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'''The Center for Investigative Reporting''' is a nonprofit news organization based in [[Berkeley, California]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/macarthur-grants-bolster-creative-group-and-investigative-project/ |title=MacArthur Grants Bolster Creative Group and Investigative Project |
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The Center has conducted investigative journalism since 1977.<ref name="CJR">{{cite web |url=http://www.cjr.org/feature/the_new_investigators.php |title=The New Investogators |author= Jill Drew |publisher= Columbia Journalism Review|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> |
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The organization is well known for producing stories that reveal scandals or corruption in government agencies and corporations. In 2010, CIR launched its [[California Watch]] reporting project and in 2012, it merged with [[The Bay Citizen]]. Its 2012 budget is approximately $11 million. The current business model emphasizes cooperation with partners and other news outlets rather than competition, although the Center charges outlets that publish or broadcast its content. Robert J. Rosenthal has been the executive director of the Center since 2007.<ref name="WW">{{citation |title=Robert John Rosenthal |date=8 August 2012 |publisher= The Complete Marquis Who’s Who}}</ref> [[Phil Bronstein]] is the organization’s executive chair. |
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==History== |
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===Beginnings=== |
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David Weir, Dan Noyes, and Lowell Bergman founded the Center for Investigative Reporting in 1977.<ref name="LB">{{cite web |url=http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/bergman/ |title=Bergman |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="FS">{{cite web |url=http://californiawatch.org/files/press_room/Cir%20Facts.pdf |title=CIR Facts |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> The main offices were in downtown Oakland, California.<ref name="CIR">{{cite web |url=http://californiawatch.org/files/press_room/Cir%20history.pdf |title=CIR History |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> The Center’s first large investigation exposed the criminal activity of the Black Panther Party, a subject the organization revisited in 2012.<ref name="CIR"></ref> |
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===1980s=== |
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In 1982, a story published in Mother Jones magazine revealed testing fraud in consumer products. The center worked together with the magazine to produce the story.<ref name="MJ">{{citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nuYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=mother+jones+the+illusion+of+safety&source=bl&ots=ibn_ONCBis&sig=f2ld9bElP4dN65YvGZ5ZDOtaqRs&hl=en#v=onepage&q=mother%20jones%20the%20illusion%20of%20safety&f=false |title="The Illusion of Safety |last=Dowie |first=Mark |last2=Foster |first2=Douglas |last3=Marshall |first3=Carolyn |last4=Weir |first4=David |last5=King |first5=Jonathan |date=June 1982 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> |
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The investigation won several awards, including Sigma Delta Chi and Investigative Reporters and Editors awards.<ref name="CIR"></ref> |
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CIR began producing television documentaries in 1980 and has since produced more than 30 documentaries for Frontline and Frontline/World, dozens of reports for other television outlets and three independent feature documentaries. ABC’s 20/20 and CBS’s 60 Minutes have featured reporting from CIR. Major stories in the 80s included studies of the toxicity of ordinary consumer products, an exposé of nuclear accidents in the world’s navies, and coverage of questionable tactics by the FBI during the Reagan administration.<ref name="CIR"></ref> |
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===1990s=== |
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In 1990, CIR produced its first independent TV documentary. “Global Dumping Ground” was reported by Bill Moyers on PBS’s Frontline. The film spurred federal investigations and was rebroadcast in at least 18 nations.<ref name="CIR"></ref> |
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Other notable CIR reports included a look at the rise of Rush Limbaugh and a study of education and race in an urban high school. An investigation for the New York Daily News and Fox’s Front Page revealed lethal dangers in a common diet drug.<ref name="CIR"></ref> |
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The '''Center for Investigative Reporting''' (CIR) is a non-profit journalism organization located in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]]. It was founded in 1977 by [[Lowell Bergman]], [http://www.journalismjobs.com/noyes.cfm Dan Noyes], and [[David Weir (journalist)|David Weir]] to use the tools of journalism to reveal injustice and the abuse of power. |
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CIR produces in-depth, original investigations leading to a coordinated release of stories for multiple news outlets; invests in promising investigations at their early stages to give them a fighting chance against the many obstacles - mainly financial - facing news outlets; maximizes the impact of the best investigations by promoting them to decision makers, citizen groups and other journalists. Together, these activities equip citizens with the information they need to participate fully in the democratic process and bring about needed changes in laws, regulations, and the operations of government, corporations, powerful individuals, and institutions.<ref>"Center for Investigative Reporting", "[http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/about About CIR]"</ref> |
