The Fund for Investigative Journalism is now accepting applications for Alicia Patterson Fellowships, which pay $40,000 for 12 months of in-depth reporting or $20,000 for six months. Proposals are due by October 1 for fellowships to begin in January 2027. The Fund will host a webinar on Aug. 12 at noon Eastern to provide information on how to apply, with ...
At least 67 schoolteachers in California have kept their teaching licenses after school districts determined that they engaged in sexual misconduct with students over the last several years, according to reporting by Holly McDede and Mollie Simon for KQED and ProPublica, with support from the Fund. At least 14 of those teachers were hired by other schools. Weeks after the ...
In a continued series of reports, Public Domain uncovered conflicts of interest at the U.S. Interior Department, with a focus on Karen Budd-Falen, a longtime ranching advocate who is now a top deputy to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. With support from the Fund, reporting by Jimmy Tobias and Chris D’Angelo exposed numerous scandals involving Budd-Falen, including a multi-million-dollar water rights ...
Coroners across Pennsylvania block public access to autopsy reports, hindering research about jail deaths, according to an investigation by Jonah Walters for The Conversation US with support from the Fund. Walters partnered with Terence Keel, a professor, to request autopsy reports in jail death cases from 41 Pennsylvania coroners. Only three complied with state law and provided records. The pair ...
As part of a larger series about the future of hemp in North Carolina, The Assembly investigated hemp products sold in the state. With support from the Fund, a team of reporters purchased 21 intoxicating hemp products from retailers across the state and subjected them to independent testing. They found that 13 had unsafe levels of bacteria and other substances, ...
HomeRise, one of San Francisco’s largest providers of permanent supportive housing, turned a blind eye for years as tenants and staff filed repeated complaints alleging sexual misconduct by a case manager entrusted with residents’ care, an investigation by Matthew Mitchell found. With support from the Fund, Mitchell partnered with San Francisco Chronicle reporter Susie Neilson to examine how the nonprofit ...
People convicted of animal abuse in Kentucky often spend little or no time in prison for their crimes, R.G. Dunlop found in an investigation for Northern Kentucky Tribune. With support from the Fund, Dunlop reviewed more than 50 federal and state criminal cases involving animal abuse and neglect in Kentucky and found that of 30 cases resolved since 2020, 13 ...
PennLive, with support from the Fund, dug into a county grant program and found serious irregularities that led the head of the program to resign and caused the county to stop making grants and reform the program. PennLive’s continued reporting revealed that a former Pennsylvania official’s private business received a $40,000 grant to make food deliveries to low-income people — ...
A powerful class of synthetic opioids known as nitazenes – which can be up to 40 times more potent than fentanyl and 500 times stronger than heroin – is emerging in the U.S., according to a new investigation. With support from the Fund, Jonathan Moens combed through dozens of criminal court cases, filed national, state, and county-level records requests and ...
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is a closely-watched bellwether in state and national elections – a swing county in a swing state. With support from the Fund, the Bucks County Beacon dug into the county’s voting systems for an ongoing series of stories that look at how the county ensures that elections are secure and accessible. ...