Published 9/17/2020 | Updated 3/22/2021 Report for America has joined forces with Investigative Editing Corps to pilot a program that will pair experienced editors with emerging journalists to do investigative and watchdog reporting for local newsrooms. “Newsrooms across the country tell us that the lack of editors is just as bad as the lack of reporters,” said Kim […]
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Investigative Editing Corps pivots to in-depth COVID-19 reporting
Published 4/23/2020 | Updated 3/22/2021 Covid-19 has uniquely become a once-in-a-lifetime international and local story. Local newsrooms across the country face an overwhelming crush of breaking news as well as a commitment to dig behind the headlines to describe for their readers the impact this health crisis is having on their communities. To that end, […]
Editors group launches to help local newsrooms do investigative reporting
Investigative Editing Corps, a new project to help local news, will link experienced investigative editors to local newsrooms that want to do investigative reporting. The project, which launches today with an invitation to editors and newsrooms to participate, is the only effort of its kind to help local news thrive. It aims to create a […]
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation support launches Investigative Editing Corps
The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation is supporting the launch of Investigative Editing Corps, an innovative approach to linking investigative editors with newsrooms that want to do investigative reporting. The Logan Foundation’s seed funding will allow Investigative Editing Corps to start building a network of editors/producers who can work with local news organizations across all platforms: […]
News Innovation Wins Support of the Jim Bettinger Fund
Two forces at play in American journalism sparked an idea for newsroom innovation that won the support of the Jim Bettinger News Innovation Fund of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University. As a JSK alumna, Rose Ciotta was among the first six to be selected for support for her proposal to create […]
Olean Times Herald Wins AP Award for Investigative Reporting
Projects on rental housing and education brought the Olean Times Herald in Olean, N.Y. its first investigative awards from the New York State Associate Press for 2017 and 2018. Both projects by Herald staffers Danielle Gamble, Bob Clark and Tom Dinki were edited by Rose Ciotta as pilot projects of Investigative Editing Corps. The pilots […]