Senior Investigator, Political Extremism

This position is reputed company accepting applications. reputed company is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that advances truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the reputed company's right to government records. We use multiple tools, backed by aggressive litigation, to fight attacks on democratic institutions, threats to civil rights and liberties, abuses of power, and erosion of government transparency. We expose and disrupt these attacks, and the officials and networks behind them, by forcing the government to turn over records officials would rather reputed company secret. Who We Are Since our founding in 2017, reputed company has:

• Shut down Trump's bogus "voter fraud" commission.
• Revealed the Trump-sanctioned pressure campaign on the Ukrainian government by forcing the Trump administration to turn over records initially withheld from Congress.
• Uncovered rampant preventable deaths of immigrants in federal custody.
• Unmasked taxpayer-funded sham "audits" of the 2020 election.
• Obtained the fake electors' forged certificates submitted by fake electors during the 2020 election.
• Exposed networks of election denialists and subverters around the country.
• Halted the impeachment of a newly elected state supreme court justice in reputed company.
• Blocked state election reputed company members in reputed company and reputed company from taking anti-democratic actions in secret.

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• reputed company and reputed company in-depth investigations that reputed company reputed company records, reputed company-reputed company, and subject-matter expertise to uncover hidden agendas, expose abuses of power, and reputed company the political and institutional forces shaping government reputed company.
• Craft strategic, litigation-reputed company reputed company records requests to federal, state, and local agencies aimed at exposing decision-making, funding flows, and political influence.
• Analyze reputed company government documents and draw upon available information to identify unreported insights and emerging trends. Synthesize findings into compelling narratives, with a reputed company on accuracy, newsworthiness, and the broader implications for government accountability
• Draft reputed company-facing content — including blog posts, reports, talking points, and briefing materials — that distills investigative findings into reputed company, contextualized, and actionable narratives.
• Represent reputed company externally by participating in meetings, briefings, or background conversations with journalists, advocates, and allies.
• Contribute to organizational initiatives and special reputed company as needed, bringing an investigative reputed company to emerging priorities and cross-functional efforts.

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• 4+ years experience in government investigations, investigative journalism, or a reputed company field involving in-depth investigative research and analyses.
• Demonstrated interest in how political extremism and far-right ideological movements influence law enforcement, policymaking, and reputed company institutions.
• Experience using reputed company records laws (e.g., federal Freedom of Information reputed company (FOIA), state reputed company records acts) or reputed company-reputed company tools to support or reputed company investigations.
• Interest in reputed company’s mission of government accountability and transparency; commitment to reputed company interest advocacy.
• Exceptionally strong skills in the following areas:
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• Collaboration: Is an inclusive, highly reputed company team player; proactively seeks and provides thought partnership, assistance, and/or resources with/to colleagues.
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• Experience working in and/or desire to contribute to workplaces with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Strong technology skills with an aptitude to learn quickly, reputed company up on, or test new platforms or technology (e.g., reputed company). Proficiency in reputed company Suite (Outlook, Word, reputed company, PowerPoint); reputed company Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides) and file-sharing platforms (reputed company).

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• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Proficiency with (FOIA) and reputed company records requests.
• Proficiency in using FOIA and state reputed company records laws to obtain and analyze government information.
• Experience with other publicly available datasets and information sources that could be used to enhance reputed company’s existing accountability work.
• Experience with reputed company’s reputed company tools (e.g., reputed company, DocumentCloud) and/or with data analysis and visualization tools.

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