Tuesday, June 1, 2010

California Watch adds to reporting team | California Watch

California Watch adds to reporting team | California Watch

California Watch adds to reporting team

The Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch announced new additions to its reporting team today. Three new staff members, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, will help strengthen and expand the largest investigative reporting team operating in the State. New reporting beats will include the environment and public safety. California Watch will add an enterprise reporter focused on public health issues and a third education reporter to its team. Joining the reporting staff are:
Ryan Gabrielson, Public Safety investigative reporter
Gabrielson, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 2009, will be joining California Watch at the end of August. He is currently a 2009-2010 investigative reporting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, his reporting for the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona exposed that immigration enforcement by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office undermined criminal investigations and emergency response; scholarship charities that were