CIR in the News
Can Newspaper Muckraking Carry On in Nonprofits?
NY TIMES | JANUARY 17, 2010
Nonprofit groups that specialize in investigative reporting have had some big scoops, cracking the front page of such newspapers as The Washington Post and forcing officials out of their jobs. Now the question is whether these organizations can stay afloat on donations.
California Watch says 'Yes' to open, networked investigative reports
MEDIASHIFT | DECEMBER 17, 2009
Some investigative journalists have been resistant to change in their profession, but hard times at newspapers have brought about a new sense of experimentation and collaboration.
California Watch to Launch New Web site in January
MEDIABISTRO/BAYNEWSER | DECEMBER 3, 2009
The Center for Investigative Reporting is known for big, impactful reporting—read: "long" and "word-heavy" articles. Its new project, California Watch, however, is launching a new Web site next year to see how new media techniques, like blogging and data visualizations, can extend the reach and impact of their investigations.
Filling the Gap
AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW | DECEMBER 2, 2009
California Watch, a new investigative reporting venture, is launching a beefed-up online operation.
Public TV, Radio Stations to Increase Local Investigative Coverage as Columbia Report Advised
POYNTER ONLINE | NOVEMBER 20, 2009
As news organizations reduce staffs and spend less time and money reporting in-depth stories, many journalists worry about the future of local investigative journalism and the extent to which the public will be exposed to hard-hitting news happening in their own backyards.
California Watch’s revenue model: Charge news outlets, target donors
NIEMAN JOURNALISM LAB | NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Another new nonprofit news organization, California Watch, the Sacramento-based reporting initiative to be launched next month by the Center for Investigative Reporting, is barreling full speed into the syndication-fee model.
California Watch’s revenue model
JOURNALISM NON-PROFIT | NOVEMBER 17, 2009
ProPublica invites publishers to "Steal Our Stories." John Thornton, founder of Texas Tribune, asked newspapers to pay for stories, but concluded the effort was hopeless. But another new nonprofit news organization, California Watch, the Sacramento-based reporting initiative to be launched next month by the Center for Investigative Reporting, is barreling full speed into the syndication-fee model.
KQED, CIR pair up for statewide investigative reporting
CURRENT | NOVEMBER 11, 2009
California Watch, a division of the Berkeley-based Center for Investigative Reporting, and KQED Radio officially unveiled their editorial collaboration to bring more watchdog coverage of statewide issues to public radio airwaves.
California Watch Teams Up with KQED to Air Investigative Reports
MEDIABISTRO/BAYNEWSER | NOVEMBER 9, 2009
In another cross-organization collaboration, the Center for Investigative Reporting is joining forces with KQED to air California Watch stories on the California Report.
SPECIAL REPORT: Amid Newsroom Cutbacks Are 'Watchdogs' Still Awake? And Can Outsiders Fill the Gaps?
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER | OCTOBER 29, 2009
The Aug. 30 issue of The New York Times Magazine marked a milestone for the newspaper. It boasted an explosive cover feature probing Hurricane Katrina's impact on one New Orleans hospital, including claims that patients were euthanized — a piece spanning more than two years of reporting and costing an estimated $400,000 to produce. But the story's author wasn't a Times reporter — it was a staffer from non-profit news outlet ProPublica.
Nine Questions: Rupert's Dollar Sale, Self-Service Ad Revolution, the California Watch Model and JO's Tech Friends
CONTENT BRIDGES | SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
The sails are up, and news companies feel a little recovery wind at their backs. With the worst of cost-cutting over, they're looking for growth. Here's nine questions as they chart that new path.
Google sharing revenue with publishers for new product
NIEMAN JOURNALISM LAB | SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
An experimental Google product for browsing news will, for the first time, share advertising revenue with participating publishers, the company is announcing this evening. It’s a small but significant shift for Google in its use and monetization of news content.
Investigative Reporting Hard Hit by Media Cutbacks
PBS NEWSHOUR | APRIL 20, 2009
wo media organizations won Pulitzer Prizes Monday for investigative reporting even as news organizations are being forced to cut back on such coverage. Two media analysts examine the future for investigative journalism.
Spare change for news
SALON.COM | APRIL 13, 2009
Is going nonprofit the best way for journalism to get by? Take the word of leading editors who already have their hand out.
Phil Bronstein on The Colbert Report
THE COLBERT REPORT | APRIL 8, 2009
Stephen asks Phil Bronstein if the death of newspapers and journalistic oversight will begin a golden age of corruption.
Rays of Hope
AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW | APRIL 2008
As many newspapers cut back on investigative reporting, can nonprofits step into the breach?
San Francisco center keeps muckraking alive
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | OCTOBER 24, 2002
Back in 1977, when a group of idealistic journalists founded the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, muckraking was in demand.