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Gumshoe Group’s Grant Program for Preliminary Reporting Moves to Fund for Investigative Journalism

FIJ expands to provide “seed grants” of up to $2,500 to freelance investigative journalists for initial research and reporting  NEW ...

Fund for Investigative Journalism Awards a Record 30 New Grants in 18 States

Journalists receive grants, legal help and editorial mentorship to produce groundbreaking investigative stories WASHINGTON, DC; APRIL 6, 2023 – The ...

Call for Proposals: Grants for Investigative Stories on Any Topic in Any Medium, Due May 1

The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for grants of up to $10,000 for stories that break new ground ...

2/24 Webinar: How to Develop and Manage Collaborative Investigative Projects

Join us on Friday, Feb. 24, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on Zoom for a webinar on how to develop and ...

Grantee documents risk to Pittsburgh’s public education system as enrollment dwindles

As enrollment declines in Pittsburgh’s public schools, the impact is far reaching. Reporter Laia Mistry, writing for Public Source with ...

Cleaning up Honduran national police is no easy task, grantee finds

Reporters Jennifer Avila and Danielle Mackey, writing for Contracorriente, probed efforts to professionalize the Honduran national police force and rid it ...

Watchdog group reveals how Florida’s largest utility company provided dark money to promote “ghost candidates,” sowing voter confusion

In a report investigating so-called “ghost candidates” that aim to confuse voters and siphon off votes, Ben Wilcox, writing for ...

  Grantee reveals how the insurance industry uses complex financing schemes to maximize profits, risking pensions and retirement funds

Writing for 100 Reporters, reporter Lucy Komisar followed her groundbreaking FIJ-funded story about high-risk Wall Street life-insurance practices with a second piece that showed ...

Wide-ranging series on criminal justice in Mississippi and the South uncovers major systemic issues

A sweeping eight part-series, “Broken Justice,” by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, in collaboration with several universities and news ...

Grantee reports that Louisville police department rarely disciplined white officers for wrongdoing, but the case of a Black officer was different

Louisville, Kentucky, police officer Jervis Middletown was demoted for improper conduct and then fired after he aligned with local Black ...