Author Trevor Aaronson

Trevor Aaronson

Executive Director

Trevor Aaronson is the executive director of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America. He is also a contributing writer at The Intercept and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. His 2015 TED Talk, “How this FBI strategy is actually creating U.S.-based terrorists,” has been viewed more than 1 million times and translated into 22 languages.

FCIR Associate Director Discusses the Week’s News on WLRN

March 5, 2011

Mc Nelly Torres appeared on WLRN's "The Florida Roundup" along with Jim DeFede of CBS4 and Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald.

FCIR Wins National Education Reporting Award

March 1, 2011

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting has won a Special Citation in Investigative Reporting in the Education Writers Association's 2010 National Awards for Education Reporting.

Florida AP Bureau Chief Appointed to FCIR Board

February 23, 2011

Jim Baltzelle, a Florida native and veteran news manager, says it's important to maintain quality and depth in the state's investigative reporting.

FCIR, CBS4 Partner on Schools Investigation

February 22, 2011

The report, "I-Team: Flunking A High School Equivalency," examined how some virtual high schools issue diplomas that are not recognized as valid by many institutions of higher learning.

FCIR Receives Additional Project Funding

February 3, 2011

Florida’s first nonprofit and bilingual investigative journalism organization has received two project grants and a fellowship for one of its journalists.

Mc Nelly Torres Discusses For-Profit Schools on Public Radio

January 4, 2011

Listen to Torres talk about "Virtually Worthless," her investigation of for-profit virtual high schools and Miramar-based Continental Academy.