NPR’s Reber joins Center for Investigative Reporting
Susanne Reber
Susanne Reber, who built and led NPR’s first investigations unit, has joined the Center for Investigative Reporting to lead its national and international investigative and enterprise reporting projects. She’ll also be in charge of CIR’s team of health and environment reporters. “Susanne is a powerhouse in the investigative reporting community,”
says CIR editorial director Mark Katches.
The press release is after the jump.
Press release
Center for Investigative Reporting Announces Hiring of Susanne Reber
Reber Joins CIR After Leading NPR’s Investigations Unit, Which
Received Numerous Honors and Awards During Her Tenure
Berkeley, CA – The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) announced
today that Susanne Reber has been named senior coordinating editor for
multiplatform projects and investigations. Reber, who joins CIR from
NPR, where she built and led NPR’s first investigations unit, will now
lead CIR’s national and international investigative and enterprise
reporting projects. She will also guide CIR’s team of health and
environment reporters.
“Susanne is a powerhouse in the investigative reporting community,”
said Mark Katches, editorial director for CIR. “She has an established
track record of producing high-impact investigative stories, telling
them on multiple platforms and collaborating with major national media
partners to make sure the stories reach as broad an audience as
possible.”
Reber’s reporting team will produce work for all of CIR’s branded
products, including The Bay Citizen and California Watch. Reber, who
will take on her new position in June, joins a first-rate project
editing team that includes Managing Editor Robert Salladay, a former
Los Angeles Times reporter; Senior Editor Amy Pyle, the former
assistant managing editor for investigations at the Sacramento Bee,
who will join CIR on May 31; Sharon Tiller, director of digital media
for CIR; and senior producer and editor Steve Talbot. CIR, which has
expanded its editing and reporting team with its recent merger with
The Bay Citizen, now has more than 45 reporters, editors, producers
and data analysts focused on enterprise and investigative reporting.
“Investigative journalism has gone through enormous change over the
last several years, but one thing has remained the same – CIR’s
leadership position in the field,” said Reber. “This organization has
some of the strongest journalists in the world and an innovative
leadership team that is constantly embracing new technologies and
strategies for reaching new audiences. I am absolutely thrilled for
the opportunity to work with the very best in the industry and believe
that as successful as CIR has been, we are only going to get better.”
In 2010, Reber joined NPR as deputy managing editor of its first
investigations team, where she led the organization’s investigations
as well as collaborations with CIR, ProPublica, PBS Frontline, PBS
Newshour, Center for Public Integrity, and the Investigative Reporting
Program at Berkeley. Under her leadership the NPR investigative unit
received numerous awards, including Peabody Awards, Robert F. Kennedy
Awards, Dart Awards from Columbia University, a Gracie Award, a White
House News Photographers Association Award, Edward R. Murrow Award and
Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards for meritorious public
service in journalism.
Prior to joining NPR, Reber built an investigative program at the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), where she led its news
investigative unit from 2003 to 2009. Her work contributed to the
investigative unit’s 2008 Michener Award, two annual prizes for the
top investigative story from the Canadian Association of Journalists,
as well as awards from the Online News Association, Investigative
Reporters and Editors and the Radio Television News Directors
Association.
