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Center Engagement Editor Sarah Whitmire accepts OJA for “General Excellence in Online Journalism” at the 2014 ONA Awards Banquet in Chicago. Akash Ghai/ONA The Center for Public Integrity was honored for its exemplary use of technology as digital storytellers with the award for “General Excellence in Journalism” in the “small” category from the Online News […]

Center Multimedia Reporter Eleanor Bell films outside Bland Correctional Center Dan Wagner/Center for Public Integrity Prison bankers cash in on captive customers By Daniel Wagner September 30, 2014 Time is money: who’s making a buck off prisoners’ families? By Eleanor Bell Fox and Daniel Wagner September 30, 2014 Prison banker cuts fees after Center report […]

Who’s calling the shots in the states? A multi-year investigation into money in state politics. ‘Outside’ groups swamp Florida’s airwaves in race for governor By Rachel Baye September 24, 2014 Non-candidate spending increases in state elections By Rachel Baye, Reity O’Brien, Kytja Weir and Ben Wieder September 24, 2014 Who’s trying to influence your vote? […]

Homeowners steamrolled as Florida courts clear foreclosure backlog By Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak September 10, 2014 ‘Zombie’ homes haunt Florida neighborhoods By Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak and Jared Bennett September 15, 2014 Sunshine state uses fees to prevent sun from shining on judicial records By Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak October 8, 2014 Florida homeowners catch a break in […]

The Center for Public Integrity is hiring — and we’re looking for ambitious postgraduates for a new, year-long investigative journalism fellowship. Made possible by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the fellow will work with our Pulitzer Prize-winning environment and labor team to focus on issues disproportionately affecting communities of color across the country. The fellow will […]

If you ask anyone at the Center for Public Integrity, they’ll tell you 2014 has so far been a busy year. Our staff continues to grow, we received one of the biggest single grants in our history and our reporting was recognized with more awards than in any year before. This year also marks the […]

The Center for Public Integrity’s “Toxic Clout” series on the chemical industry’s questionable influence over science has won an award from the Society of Environmental Journalists. The series won the Kevin Carmody Award for outstanding in-depth reporting from a small-market outlet. “This year-long investigation convincingly revealed how chemical industry influence and regulatory malaise create uncertainty […]

A 2013 Center for Public Integrity/ABC News investigation of the federal black lung benefits system, “Breathless and Burdened,” has won the Heywood Broun Award from The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America. The series, which also won the Pulitzer Prize and other national honors, exposed how some lawyers and doctors hired by the coal industry worked […]

Shutterstock The Center for Public Integrity will expand its reporting on the influence of special interests on government with a new project that will examine the flow of money and influence in state-level politics. The multi-year endeavor, part of the Center’s “Consider the Source” money in politics coverage, will be launched prior to the 2014 […]

The Society of Professional journalists has honored the Center for Public Integrity with its 2014 Sunshine Award, which recognizes news organizations for shining a light on the inner workings of government. Judges cited the Center’s work for being at the “forefront of preserving democracy by investigating and uncovering corruption to better service interest of the […]

  President Barack Obama signs a memorandum creating a task force to respond to campus rapes during an event for the Council on Women and Girls at the White House in April, 2014. Carolyn Kaster/AP Increasingly aggressive scrutiny by both Capitol Hill and the Obama administration is drawing new attention to the Center for Public […]

A Center for Public Integrity/ABC News investigation of the flawed federal benefits system for coal miners with black lung has won a Gerald Loeb award for business reporting. The project, “Breathless and Burdened,” was honored in the investigative reporting category at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday evening. Named on the award were Chris […]

False pretenses By Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith January 23, 2008 Weeks after I quit my job as an investigative producer at 60 Minutes, in defiance of the overwhelming advice of many respected people inside and outside of CBS and declining job offers from other TV networks and elsewhere, I decided to begin a nonprofit […]

Worker suffocations persist as grain storage soars, employers flout safety rules By Jim Morris and Howard Berkes March 24, 2013 A 2013 collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity and NPR has been honored with a prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. The Radio Television Digital News Association announced Wednesday that the project, which examined preventable […]

Center for Public Integrity Executive Director Bill Buzenberg. Center wins first Pulitzer Prize By The Center for Public Integrity April 14, 2014 Inside Publici Stories we’re working on, the impact of our investigations, news about our fundraising efforts and other issues that shape our work. Stories in this series Center for Public Integrity wins three […]

Shutterstock Inside Publici Stories we’re working on, the impact of our investigations, news about our fundraising efforts and other issues that shape our work. Stories in this series Center for Public Integrity wins three EPPY Awards By The Center for Public Integrity October 26, 2018 John Dunbar to step down as CEO of the Center […]

Gordon Witkin. Executive Director William E. Buzenberg has named Gordon Witkin to the top editor’s position at the Center for Public Integrity. Witkin, 58, has served as acting executive editor for the nonprofit investigative news organization while overseeing coverage of health care, juvenile justice issues and the State Integrity project. Witkin joined the Center in […]

Throwaway kids: disciplined California teens struggle to school themselves By Susan Ferriss July 15, 2013 A Center for Public Integrity probe detailing how California schools were failing troubled teenagers has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award. The prize, given by Columbia Journalism School, recognizes “outstanding achievements in reporting on racial or religious […]

William Gray The Center for Public Integrity has announced two new hires focused on enhancing exposure and outreach for the organization’s landmark journalism. Television producer William Gray has joined the Center for Public Integrity as its Media Relations Specialist. In his new role, Gray will work to dramatically increase the visibility and impact of CPI’s […]

Civil rights group’s FCC positions reflect industry funding, critics say By Jason McLure June 6, 2013 Ex-Wall Street chieftains living large in post-meltdown world By Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak September 10, 2013 The Center for Public Integrity has won three Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. In the online, independent category “Civil […]

For the second straight year, the Center for Public Integrity has earned a prestigious White House Correspondents’ Association Award for stories exploring environmental and health hazards imperiling laborers. Center reporter Chris Hamby earned the Edgar A. Poe Award for national reporting for Breathless and Burdened: Dying from Black Lung, Buried by Law and Medicine, an […]