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For Immediate Release Oct. 1
MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS TEAM TOGETHER TO HOST DATA CAMP AND DATA CONTEST
The Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch project, Spot.Us, MAPLight.org, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and the Sunlight Foundation have teamed up to sponsor the first California Data Camp & DataSF App Contest on November 7, 2009.
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Homeland Security Marked By Waste, Lack of Oversight
By G.W. Schulz | California Watch | September 11, 2009
Records show that communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out by Congress after Sept. 11. Paperwork went missing and purchasing rules weren't followed. Is the state ready for more in stimulus funds if preparedness cash proved so difficult?
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Assessing RNC Police Tactics, Part 1 of 2
By G.W. Schulz | MinnPost.com | September 1, 2009
Intelligence-led policing played a starring role in last year’s Republican National Convention, and eight political activists stand accused of conspiracy today. But are new tactics for fighting domestic terrorism being used appropriately? Part one in a two-part series published today at Minnpost.com.
Read story: http://bit.ly/10qsor
THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING ANNOUNCES CALIFORNIA WATCH REPORTING, EDITING, AND MULTIMEDIA TEAM
For release: August 24, 2009
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The Center for Investigative Reporting has recruited a diverse team of 11 reporters, multimedia producers and editors to produce investigative, high impact reporting for its new California Watch initiative.
THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING HIRES HIGH-PROFILE JOURNALIST FOR ITS NEW CALIFORNIA WATCH REPORTING TEAM
FOR RELEASE: July 31, 2009
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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.
LEN DOWNIE JOINS THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Two Prominent Business Leaders Also Elected
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CONTACT: Robert Rosenthal 510-809-3162
FOR RELEASE: July 23, 2009
Berkeley, CA – Len Downie, who as Executive Editor led the Washington Post to 25 Pulitzer Prizes in 17 years, has joined the Board of Directors of the Center for Investigative Reporting, CIR Executive Director Robert Rosenthal has announced.
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Is Congress Failing on Homeland Security Oversight?
By Sarah Laskow | The Center for Public Integrity | July 16, 2009
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Will Corruption Cross the Line?
By Andrew Becker | Mother Jones | July/August 2009
As Mexico's drug war shows no sign of slowing and corruption runs rampant south of the border, Homeland Security officials are bracing for infiltration within their own ranks. CIR's Andrew Becker writes for Mother Jones as part of a special report on the war on drugs.
Read the story: http://tinyurl.com/l93frm
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Immigration Courts Make Do With Limited Resources Despite Mounting Caseloads
By Andrew Becker and Hugo Cabrera | Truthdig | June 30, 2009
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Crash Test Dummy: My Run-in with GM
By Stephen Talbot | CIR Web Exclusive | June 26, 2009
Can General Motors really be revitalized? It's a question that fills TV producer Stephen Talbot with an eerie sense of déjà vu. In 1993, he posed the very same question in "The Heartbeat of America," a CIR/FRONTLINE co-production that explored how the mighty GM had fallen on such hard times and asked how the company intended to right itself.
