Maud Beelman

Maud Beelman is the Collaborations Editor for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University, as well as a professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She was the Howard Center’s founding director in 2019 and served as its executive editor for four years. Beelman has been a journalist for four decades, working first as a domestic, foreign and war correspondent, and for the last 25 years as an investigative editor. She has worked across the media spectrum, from large international news organizations to online, nonprofit news outlets. She was the founding director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the world’s first cross-border investigative reporting collaborative. Before joining the ASU faculty, she was the U.S. Investigations Editor for The Associated Press and, prior to that, the deputy managing editor for investigations and enterprise at The Dallas Morning News. As a correspondent, Beelman reported from across the U.S., Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. She has helped train journalists in the United States, Central America, Europe and Australia, and is the vice president of the board of directors of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. She also serves on the Rural News Network's advisory board. Her work has been honored with numerous journalism awards, including the George Polk, Investigative Reporters & Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, Online News Association and the Overseas Press Club, among others.