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Grantee probe of colleges using AI program to spy on students spurs investigations at 11 universities

A story by students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, published in the Dallas Morning News and supported by the ...

Grantee crunches Wisconsin election data and debunks fraud allegations

Wisconsin Watch, with a grant from the Fund for stories on threats to democracy, conducted the most comprehensive accounting of ...

EPA and mining company pledge changes after grantee exposed cozy relationship

A story by Investigate West, supported by the Fund, exposed a cozy relationship between the federal Environmental Protection Agency and a mining ...

Grantee probes Florida guardianship program, sparking official investigation and an immediate halt in activity

Reporters Daniel Rivero and Joshua Ceballos, reporting for public radio station WLRN with support from the Fund, probed the publicly ...

Grantee traces the impact of new laws giving people convicted of felonies a second chance

For decades, there’s been little hope for people sentenced to life in prison in the United States. But, as Sylvia ...

Grantee probes close relationships between Environmental Protection Agency and mining companies it is supposed to regulate

Emails obtained by InvestigateWest reveal a cozy relationship between federal Environmental Protection Agency officials and mining companies operating in Butte, ...

Slavic immigrants’ church encouraged congregants to invest in companies led by church officials but often barred them from selling their shares

Leaders and members of the Bethany Slavic Missionary Church in Sacramento and other Slavic churches in the U.S. have invested ...

Grantee’s probe of Hawaii’s child welfare system sparks legislation

The Hawaii legislature is considering several bills to protect the constitutional rights of parents suspected of abuse and neglect. The ...

Grantees uncover efforts to minimize pollution detection at Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas; EPA vows action as a result of story

Acting on a tip, Naveena Sadasivam and Clayton Aldern investigated how a plant owned by billionaire Bill Koch tried to ...

Call for Proposals: ‘Seed Grants’ for Initial Reporting, Due May 22

The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for grants of $1,000 to $2,500 for early reporting and research that ...