WASHINGTON, DC; November 21, 2024 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that it is providing grants and other critical support to 43 journalists or teams for new investigative projects in 22 states across the U.S. Founded in 1969, the Fund provides grants directly to journalists and news outlets to cover the expenses of specific investigations on any topic ...
A state program to compensate people who were sterilized in California prisons has rejected most applications for compensation, according to an investigation by Cayla Mihalovich, with support from the Fund. For 18 months, Mihalovich has been investigating the flawed implementation of the reparations program. Her latest story, published in Cal Matters and KQED and republished in other outlets, includes the ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill intended to protect farmworkers when employers violate state outdoor heat-safety law, Robert J. Lopez reported with support from the Fund. The report was published in Capital & Main. It followed an investigation by Lopez, also supported by the Fund, that detailed how California sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat-protection laws ...
For decades, police agencies in California have hidden evidence that officers engaged in misconduct and criminality – even paying the officers six-figure settlements to leave without a fight and then lying in reference checks when the officers apply for jobs in other places – according to an investigation by Katey Rusch and Casey Smith for UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, ...
Rhode Island’s largest school district failed to tell students and parents that their private information was obtained by cyberhackers and posted online, according to an investigation by Mark Keierleber for the nonprofit education news site The74, with support from the Fund. Keierleber’s story was also published in the Boston Globe. He reported that a ransomware gang uploaded the private information ...
Local governments across California are ignoring a state law that was supposed to add oversight to crowded homeless shelters after reports of violence, vermin and health hazards, according to a CalMatters investigative series with support from the Fund. While cities scramble to address sprawling street encampments, the most immediate alternatives – homeless shelters promising nightly refuge – continue to generate ...