Public Integrity wins Sidney Award for debt collection investigation

A Center for Public Integrity investigation into states’ harsh and often counterproductive collections tactics for unpaid income tax has won the January Sidney Award. The prize is awarded by the Sidney Hillman Foundation to an “outstanding piece of journalism that appeared in the prior month.” Among the findings: at least nine states can suspend or decline to […]

Center for Public Integrity welcomes Dai as data journalist

The following excerpt was sent out from publicintegrity.org: Zhaozhou (Jovi) Dai has joined the Center for Public Integrity as a data journalist supporting the investigative nonprofit newsroom’s partnership with the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative in California. Dai has worked as a data reporter at Storybench, a chatbot developer at the Boston Globe for The Emancipator, a reporter […]

CPI hires two new staff members

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by the Center for Public Integrity: Sophie Austin will join Public Integrity Sept. 2 as an American University fellow. She is wrapping up a local news internship this summer with The Dallas Morning News. She previously interned at PolitiFact and has freelanced for The DC Line, a nonprofit […]

Center for Public Integrity taps Cheung as CEO

The Center for Public Integrity has appointed veteran journalist Paul Cheung as chief executive officer. Cheung joins from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, where he was director of journalism and technology innovation. Before that, he was director of visual journalism at NBC News. He has also held various stints at The Associated […]

Center for Public Integrity seeks editor

The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization, is looking for an editor who has experience producing high-impact journalism to help shape the coverage of race and inequality. DUTIES: Collaborate on story and project ideas, including developing outreach strategies for those projects and stories Work with reporters and the communications, development and […]

Business Insider hires Levinthal for D.C. bureau

Dave Levinthal will be leaving the Center for Public Integrity where he currently held the post of editor-at-large after more than seven years to join Business Insider in the company’s Washington bureau. Previously, Levinthal was a reporter at Politico and also co-author of Politico’s Influence column. He was also responsive politics editorial and communications director […]

Former Politico reporter Levinthal to join Business Insider

Dave Levinthal, a former reporter at Politico covering lobbying, campaign finance and other political influence issues and co-author of Politico Influence column, will be joining Business Insider. Recently, he was a federal politics editor and senior reporter and then editor-at-large at the Center for Public Integrity. Before that, he was with Politico and has also […]