(Washington) The Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) has awarded $72,350 in reporting grants to 14 reporters or reporting teams working on stories that will expose significant ills in society, government malfeasance and cover-ups, and abuses of people whose voices are rarely heard. The grants cover the expenses of reporting such as travel and public records requests.
The grantees are:
Robin Amer, fellow, Social Justice News Nexus at Northwestern University
Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller, co-authors
Steve Burger, WNIN Tri-State Public Media, Evansville Indiana
Elizabeth Douglass, correspondent, InquireFirst
Heath Haussamen, a New Mexico based journalist
Christopher Jensen, reporter, InDepthNH.org
Spike Johnson, an investigative journalist who focuses on humanitarian topics
Jeremy Loudenback, The Chronicle of Social Change
Patrick Madden, WAMU Radio
Jarrett Murphy, City Limits News, a New York City investigative news center
Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press
Miranda Spivack, an independent journalist working on a series for the Center for Investigative Reporting
Diana Washington Valdez, an El Paso-based journalist
Hella Winston, a New York based investigative reporter
FIJ invites grant proposals to support investigative projects three times a year. The next deadline for applications is Monday February 6, 2017.