
Nuestra Familia, Our Family won the top medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) over the weekend at the award ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona. Congratulations to Oriana, Julie and George!