People
Rosenthal returns to CIR as acting CEO after executive exodus
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With the former chief exec back at the helm, the investigative news organization has “no plans to change direction” following the sudden resignations of three executives.
People
Joaquin Alvarado leaves The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Longtime CIR leader Christa Scharfenberg will serve as acting CEO.
Quick Takes
‘Reveal’ host Al Letson throws himself into melee to protect right-wing protester
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Letson was covering the anti-hate rally in Berkeley, Calif., with Center for Investigative Reporting colleagues.
Development
First Look Media and Democracy Fund to provide $12M for investigative journalism
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Grantees include the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Center for Public Integrity and ProPublica.
Programs/Content
At CIR–WFMU show, comedians mine environmental reporting for laughs
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The show highlighted New Jersey’s legacy of pollution.
Programs/Content
Courage needs company: toward a weekly ‘Reveal’
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Public media has a critical role to play in balancing the enormous deficit in public service journalism since the collapse of the legacy news business.
Quick Takes
StoryWorks uses drama to explore aftermath of Kansas City explosion
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Public TV station KCPT is partnering with an unconventional local art space to examine the aftermath of an explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters.
Programs/Content
‘Reveal’ looks to take investigative reporting and collaboration to new levels
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Less than two years old, the PRX/Center for Investigative Reporting production has grown beyond just an investigative show.
Programs/Content
OPB, Center for Investigative Reporting launch public TV version of Reveal
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A new series from the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting brings extensive investigative journalism to public television in four hourlong episodes. In its short run, Reveal aims to find new and engaging ways to tell investigative stories. Available to stations starting today, the show is presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting and distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.
An episode of Reveal is composed as a visual counterpart to a newspaper — starting with a topical, longer report, moving on to shorter reports and ending with an informative animation component. In one episode, a story early in the show focuses on a woman from Afghanistan who ran away from an arranged marriage to be with the man she loved, only to be found and sent to prison by her father.