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Since CIR's founding, its reports have reached millions in every state and overseas, appearing in news outlets such as ''60 Minutes, 20/20, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, PBS Frontline and Frontline/World, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report''. |
Since CIR's founding, its reports have reached millions in every state and overseas, appearing in news outlets such as ''60 Minutes, 20/20, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, PBS Frontline and Frontline/World, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report''. |
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Revision as of 18:28, 5 January 2013
The Center for Investigative Reporting is a nonprofit news organization based in Berkeley, California.[1] The Center has conducted investigative journalism since 1977.[2] The organization is well known for producing stories that reveal scandals or corruption in government agencies and corporations. In 2010, CIR launched its California Watch reporting project and in 2012, it merged with The Bay Citizen. Its 2012 budget is approximately $11 million. The current business model emphasizes cooperation with partners and other news outlets rather than competition, although the Center charges outlets that publish or broadcast its content. Robert J. Rosenthal has been the executive director of the Center since 2007.[3] Phil Bronstein is the organization’s executive chair.
History
Beginnings
David Weir, Dan Noyes, and Lowell Bergman founded the Center for Investigative Reporting in 1977.[4][5] The main offices were in downtown Oakland, California.[6] The Center’s first large investigation exposed the criminal activity of the Black Panther Party, a subject the organization revisited in 2012.[6]
1980s
In 1982, a story published in Mother Jones magazine revealed testing fraud in consumer products. The center worked together with the magazine to produce the story.[7] The investigation won several awards, including Sigma Delta Chi and Investigative Reporters and Editors awards.[6]
CIR began producing television documentaries in 1980 and has since produced more than 30 documentaries for Frontline and Frontline/World, dozens of reports for other television outlets and three independent feature documentaries. ABC’s 20/20 and CBS’s 60 Minutes have featured reporting from CIR. Major stories in the 80s included studies of the toxicity of ordinary consumer products, an exposé of nuclear accidents in the world’s navies, and coverage of questionable tactics by the FBI during the Reagan administration.[6]
1990s
In 1990, CIR produced its first independent TV documentary. “Global Dumping Ground” was reported by Bill Moyers on PBS’s Frontline. The film spurred federal investigations and was rebroadcast in at least 18 nations.[6]
Other notable CIR reports included a look at the rise of Rush Limbaugh and a study of education and race in an urban high school. An investigation for the New York Daily News and Fox’s Front Page revealed lethal dangers in a common diet drug.[6]
Since CIR's founding, its reports have reached millions in every state and overseas, appearing in news outlets such as 60 Minutes, 20/20, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, PBS Frontline and Frontline/World, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report.
In turn, its stories have received the recognition of the journalism community, including awards such as the Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia University Silver Baton, George Polk Award, Emmy Award, Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award, Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and National Magazine Award for Reporting Excellence.
More importantly, CIR’s investigations have sparked Congressional hearings and legislation, U.N. resolutions, public interest lawsuits, and change in corporate policies. The current executive director of the CIR is Robert Rosenthal. Rosenthal resigned as Managing Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle to accept the job as Executive Director of the CIR.
CIR launched its California Watch project in August 2009. California Watch is dedicated to investigative reporting specifically within the state of California.
In May 2012, The Center for Investigative Reporting merged with The Bay Citizen.[8][9]
References
- ^ Felicia R Lee (16 February 2012). "MacArthur Grants Bolster Creative Group and Investigative Project". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Jill Drew. "The New Investogators". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Robert John Rosenthal, The Complete Marquis Who’s Who, 8 August 2012
- ^ "Bergman". Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "CIR Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "CIR History" (PDF). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Dowie, Mark; Foster, Douglas; Marshall, Carolyn; Weir, David; King, Jonathan (June 1982), "The Illusion of Safety, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ It's official: Bay Citizen, Center for Investigative Reporting will merge, Andrew Beaujon, Poynter.org, 27 March 2012.
- ^ CIR and The Bay Citizen begin new era as merged organization, CIR press release, 1 May 2012.
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