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AZCIR takes top division awards for news and investigative coverage
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting was honored with three awards in the Arizona Newspapers Association’s 2018 Better Newspapers Contest, including top division awards in the news and investigative reporting categories. The collaborative investigative...
JOB: AZCIR Executive Director and Editor
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, is seeking an Executive Director and Editor. Responsibilities: As AZCIR’s Executive Director and Editor, the candidate will oversee the nonprofit’s...
AZCIR takes top honors in public safety reporting
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting has been honored with six awards by the Arizona Press Club for its 2017 coverage of Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture program, cushy relationships between construction companies and school district officials,...
AZCIR selected for News Match 2017
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is honored to be among the more than 130 nonprofit news organizations selected for News Match 2017, the largest grassroots fundraising campaign to support nonprofit and investigative news organizations.
AZCIR honored with two Freedom of Information Awards, two first place awards
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting won four awards in the Arizona Newspapers Association’s 2017 Better Newspapers Contest, including two prestigious Freedom of Information Awards that recognize exceptional watchdog reporting through the use of public records.
AZCIR receives grant from Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, the state’s only nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide investigative and accountability reporting, was awarded operational funding from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.
AZCIR honored for public service, political, investigative, government and public safety reporting
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting’s 2016 reporting has been honored with seven Arizona Press Club awards, including first place for public service journalism, political and public safety reporting in the community category.
TCampAZ 2017
On May 22, AZCIR, in partnership with The Sunlight Foundation, hosted TCampAZ, a local version of the Transparency Camp un-conference that Sunlight Foundation created more than a decade ago.
Announcing TCampAZ: Expanding transparency in the Grand Canyon State
We’re excited to announce that AZCIR, along with key partners, including Sunlight Foundation, Galvanize and Institute for Digital Progress, will bring Transparency Camp to Arizona on May 22.
AZCIR hires incoming executive director and editor
PHOENIX – Longtime Arizona journalist and editor Jim Small is joining the staff of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting as its incoming executive director and editor, where he’ll oversee the Center’s journalism and business operations starting in 2017.