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Winners of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson in Live Virtual Event

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Friday, October 1, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Journalists from around the world joined tonight's Gerald Loeb Awards virtual event and watch party, where the 2021 winners were announced, and two career achievement honorees were celebrated during the live show.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Journalists from around the world joined tonight's Gerald Loeb Awards virtual event and watch party, where the 2021 winners were announced, and two career achievement honorees were celebrated during the live show.
  • Tyler Mathisen, co-anchor of CNBC's "Power Lunch," served as the master of ceremonies for the live show.
  • In 1957, he established the G. and R. Loeb Foundation (under the stewardship of the University of Connecticut) to present the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.
  • In 1973, he transferred the stewardship of the awards to UCLA Anderson School of Management under the deanship of Harold Williams.

InvestigateTV Debuts Weekly News Program

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Thursday, September 16, 2021
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ATLANTA, Sept. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InvestigateTV, Gray Televisions dedicated investigative team, will launch a new weekly program featuring watchdog reports about government corruption, consumer alerts and health care issues.

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  • ATLANTA, Sept. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InvestigateTV, Gray Televisions dedicated investigative team, will launch a new weekly program featuring watchdog reports about government corruption, consumer alerts and health care issues.
  • The show, also titled InvestigateTV, will premiere on Gray Televisions stations in 102 television markets on September 18-19.
  • The InvestigateTV reporting team is led by award-wining journalist and Director of Investigations Lee Zurik.
  • InvestigateTV launched in 2018 and provides innovative, original journalism from a dedicated investigative team and partners, includingProPublica,News21at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism, andNerdWallet.

Meg Marco Named Observer Editor-in-Chief

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Observer Media CEO Michael Rose announced today that Meg Marco has been named the Editor-in-Chief of the Observer.

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  • NEW YORK, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Observer Media CEO Michael Rose announced today that Meg Marco has been named the Editor-in-Chief of the Observer.
  • Marco comes to Observer from ProPublica, where she was the senior editor managing audience strategy, social and editorial newsletters.
  • As Observer invests in expanding its team, Marco has also announced several new roles.
  • Observer Media is a diversified media, information and services company with interests in digital media such as Observer and Commercial Observer, and information platforms including Realgraph.

Richard Tofel to Retire as ProPublica President; Board Launches Search for Successor

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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ProPublica had more than 43,000 donors in 2020, while recording record traffic to its content, and record revenues.

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  • ProPublica had more than 43,000 donors in 2020, while recording record traffic to its content, and record revenues.
  • The same award in 2020, to the Anchorage Daily News, was also for a series published in partnership with ProPublica.
  • At the same time, the Board of Directors joins me in thanking Dick Tofel for his service and dedication to the mission of ProPublica.
  • There will be a successor, but it's hard to imagine any single person replacing everything Dick does for ProPublica.''

Alation Announces New York Times Best-Selling Author David Epstein to Keynote RevAlation User Conference

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Thursday, November 19, 2020
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Alation Inc. , the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced award-winning journalist and best-selling New York Times author, David Epstein , will keynote its upcoming RevAlation virtual user conference, set to take place on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

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  • Alation Inc. , the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced award-winning journalist and best-selling New York Times author, David Epstein , will keynote its upcoming RevAlation virtual user conference, set to take place on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
  • Epstein has authored two New York Times best-sellers -- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World and The Sports Gene, both of which have been translated to more than 20 languages.
  • Previously, Epstein was a science and investigative reporter at ProPublica, and prior to that, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.
  • We are excited to welcome David Epstein to our second RevAlation of 2020.

Uptime.com Selected As ProPublica's Website Monitoring Partner For 2020 Electionland Coverage

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
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Data provided by Uptime.com will support the nonprofit newsroom's Electionland project for the second time after a successful collaboration during the Nov. 2018 Midterms.

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  • Data provided by Uptime.com will support the nonprofit newsroom's Electionland project for the second time after a successful collaboration during the Nov. 2018 Midterms.
  • Uptime.com, an industry-leading website uptime and performance monitoring vendor, plays a critical role in identifying incidents of hacking, fraud, or other issues that may impede the voting process.
  • "The cyber-security of local election infrastructure is critically important," said Scott Klein, Deputy Managing Editor at ProPublica in New York.
  • Co-founded by seasoned B2B software entrepreneurs, Uptime.com has been ranked by TechRadar for the past two years as the Best overall website monitoring service.

ProPublica to Launch New Regional Units in the South and Southwest; ProPublica Illinois to Expand to Midwest Regional Newsroom

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
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ProPublica Illinois, which since 2017 has published investigative journalism on key issues in Illinois, will be transformed into a unit covering a broader swath of the Midwest.

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  • ProPublica Illinois, which since 2017 has published investigative journalism on key issues in Illinois, will be transformed into a unit covering a broader swath of the Midwest.
  • In addition to the regional reporting hubs, ProPublica is launching a Distinguished Fellows program to support proven investigative journalists.
  • ProPublica expects to add nearly 30 new positions across the United States, including editors and reporters, news applications developers, researchers and other staff.
  • Three-year grants to six ProPublica Distinguished Fellows, proven investigative reporters working at local news organizations, who will co-publish their reporting with ProPublica.

Journalists Honored in SABEW’s 25th Annual Best in Business Awards

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Monday, March 30, 2020
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The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announces the results of its 25th annual Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism of 2019.

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  • The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announces the results of its 25th annual Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism of 2019.
  • Submissions came from 183 news organizations across all platforms representing the breadth of business journalism, from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized business publications.
  • Highlights of the #SABEWBIB include:
    The Wall Street Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Portland Business Journal and Financial Planning earned general excellence top honors.
  • ProPublica, The Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists partnered on more than one honored project.

'Case Cleared' wins Online Journalism Award for innovation in investigative journalism

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --"Case Cleared," a joint investigation from Newsy, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, is the recipient of the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award from the Online News Association (ONA).

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  • CINCINNATI, Sept. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --"Case Cleared," a joint investigation from Newsy, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, is the recipient of the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award from the Online News Association (ONA).
  • The Online Journalism Awards are administered by ONA and are the only comprehensive set of journalism prizes honoring excellence in digital journalism.
  • Recipients of the Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award are honored for stories that uncover major news based on investigations that advance and serve the public interest.
  • It also has been nominated for a national News and Documentary Emmy Award for "Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine."

'Case Cleared' wins investigative journalism award from Society of Professional Journalists

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Thursday, April 25, 2019
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CINCINNATI, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Professional Journalists has selected "Case Cleared," a joint investigation from Newsy, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, as the recipient of a Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism.

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  • CINCINNATI, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Professional Journalists has selected "Case Cleared," a joint investigation from Newsy, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, as the recipient of a Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism.
  • "Case Cleared: How Rape Goes Unpunished in America" won in the online investigative journalism category.
  • Almost half of those who responded cleared more rape cases by "exceptional means" than by making an arrest.
  • The Sigma Delta Chi Awards date to 1932, when the Society of Professional Journalists first honored six individuals for contributions to journalism.