Journalist Ashli Blow has spent three years investigating Velsicol Chemical’s toxic legacy in Memphis for the Tennessee Lookout. The investigation began with a 2021 tip about Velsicol possibly stalling efforts to avoid Superfund designation, leading to years of reporting through public records requests, data analysis and interviews with residents, scientists and legal experts. Supported by the Fund, Blow’s latest story ...
Bangor Daily News reporter Sawyer Loftus has partnered with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network since July to investigate evictions in Maine. For Loftus’ first story, which was supported by the Fund, he wrote about how a new eviction-prevention program in Maine excludes people in federal public housing despite the dire consequences they are likely to face if evicted. He focused on the ...