For a half-hour documentary on KUNM, the NPR member station in Albuquerque, Kent Patterson and Mercedes Mejia dug into environmental and public-health concerns of Southern New Mexico communities that straddle the Mexican border. For decades, residents have struggled with environmental issues that came to the fore again in 2023, when toxic levels of arsenic were recorded in discolored water. The ...
Georgia is one of the world’s fastest growing markets for new data centers to support the AI boom, and developers are pushing local officials to approve massive construction projects outside of normal processes and over residents’ objections, Edward Donnelly found in an ongoing investigation supported by the Fund. Through public records and on-the-ground reporting, Donnelly tracked how developers hired lobbyists ...
Hundreds of thousands of children nationwide are struggling with long Covid, which many doctors and school refuse to recognize, Eli Cahan reported for Rolling Stone. With a seed grant from the Fund, Cahan spoke with dozens of families over the last two years to examine the impact of long Covid on children. He found “a slow-moving spiral: first their health, ...
WASHINGTON, DC; December 4, 2025 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Alicia Patterson Foundation announced today that the two organizations are merging, bringing together two of the oldest and largest funders of independent journalism in the United States. Effective immediately, the Alicia Patterson Foundation will close, and its flagship six- and 12-month reporting fellowships will become a program ...
Luke Mullins documented alarming conditions inside Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW), which is a key part Washington, D.C.’s mental health safety net. For an investigation in the Washingtonian with support from the Fund, Mullins drew from lawsuits, regulatory documents obtained through FIOA, and interviews with former patients and staff members. He found a violently charged environment that was linked to ...