Impact

One reporter, given proper support to dig deep and keep digging, can change the world. We’ve shown that over and over again throughout the last 51 years. With grants and other support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism, investigative journalists uncover wrongdoing, expose injustice, deepen public understanding of complex issues and spark reform. We support unbiased, nonpartisan journalism that has an impact. Below are just a few recent examples of how stories we support have sparked change.

Grantee Report on Trump Administration Suppressing Energy Study Leads to Its Release — and Reveals Much Wider Pattern

Peter Fairley broke national news when he reported for InvestigateWest ...

N.C. Sexual Assault Laws Reformed After Grantee Report

Carolina Public Press received a tip that some district attorneys ...

Thousands in Detroit Keep Homes After Grantee Story Fuels Reform

When a friend of Mark Betancourt’s moved to Detroit and ...

Grantee’s Lottery Investigation Prompts Arrests and Reforms in the U.S. and Globally

When a group of journalists read Palm Beach Post reporter ...

Grantee Story Prompts Legal Victory for Opening Police Misconduct Records

For years in New Hampshire, press, policymakers, advocates and the ...

Grantee Book Is Adapted into Acclaimed Netflix Series, Shapes Culture

When an 18-year-old woman in Washington state reported that she ...

Grantee Story Sparks Changes on Environmental Hazards in Prisons

For more than a year, a team at Earth Island ...

Grantee Exposes Predatory Online Marketing, Leading to Industry Changes

As the opioid crisis has escalated in the U.S., more ...

Grantee Story on Trafficking Used to Train Thousands of Officials

A team from the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, led ...

Grantee Story Leads to New Policy Improving Homeless Shelters

Covering homelessness and other issues for KPCC — Southern California ...

Legislature Acts After Grantee “Driving While Indian” Report

For years, people of color in Washington state have reported ...

Grantee Report on University “Land Grab” Sparks Indigenous Advocacy

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act into law ...