Christopher Tyree
Senior Director, Investigative JournalismChristopher Tyree is a Virginia native and the senior director and co-founder of the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism. For more than 30 years, his cameras and pen have carried him to report on stories on nearly every continent. His award-winning projects have helped shape policy and spur awareness of important issues. His work has been published in hundreds of the world’s leading periodicals and broadcast networks including the BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and Deutsche Welle. He earned a graduate degree in visual communication from Ohio University and BS in journalism from James Madison University. Chris, his wife, Melanie, son, Jack, and their pups Milo and JoJo Pickles enjoy hiking the many trails along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Christ can be reached at chris.tyree@vcij.org.
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Laura Mollo wanted her hometown of Richlands, Virginia to be a safe, secure place for her young family. She turned to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to bring about change. -
Anne Adams - owner, reporter and most everything in between for her rural weekly - preserves a 147-year-old newspaper. -
Toxic chemicals used to fight fires and found in a wide range of household and industrial goods for decades have ended up in drinking water across the state. Virginia has only begun to measure the scope of the problem. How worried should we be? -
Dominion Energy was the single, biggest donor to candidates -
The Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism explores what it means to work in Virginia. Today, a U.S. Marshal. -
A Charlottesville man with autism takes steps toward self-sufficiency – a project with family and community support -
A Visual Journey Along Virginia’s Rail System, Exploring The Past, Present And Future. A monthly photo column. -
The state created a new recreational agency to breathe life into struggling Appalachian communities once dependent on coal for jobs. But has a sprawling ATV trail network ignored environmental rules and met its economic promise?
