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Data journalism pioneer Jennifer LaFleur will join the Center for Public Integrity as senior editor and help lead the nonprofit news organization’s investigative reporting on inequality.
LaFleur has served as data editor at the Investigative Reporting Workshop since 2017.
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Her new position will include oversight of Public Integrity’s data journalism as well as a broader role in managing the newsroom, including leading major investigative projects and collaborations with other news organizations.
“I’m thrilled to be joining such a talented team covering a defining issue of our time,” LaFleur said.
At the Investigative Reporting Workshop, LaFleur worked with Chuck Lewis, who founded Public Integrity in 1989 as one of the first nonprofit model national investigative news organizations in the country. Previously, LaFleur worked as a senior editor at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, where she co