Nick R. Martin Explained

Nick R. Martin is an American freelance journalist.

Martin was a staff reporter for Phoenix, Arizona's East Valley Tribune and covered the trial of Dale Hausner, known as the Serial Shooter, until being laid off from the Tribune. He then founded and ran Heat City to continue covering the trial and to provide independent reporting for the region, receiving several Arizona Press Club first-place awards in 2009.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Martin was then hired for Talking Points Memo in 2011.[8] [9]

Martin has also written for Arizona Guardian, BuzzFeed, The Daily Beast, Southern Poverty Law Center.[9]

In 2019, Martin launched The Informant on Substack, to continue his muckraking of racists and hate groups.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The winners of the 2009 Best Journalism in Arizona contest, as announced at the May 15, 2010 awards party. Congratulations!! . azpressclub.org . 15 May 2010 . 21 July 2020 . 19 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100519145017/https://azpressclub.org/content/contest/contest.shtml.
  2. Web site: Arizona Republic and Channel 12 News Employees Forced to Take an Unpaid Week Off . Stern . Ray . Phoenix New Times . 9 July 2020 . 21 July 2020 .
  3. Web site: Laid-Off Workers From East Valley Tribune Hope to Earn Livings With Online News Sites . Stern . Ray . Phoenix New Times . 9 July 2020 . 21 July 2020 .
  4. Web site: With a new home, a journalist continues covering major trial « Heat City . Nick R. Martin . heatcity.org . 5 January 2009 . 21 July 2020 .
  5. Web site: About Heat City « Heat City . Nick R. Martin . heatcity.org . 21 July 2020 .
  6. Web site: Heat City wins Arizona Press Club honors « Heat City . heatcity.org . 16 May 2010 . 21 July 2020 .
  7. Web site: Blogger leaves, trial continues next week. Nick R. Martin. 2 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013222740/http://serialshootertrial.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/02/blogger-leaves-trial-continues-next-week/738/. 13 October 2010.
  8. Web site: The next chapter: Nick Martin joins Talking Points Memo later this month « Heat City . Nick R. Martin . heatcity.org . 7 December 2011 . 21 July 2020 .
  9. Web site: Ex-Tribune journalist launches site dedicated reporting on extremists • Arizona Mirror . Jerod MacDonald-Evoy . Arizona Mirror . 4 December 2019 . 21 July 2020 .