Claire M. Caulfield
Award-winning reporter, producer, community engagement editor
ClaireCaulfield.com
208-559-3176
cmvcaulfield@gmail.com


PRODUCER @ OFFSHORE PODCAST
July 2019 - Present | Hawaii
Produces Civil Beat's award-winning, long-form podcast. Duties include narrative storyboarding, reporting, writing, editing scripts, fact-checking, scoring and preparing assets for radio broadcast. I also use social media and virtual events to connect with communities throughout the reporting process and after publication to build meaningful engagement. 


SPECIAL PROJECTS REPORTER @ HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT
July 2019 - Present | Hawaii 
Covering the future of agriculture and producing and hosting the Hawaii Grown podcast. Spent 2019 and 2020 reporting on climate change, waste management and other environmental issues while producing and hosting Civil Beat Q&A podcast. Co-founder of the Civil Beat book club, recently named best book club by Honolulu Magazine.


REPORTER & PRODUCER @ KJZZ 91.5FM - PHOENIX NPR
October 2017 - June 2019 | Arizona
Ran live-show logistics and breaking news reporting for KJZZ’s Morning Edition - the most popular morning radio program in the 5th largest city in the nation. Led the reporting effort for Q&AZ, the station’s community engagement series and filed 500 breaking news, features, accountability and explanatory stories in one year.


INVESTIGATIVE FELLOW @ NEWS21 CARNEGIE-KNIGHT INITIATIVE
January 2017 - August 2017 | Arizona - New Jersey - Montana 
Directed the award-winning Troubled Water documentary. Embedded with Native American communities in Montana and New Jersey to expose disparities in access to clean drinking water. Led the team investigating Superfund sites and coordinated 15 reporters across 8 states.


PRODUCER AND EDITOR @ INVASION PICTURES
May 2016 - May 2017 | Louisiana
Produced and edited an independent true-crime documentary. Findings include new witnesses and evidence in the trial of McKinley “Mac” Phipps. Focused on the history of southern gangster rap and systematic racial discrimination in the St. Tammany Parish criminal justice system.


MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST @ CRONKITE NEWS - ARIZONA PBS
August 2016 - December 2016 | Washington D.C.
“One man band” journalism producing broadcast packages and digital stories from the nation’s capital. Covered education policy, Native American issues and the 2016 election.


RECOGNITION & AWARDS
SPJ Hawaii
Rocky Mountain Emmys
IRE Awards
Murrow Awards
Headliner Awards
EPPY Awards
Webby Awards
ONA Awards
AIB Awards
Best of the West Awards
Arizona Press Club Awards​


EDUCATION
Walter Cronkite School of ​Journalism & Mass Communication
Journalism B.A.
Dean's List 2013 - 2017
New American University Scholar


INTERNSHIPS & STUDENT GROUPS
KJZZ  91.5FM - Phoenix NPR
Public Insight Network Bureau
Arizona Capitol Television - "Arizona C-SPAN"
​The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association


SKILLS
Community engagement 
Event planning & crowdsourcing
Narrative writing & reporting
Pre-interviewing & fact-checking
Scoring & post-production
Adobe Creative Suite & ProTools


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Science reporting (climate change, waste management, environmental justice)
Minority groups (LGBTQ+, Indigenous, disability)
Internet culture & emerging platforms