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New England Center for Investigative Reporting
Massachusetts
New England Center for Investigative Reporting

Established in 2009, NECIR is a nonprofit news outlet based at WGBH (PBS/NPR Boston) and affiliated with Boston University. The center produces national and regional investigative journalism and trains aspiring and working journalists in investigative techniques.

City

Boston

State

Massachusetts

Zip code

021115

Year launched

2009

Tax status

  • Nonprofit 501c3

Geographic scope

  • National

Scope of coverage

  • Produce investigative news

Topics of coverage

  • Crime & justice
  • Government & politics
  • Health & medicine

Other content topics

Topics impacting underserved communities.

Watchdog journalism?

  • Yes, it is the primary focus

Site Twitter handle

@necirbu

Effective engagement practice

Our social media channels and direct emails are our most effective way of engaging our audience. We've also had great success with hosting Live Chat digital events on our website in collaboration with partner publications (WebMD, New York Times, Huffington Post). These are generally a panel discussion where experts discuss an issue and respond to reader questions directly. This opens the dialog up and engages our audience in the conversation around one of our investigations.

In the news



http://necir.org/2016/03/31/how-a-perks-binge-sweetens-the-pay-of-massachusetts-college-chiefs/
http://necir.org/2016/03/31/how-a-perks-binge-sweetens-the-pay-of-massachusetts-college-chiefs/
Boston police cast a veil on warrants, uses for cellphone trackers http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/boston-police-cast-veil-warrants-uses-cellphone-trackers
BPD keeps cellphone tracker use in the dark http://www.massterlist.com/links/2016/02/25/headlines-for-thursday-february-25-2016
New Questions Raised About Boston Police and Cell Phone Tracking Technology http://radioboston.wbur.org/2016/02/25/cell-phone-tracker
Boston police cast a veil on uses for cellphone trackers http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/massachusetts-playbook/2016/02/bakers-trump-concerns-joyce-not-seeking-re-election-timilty-to-run-for-seat-local-option-gas-tax-pitched-212851
Boston Police use of cell phone trackers kept private http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2016/02/24/boston-police-use-cell-phone-trackers-kept-private/mhICsYrsOpj4wEHBUbKxcN/story.html
Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans defends use of covert cell trackers http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/24/boston-police-commissioner-william-evans-defends-use-covert-cell-trackers/FtOavijZhH33WxD06dScsK/story.html?event=event25
Boston police cast a veil on warrants, uses for cellphone trackers https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/24/boston-police-cast-veil-warrants-uses-for-cellphone-trackers/fENx8a6nZd33UxttCHKlFJ/story.html
Citing FBI Confidentiality, Boston Police Decline To Disclose Details Of Cell-Phone Monitoring http://news.wgbh.org/2016/02/23/local-news/citing-fbi-confidentiality-boston-police-decline-disclose-details-cell-phone
Why Can't We Stop Child Abuse? http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/01/baby-doe
Live Chat: Reopening the case of Darrell 'Diamond' Jones http://www.wbur.org/2016/01/13/darrell-diamond-jones-case-live-chat
A MASSACHUSETTS ‘MAKING A MURDERER’? http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/massachusetts-playbook/2016/01/politico-massachusetts-playbook-about-those-budget-cuts-trump-hq-vandalized-healey-headed-to-sotu-212084
Jenifer McKim, NECIR, on the Trial of Darrell Jones http://media.wrko.com/a/112471436/jenifer-mckim-necir-on-the-trial-of-darrell-jones.htm
This Mass. man has been in prison for 30 years for a murder he says he didn't commit http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2016/01/11/this-mass-man-has-been-prison-for-years-for-murder-says-didn-commit/wQ4nTUOga3eASOL9ivmxuO/story.html
One Murder Convict's Quest for a New Trial http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reasonable-doubts-one-murderer-convicts-quest-for-a-new-trial_us_56968c62e4b0778f46f7ba07#comments
‘Reasonable Doubts’: A 1985 Murder Conviction And Changing Law Procedures https://radioboston.wbur.org/2016/01/15/doubts-gellerman-darrell
Reasonable Doubts, Part 5: Brockton Police Department http://www.wbur.org/2016/01/15/reasonable-doubts-part-v
Reasonable Doubts, Part 4: The Trial https://www.wbur.org/2016/01/14/reasonable-doubts-part-iv
Reasonable Doubts, Part 3: The Defense https://www.wbur.org/2016/01/13/darrell-jones-case-iii
Reasonable Doubts, Part 2: The Investigation https://www.wbur.org/2016/01/12/reasonable-doubts-part-ii
Reasonable Doubts, Part 1: The Crime Scene https://www.wbur.org/2016/01/11/darrell-jones-case-i
Reasonable Doubts: Reopening The Case Of Darrell 'Diamond' Jones https://www.wbur.org/2016/01/11/darrell-jones-investigation
215 Of The Best Longreads Of 2015 — All Written By Women http://www.autostraddle.com/215-of-the-best-longreads-of-2015-all-written-by-women-319679/