As we begin the new year, I’m so excited to share news about the leadership at The Center for Investigative Reporting with you. 

On behalf of CIR’s Board of Directors, it is my great pleasure to announce Kaizar Campwala as CEO and Sumi Aggarwal as editor in chief. 

They have already become a formidable team. 

Kaizar has distinguished himself as an innovator and leader across both the nonprofit and corporate media landscape, with deep experience in managing public interest news, audio and video journalism. He joins us from the Walt Disney Co., where he oversaw ABC News' digital and streaming news businesses, including ABC News Live, and expanded the news vertical on Hulu. 

Sumi had been serving as our interim editor in chief since March 2021. In that time, I’ve been able to work closely with her and have been blown away by her leadership and editorial vision. 

You’ll see more details in the announcement. As we start a new year, I couldn’t be more excited and optimistic for this organization to start a new era in its long history of providing aggressive investigative reporting and soulful storytelling.

Sincerely, 

Rob King
CIR Board Chair