Alabama Media Group, Center for Investigative Reporting team for journalism initiative

One of America's leading non-profit journalism organizations, The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), will play a leadership role in a new investigative journalism initiative launched by the Alabama Media Group.

Robert J. Rosenthal, executive director of CIR, will serve as senior adviser and inaugural contributor to a new fellowship in the Alabama Investigative Journalism Lab.

"We want to do significant, excellent journalism that makes a difference in Alabama," said Michelle Holmes, vice president of content for Alabama Media Group. "We are excited by the possibilities this partnership brings and the deep experience Robert brings to telling some of the country's most important stories."

The lab, an initiative of Alabama Media Group, will encourage innovation in digital journalism through storytelling that will maximize audience engagement around significant and complex stories.

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