Daily Report:
November 2, 2011, 12:05 AM
As the year slowly winds down, things are revving up at California Watch and its parent organization, the Center for Investigative Reporting. In recent weeks, we’ve released stories on issues ranging from the Latino achievement gap to aggressive billing at one California hospital chain. We...
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August 9, 2011, 5:48 AM
Yesterday, reporters from California Watch and the Center for Investigative Reporting fanned out to Wi-Fi-enabled coffeehouses across California, from San Francisco to San Diego. (We even had a reporter in Austin, Texas.) This was the first time CIR staffers participated and also the first time we...
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August 4, 2011, 11:59 AM
This week, California Watch officially opened its Southern California bureau. It’s yet another milestone for the newsroom, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting that has grown rapidly in its first two years with headquarters in Berkeley and a bureau in Sacramento. As we continue...
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March 29, 2011, 12:49 PM
Apparently, it's true. The third time is a charm, at least when it comes to our still-fledgling Open Newsroom project. Yesterday, staffers fanned out to coffeehouses to meet readers new and old. We'd done this before. Twice. And both times we'd had – and been happy with...
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March 24, 2011, 12:59 PM
Here at California Watch, we are committed to producing first-rate investigative journalism, but that is not enough – at least not for us. My job is to always focus on public engagement. How can our reporters and editors build stronger relationships with the multitude of diverse communities...
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Daily Report:
March 10, 2011, 12:06 AM
Last week we asked you to send in suggestions on where to send at least one California Watch reporter for our next Open Newsroom, a quarterly happening when our staffers fan out to Wi-Fi hot spots across the state to meet with readers over a cuppa joe. We were thrilled with your responses, which...
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February 28, 2011, 12:05 AM
Next month California Watch reporters, editors and interns will once again spread out to coffeehouses across the state for an Open Newsroom event. We’re still narrowing down the locations, but there’s one thing we’ve decided: the guest of honor, and that’s you! From 9 a...
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Daily Report:
October 8, 2010, 1:47 PM
Well, that was fun! This past Monday, Oct. 4, California Watch reporters, editors and other staff spread out across the state for our second Open Newsroom. Our goal was to meet current and potential readers and to introduce ourselves to communities – and we were able to do just that. At...
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