The Center for Investigative Reporting

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Program service accomplishment #1 Investigative Reporting(continued from Form 990 Page 2)in a county that is 45 percent non-white. Corruption: During this fiscal year, we devoted significant journalistic resources to exploring how shadowy wealth distorts public policy, most potently in our recent package How Private Equity Looted America. In it, we explored how private equity has become one of the most powerful hidden forces in our economy, touching nearly every sector of our lives, but is barely covered outside the business pages. We set out to change that, rallying the newsroom to produce a formidable online and print package of 15 stories, including in-depth features, first-person accounts, and a video investigating the fleecing of the American economy. The package galvanized activists, led to media appearances, and received an honorable mention from the Association of Business Journalists. Gender Justice and Reproductive Rights: For as long as abortion rights have been at risk, Mother Jones has covered this story deeply. When other newsrooms dismissed the possibility of a post-Roe future, we turned a clear-eyed gaze to the issue and showed how conservatives were stripping away a womans right to choose her own reproductive path. After the Supreme Courts Dobbs decision in 2022, our reporters went to work covering the story from every angle to ensure this crushing blow to reproductive rights did not go unanswered. We delivered haunting dispatches from Southern abortion clinics facing the aftermath of the ruling, which provided a window into the immediate disruptions and despair. We also provided historical context on how the Supreme Court arrived at this moment. Stories on this beat routinely capture the attention of audiences outside our regular followers, bringing new readers to our work. Climate Crisis: Environmental reporting has always been a core concern for Mother Jones, and in fiscal year 2023, our team is turned its gaze to a project we call the Great Decarbonization. We launched the opening salvo in our reporting on this topic with our Electrify Everything package. The reporting strikes straight to the heart of the tendency towards no, calling for a YIMBY movement to help save our planet by building the infrastructure we need: factories, mines, denser housing. Its a manifesto for this moment and an important call to action for both friends and foes.”

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“Cir is at the forefront of non-profit news organizations in developing content and engagement across social media platforms with the deepest reach among younger audiencesthose whose participation in the political process will be decisive in elections to come. We are innovating in this area, most recently with a pilot short-form video and creator program focused on underserved audiences, sharing fact-based, in-depth journalism on social media platforms such as youtube and tiktok. During this period, a major investigation, "40 acres and a lie, showed that formerly enslaved families were given land after the civil war, only to have it taken away again and returned to their enslavers. Our film "the grab" showed for the first time how the global war for control of water is playing out in places from rural arizona to the russian tundra.our strength is owning a beat, covering it for years, recognizing patterns, and identifying where stories key issues intersect, as with climate and racial justice, or democracy and disinformation. For its exposes and explanatory packages, the center for investigative reporting has been honored with every one of journalism's highest awards, including the emmy, the polk and columbia-dupont awards and the investigative reporters and editors as well as national magazine awards.”