Please join us next Friday, May 30, at noon Eastern for a free webinar with tips and resources for investigating “cold cases.”
Click here to register for this free webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hjIHXh2ETK2WvkvioFa_Bw#/registration
Two of our recent grantees will share how they investigated decades-old civil rights “cold cases” and uncovered new leads. They’ll share tips and resources for other journalists who want to dig into similar cases.
Ben Greenberg will share how he investigated the 1965 case of a police officer who was never charged for shooting a Black man in Louisiana. Greenberg’s reporting uncovered new evidence that the shooting was unprovoked – and his reporting led the former head of the FBI’s civil right division to advocate for reopening the case. Sandra Chapman will share how she investigated the unsolved 1968 murder of a young Black woman, identifying a witness with a new lead in the case. Both journalists received support from the Fund for their investigations.
Four-time Peabody Award-winning journalist Ellen Weiss will discuss the stories with Greenberg and Chapman. Click here to register today: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hjIHXh2ETK2WvkvioFa_Bw#/registration.
The next deadlines to apply for grants from the Fund are in September. Details are online here: https://fij.org/apply-for-a-grant/.