The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting has been nominated for awards from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated and the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

FCIR and NBC6 examine how lax regulations may have contributed to an increase in boater deaths in Florida.

StateImpact Florida and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting won a regional Regional Edward R. Murrow Award in investigative reporting for the series “13th Grade.”

A collaborative project involving StateImpact Florida and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting won second place in investigative reporting for broadcast media in the 2012 National Awards for Education Reporting.

The nonprofit news organization’s headquarters is now located in the School of Communication at the University of Miami.

NBC 6 South Florida will partner with the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting to produce more local, in-depth investigations.

Catch up on the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting’s journalism in 2012, including stories about Rick Scott, Cuban spies, education privatization, Trayvon Martin and more.

Fifty-two individual donors supported nonprofit investigative journalism in Florida during a Dec. 12 fundraiser.

For 24 hours starting at midnight on Wednesday, December 12 — or 12/12/12 — the Miami Foundation is encouraging civic-minded people statewide and worldwide to donate to nonprofit and charitable organizations that operate in Miami. FCIR is among these participating nonprofits.

The absentee and early votes were cast by 38 percent of Florida’s 12 million registered voters.