Bilbo Poynter

Bilbo Poynter is the co-founder and executive director of the CCIR. He has worked as a researcher, associate producer and reporter on numerous investigative projects, including with the CBC’s award-winning Investigative Unit. He was the first Canadian to work at the Center for Investigative Reporting in California and is a past recipient of a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism in Washington, D.C. He also developed and teaches the investigative journalism course at Mohawk College. His reports have been seen and heard on CBC National Radio News, CBC.ca, As It Happens, the Canadian Press, The Montreal Gazette, J-Source and CTV.