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The Center for Investigative Reporting Sues OpenAI, Microsoft for Copyright Violations
In a rebuke to artificial intelligence and its exploitative practices, the Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, today sued the corporation OpenAI and its largest shareholder, Microsoft, in federal court for using the nonprofit news organization’s content without permission or offering compensation. The Center for Investigative Reporting is the oldest nonprofit…
Major Investigation Discovers More Than 1,200 Formerly Enslaved People Received – and Then Lost – ‘40 Acres and a Mule’ After the Civil War
Nearly 160 years after the federal government created what became the nation’s first and most famous attempt to provide reparations by giving “40 acres and a mule” to formerly enslaved people in the South, a major investigation from the Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting has identified more than 1,200 people…
Mother Jones, Reveal Win Three Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
One of the news industry’s most heralded honors, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, announced Mother Jones and Reveal won in three categories for separate investigations about abuses of power by a psychiatric hospital chain; the Mormon Church; and law enforcement officials. Here are the three winning investigations: “This announcement demonstrates the power and dynamism…
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The multiplatform nonprofit news outlet reaches millions of people across social media, websites, video, radio, podcast and print.
Mother Jones, The Center for Investigative Reporting Announce Merger of Storied, Trusted Investigative Newsrooms
The merged organization will be a multimedia nonprofit news outlet providing in-depth reporting to millions.
With 3 Edward R. Murrow Awards, Reveal Takes Home 10 National Honors in 2023
Reveal won three national Edward R. Murrow Awards in the network radio category.
CIR’s ‘Victim/Suspect’ Now Streaming on Netflix
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CIR’s ‘Victim/Suspect’ to Be Screened at 2023 Sundance Film Festival
The documentary uncovers a nationwide pattern of young women reporting sexual assaults to police, only to be charged with making a false report, arrested and imprisoned.
Reveal’s Voter Suppression Investigation Wins Sidney Award
The project finds state legislators across the country are trying to dramatically increase voting-related prosecutions.