Enterprise and investigative reporter
Tori Gantz (she/they) is an enterprise and investigative reporter with a background in audio journalism. Currently, they are a politics writer covering LGBTQ+ rights, education, and the American far-right for LOOKOUT, a nonprofit newsroom in Arizona dedicated to LGBTQ+ people, their problems, and progress.
Gantz was previously a 2024 election correspondent for Teen Vogue, and reported on everything from labor to the environment at KJZZ (91.5 FM), an NPR-member station in Phoenix. They are a recent graduate of Arizona State University’s (ASU) Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Their Howard Center for Investigative Journalism report, Lithium Liabilities, ran on the front page of a national newspaper and aired on a regional evening news program. As a 2023 News21 fellow, Gantz worked with early-career reporters from across the country on the project America After Roe.
During the 2022 midterm elections, they were a Washington, D.C., correspondent for Arizona PBS and fact-checked on PolitiFact’s national policy team. Gantz compiled research on congressional candidates for the Center for Working-Class Politics and ASU’s Center for Work and Democracy in their undergrad.
Principles and practices
I aim to produce critical journalism that serves the public good.
Understands systems
Interrogates complex, opaque structures to find holes in oversight and determine the potential harm.
Engages communities
Meets people across city neighborhoods, borderlands, Native Nations to learn about their problems or progress through active listening.
Synthesizes information
Consumes a vast amount of research from interviews and obtained documents to summarize what’s most important.
Increases access
Analyzes data to identify patterns or trends that warrant further exploration and refine inputs for visuals.
Highlights solutions
Evaluates open-source evidence to verify claims and explain how responses to issues are or are not working.
A variety of mediums
I strive to capture visceral behavior and reactions through multimedia reporting.
Audio journalism
- Connects with radio, podcast audiences.
- Writes, records and produces for the ear.
- Collects tape in the field.
Photojournalism
- Immersive coverage of live events.
- Responsible for image integrity.
- Edits with transparency to the public.
“Tori brings such care to their work, going back and forth with the fact checkers over minor details in their copy, and making sure that they’re representing Arizonans of all backgrounds. Tori is a driven, devoted journalist, and it’s been a pleasure to get to work with them.”
Allegra Kirkland
Deputy editor for audience and strategy, Talking Points Memo
Let’s work together
From queries to tips, I welcome your outreach.
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