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This summer, our documentary The Grab ([link removed]) won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary Research. That recognition belongs to you as much as it does to our team.

I’m Amanda Pike, Director of Film and TV at the Center for Investigative Reporting Studios. The Grab is the kind of journalism at the core of our mission: ambitious, deeply reported investigations that take on abuses of power few newsrooms have the resources or patience to pursue. The film is the result of a seven-year investigation spanning five continents, exposing the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resources on Earth.

This work only happened because of your support. It takes years of reporting, international travel, and rigorous storytelling, and that kind of work only exists because of people like you who believe investigative journalism is worth the investment.

And that belief matters now more than ever.

As media organizations across the country pull back from long-form investigations, audiences have not lost their appetite for substantive, deeply reported documentary storytelling. The Grab proves that when investigative reporting is paired with compelling filmmaking, it can reach millions on the world’s largest platforms. If stories that expose power and demand accountability are going to break through, they need to meet audiences where they are.
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But projects like The Grab require real resources. A single investigative documentary can take years to complete and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce. Right now, we’re working to raise $400,000 in online support by December 31 so we can head into 2026 positioned to take on our most ambitious work yet. All gifts through the deadline will be triple matched and are tax deductible.

Your year-end contribution directly supports the next wave of deeply reported, high-impact documentaries at a moment when this kind of work is increasingly rare and increasingly necessary.
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If you have not yet seen The Grab, you can watch it on Hulu and major video-on-demand platforms, including Apple TV and Amazon Prime. You can also dig into our other award-winning films, including the Emmy-winning Victim/Suspect ([link removed]) and Oscar-nominated Heroin(e) ([link removed]) , both streaming on Netflix. They offer a firsthand look at the journalism your support fuels, and why this work has never been more essential.

Thank you for standing with us and for backing investigative journalism when it matters most.

With gratitude,

Amanda Pike

Director of Film and TV, CIR Studios

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