Staff size: 74

Budget: $10.6 million

Leadership:

• Executive Chairman Phil Bronstein
• Executive Director Robert J. Rosenthal
• Associate Director Christa Scharfenberg
• Director of Development: Cherilyn Parsons

Newsroom leadership:

• Editorial Director: Mark Katches
• Director of Digital Media: Sharon Tiller
• Director of Technology: Chase Davis
• Senior Editor: Bob Salladay

New hires and promotions:

• Steve Talbot has joined CIR as senior Producer/editor. Talbot will produce most of CIR video work and will manage the recently announced YouTube investigative news channel, which will curate and aggregate investigative videos from around the world.  
• Amy Pyle will join CIR as a senior editor at the end of May and will lead the government oversight reporting team.
• Meghann Farnsworth has been promoted to senior manager of distribution and online engagement, overseeing CIR’s distribution strategy and the organization’s social media and online marketing campaigns.
• Ashley Alvarado has been promoted to community news editor, overseeing a team of public engagement managers to reach new audiences and ensure impact of both The Bay Citizen and California Watch reporting.

Board of Directors

The CIR board now includes representatives from CIR and The Bay Citizen. The new directors are

• Phil Bronstein (executive chair)
• Judy Alexander (vice chair)
• Jeff Ubben (vice chair)
• Jon Logan (vice chair)
• Tom Lockard (treasurer)
• Susan F. Sachs (secretary)
• David Boardman
• Stephen Davis
• Sandra Hernandez
• Susan Hirsch
• Kirsten Jensen
• Christian Selchau-Hansen
• Gabriel Stricker
• Dede Wilsey
• Howard Zack

About the Center for Investigative Reporting

Founded in 1977, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative news organization, producing unique, high-quality reporting that has impact and is relevant to people's lives. The organization’s stories appear in hundreds of news outlets, including NPR News, PBS Frontline, PBS NewsHour, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, Newsweek/The Daily Beast, MinnPost and American Public Media’s Marketplace. CIR stories have received numerous journalism awards, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton, George Polk Award, Emmy Award, Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Its reports have sparked state and federal hearings and legislation, United Nations resolutions, public-interest lawsuits and changes in corporate policies. CIR is also the parent organization of California Watch, which now has the largest investigative team in California. In April 2012, CIR merged with The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit, nonpartisan member-supported news organization that provides in-depth original reporting on Bay Area issues. For more information, please visit cironline.org, californiawatch.org and baycitizen.org.

Media contact:
Marlene Saritzky
marlene@mssassociates.com
415.713.1241