About
In the summer of 2009, the independent, nonpartisan Center for Investigative Reporting launched a new reporting initiative called California Watch, the largest group of journalists dedicated to investigative reporting in the state.
The team at California Watch pursues in-depth, high-impact reporting on issues such as education, public safety, health care and the environment. Our reporters also produce stories that hold those in power accountable, while tracking government waste and the misspending of taxpayer resources.
We place a major emphasis on solution-oriented reporting intended to have an impact on the quality of life for Californians and our communities.
We plan to engage the public by building and creating interactive tools that make it easier to connect with leaders and decision makers about key issues. And we offer searchable databases through our Data Center and other resources, links and guides that enable anyone to do their own basic watchdog reporting.
We distribute our stories as widely as possible through collaborative relationships with local and regional news organizations and through social media. California Watch has established working relationships with California news organizations of all kinds – newspapers, online publications, television, radio, ethnic media and other new forms of media – to help localize and distribute our reporting. We also publish unique, original content on our Web site that isn't available anywhere else.
California Watch is supported by major grants from the James Irvine Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. We have offices in the Bay Area and in Sacramento and hope to open an office in Los Angeles in the near future.
Founded in 1977, the Center for Investigative Reporting is the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative news organization.
California Watch's distribution partners have included:
Bakersfield Californian
Cali Daily
Center for Public Integrity
Contra Costa Times
educatedguess.org
Huffington Post
Fremont Argus
Fresno Bee
Hayward Daily Review
KCRA-TV (Sacramento)
KGO-TV (San Francisco)
KQED
KQED-FM, The California Report
La Opinión
Lodi News Sentinel
Los Angeles Daily News
Manteca Bulletin
Marin Independent Journal
Modesto Bee
Monterey Herald
New America Media
Nguoi Viet
North County Times
Oakland Tribune
One Viet
Orange County Register
Sacramento Bee
San Diego Union Tribune
San Francisco Chronicle
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Jose Mercury News
San Mateo County Times
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sing Tao Daily
Stockton Record
Sun-Reporter
TheLoop21.com
Torrance Daily Breeze
Tracy Press
Tri-Valley Herald
Truthdig.com
Vacaville Reporter
Vallejo Times Herald
Ventura County Star
Viet Tribune
Voice of San Diego
Whittier Daily News
