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The Center for Investigative Reporting is an independent news organization that exposes injustice and abuse of power in service of a more vibrant democracy. To accomplish this mission, CIR investigates critical, underreported issues; produces in-depth, compelling stories for print, broadcast and Internet news outlets; and equips citizens and decision makers with its reports to take action. Since 1977, CIR has completed hundreds of investigations for newspapers, magazines, television, radio and the Internet. News organizations through which CIR investigations have appeared include: ABC World News Tonight, ABC 20/20, CBS Evening News, CBS 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, PBS Frontline, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, U.S. News & World Report, Mother Jones, and The Nation.

Rebecca Perl, is an award-winning, New York -based journalist with an expertise in health and science. She is a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award (for the HBO video production, "Scenes from a Transplant"), a duPont-Columbia Award (for the 1998 radio documentary, "Scenes from a Transplant"), and Peabody Award (for a 1995 National Public Radio investigative series on tobacco). She has worked as a health and science reporter for National Public Radio, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution and The Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Jamie York's radio career began at Sound Portraits, where he helped produce the "Youth Portraits" series and "The Execution Tapes". More recently, he was the New York Coordinator for The Sonic Memorial Project and taught WNYC's Radio Rookies. His radio work has aired on All Things Considered, This American Life and The Savvy Traveler. York is also the recipient of an emerging leader grant from the Ford Foundation.

Dan Noyes, CIR Editorial Director, is a CIR co-founder and directs the organization's reporting program. He was executive producer for the public television documentary "GunShots," co-produced with KQED TV, which won the 2002 Society of Professional Journalists Award for best national televison documentary and executive producer for the Emmy-nominated "Justice for Sale," "The Battle Over School Choice," and "The Future of War," all recent CIR/Frontline co-productions. He also was executive producer for "Hot Guns," a 1997 CIR/Frontline co-production on cheap handguns that won an Emmy and numerous other journalism and documentary awards. Mr. Noyes also was executive editor for three other CIR/Frontline programs: "The Best Campaign Money Can Buy" (1992), "The Great American Bailout" (1991), and "So You Want To Buy A President?" (1996).