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Reinventing Journalism

Posted inInside the Newsroom

‘Reinventing Journalism’ recounts executive director’s trials, tribulations in new journalism business model

by Christa Scharfenberg October 4, 2011November 12, 2015

California Watch releases “Reinventing Journalism,” Executive Director Robert J. Rosenthal’s account of joining the Center for Investigative Reporting and launching California Watch.

Posted inInside the Newsroom

Reinventing Journalism: 10 lessons learned (in no particular order)

by Robert J. Rosenthal October 4, 2011November 29, 2018

I’ve learned many lessons in my time at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Some I knew already. Others I had forgotten. And then there were some new things I should have known and had to learn the hard way.

Posted inInside the Newsroom

Part 4: Business development strategies are key to future success

by Robert J. Rosenthal October 4, 2011November 29, 2018

As 2011 began, the Center for Investigative Reporting and its robust new creation, California Watch, were in good shape. We had received a great deal of positive publicity the previous year and earned recognition within the journalism community, which helped with fundraising.

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Part 3: With burgeoning staff, California Watch comes to life

by Robert J. Rosenthal October 4, 2011November 29, 2018

As reporters and editors began to arrive from around the country in August 2009, we had the energy, and the chaos, of a startup.

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Part 2: Diving into the world of fundraising brings many lessons

by Robert J. Rosenthal October 4, 2011November 29, 2018

The Center for Investigative Reporting was poised to undergo a dramatic relaunch in the spring of 2008, taking us fully into the age of the Internet and beyond, but if you visited our humble Berkeley office, it would have been impossible to imagine the changes ahead.

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Part 1: Sustaining investigative journalism means finding a new model

by Robert J. Rosenthal October 4, 2011November 29, 2018

I’m not sure I would have become the executive director of the Center for Investigative Reporting in January 2008 if I had really understood the challenges ahead of me and had thought them out carefully; I had no idea what I was getting into.

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