Cimaron Neugebauer
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Cimaron Neugebauer’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I am a data-driven multi-media investigative journalist with more than 15 years of journalism experience. I have 5 years of professional social media marketing managing accounts with more than 100,000 followers.
In college, I did background checks on 1,300 employees to uncover felons working in higher education. Since then, I've followed the money with FOIA requests and used data to enterprise investigative stories and help bring a voice to the voiceless and shine a light on community or gover…
Cimaron Neugebauer’s Journalist Portfolio
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Awards
See all 8 awards →Society of Professional Journalists Award
2013 - Legal: Enterprise Reporting
Investigation uncovering Utah Highway Patrol's own corruption. UHP's Blind Spot: Patrolling Itself
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2013 - Investigative Reporting
Don Baker Investigative Reporting Award for data reporting on UTOPIA: Fiber-optic nirvana or a nightmare with no way out? Eleven Utah cities are shackled by debt as the light-speed broadband network continues its decade-long struggle to become a success.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2012 - Multimedia Journalist
Mobile Journalism reporting on 70-100 mph winds that rocked the Wasatch Front and knocked over semi trucks.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2012 - Best Podcast Video/Audio
A gripping story of a Utah Mother and her miraculous recovery after crashing her moped and nearly dying in Hawaii.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2011 - Minority Issues Reporting
Whistle-blowers working for the state leaked hundreds of names of illegal immigrants living in Utah to the media. It created a huge controversy and safety concern for those people and their families. I went and talked with one of the immigrants in Spanish to get her story, since she did not speak any English. Raquel is an illegal immigrant, and she wonders how her name, along with other personal information, ended up on a list of more than 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants in Utah. Raquel thinks legislation that would make it easier for state workers to bring names of illegal immigrants forward to law enforcement without being punished would be "no bueno," which translates in English to "no good."
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2011 - Multimedia Journalist
Homeowners Brace For River Multimedia story with put together with Storify on the flooding that happened in 2011. West Warren • Residents held their breath as the floodwaters continued to rise Thursday after a levee broke, sending water from the Weber River in a different direction. "I just hope the river goes down," said homeowner Peggi Nielsen. "We are afraid our home will be destroyed."
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2010 - General News
The Slide Divide. Investigating a community issue where homes have been approved for decades to be built on a proven landslide prone area of a mountain. Washington County resident Carl Palmer, president of Mountain Valley Water Protection Association, takes legal action against water rights and new wells being drilled on Cedar Mountain. With the assistance of geologist reports, Palmer helps convince Iron County Planning Commission that Cedar Mountain is on a "massive landslide" and no environmental impact study has been done on the area and should be done before more homes are built.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2009 - Investigative Journalism, News
In-Depth Reporting • First Place: Felons working in higher education - by Cimaron Neugebauer, Weber State University. I found four felons working at local university, between the time I began the investigation to the time the story ran, (7 months) all were no longer working for the northern Utah university.