In a three-part series with a grant from the Fund, Carolina Public Press found that in many North Carolina counties, social service agencies are being led by people who don’t meet minimum professional standards required by law. State agencies can’t prevent counties from hiring unqualified people and can’t reverse local hiring decisions. In at least one case, an unqualified agency ...
Honolulu Civil Beat, with support from the Fund, published a three-part investigative series showing significant problems in the development of Hawaii’s largest-ever infrastructure project, a multibillion-dollar elevated rail. Lead reporter Marcel Honore examined 400,000 pieces of information about real estate transactions and property-value increases and interviewed multiple sources over six months. The investigation found that the enormous potential for transit-oriented ...
On Wednesday, May 11, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, the Fund for Investigative Journalism is hosting the latest in an ongoing series of webinars to provide education and resources to the field: SOURCE DEVELOPMENT: How to develop and maintain relationships with key sources, including government officials and confidential sources This webinar will feature renowned journalists Bill Marimow and Cheryl W. Thompson, who lead ...