Cole Goins is the associate manager for distribution and online engagement at The Center for Investigative Reporting. He works with editorial staff and multiplatform media partners to distribute CIR's work, along with connecting communities and conversations around accountability journalism online. Previously, Cole was the engagement editor at the Center for Public Integrity, an investigative journalism nonprofit in Washington, D.C., where he led social media and engagement initiatives. He graduated with a degree in journalism and mass communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he spent two years as music director for WXYC, the student-run radio station.