Investigative Editing Corps links experienced investigative editors with local news organizations that want to do investigative reporting. It was founded in 2017 by Rose Ciotta, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative editor who co-edited “Assault on Learning,” an investigation into violence in the Philadelphia schools that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Support starting in 2019 from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation launched IEC making it possible for investigative editors to mentor emerging journalists in investigative reporting at local news organizations. Many of those projects involved Report for America reporters.  Other grant funding is now allowing Report for America and Investigative Editing Corps to work with additional newsrooms nationwide.

Investigative Editing Corps recognizes that investigative reporting requires trained editors and producers who can bring these projects to fruition. Many of these editors/producers, who have been victims of newsroom staff cuts, are eager to help emerging news organizations.

This project also helps newsrooms to stretch their resources and for editors to work with local reporters and editors to uncover stories important to local communities. The success of these news organizations is critical for democracy to survive.