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Grantees track pressure campaign over dangerous weedkiller

A battle over the use of dicamba, a weedkiller that critics says harms crops, has turned ugly in Arkansas, with ...

Emergency Grants for Coverage of Threats to Democracy in the U.S. 

Fund for Investigative Journalism Announces Emergency Grants for Coverage of Threats to Democracy in the U.S.  WASHINGTON, DC, May 19, ...

Ongoing investigation sparks changes in public housing in San Francisco

In a 10-month investigation for the San Francisco Public Press, supported by the Fund, reporters Nina Sparling, Frank Bass and ...

Series shows failures of North Carolina’s social services system

In a three-part series with a grant from the Fund, Carolina Public Press found that in many North Carolina counties, ...

Series uncovers delays and over-spending on Hawaii’s largest infrastructure project, while developers cash in

Honolulu Civil Beat, with support from the Fund, published a three-part investigative series showing significant problems in the development of ...

Webinar 5/11: Developing and Maintaining Relationships with Key Sources

On Wednesday, May 11, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, the Fund for Investigative Journalism is hosting the latest in an ongoing ...

Grantee Q&A: Jane C. Hu on Uncovering Political Attacks on Public Health

By Eric Ferrero, Executive DirectorIt’s been six months since Jane C. Hu’s deeply reported investigation on public health officials being ...

Series on dirty drinking water in Illinois sparks state action

The Daily Chronicle, which covers several communities in and around DeKalb County in Illinois, is publishing a series that examines ...

Series documents diabetes in the Mississippi Delta and helps spark community change

In the multi-part series, “Diabetes: The Rising Storm,” Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting founder and reporter Jerry Mitchell, working with a team ...

Arkansas coverage exposes pattern of faulty inspections and helps spark national change

The Arkansas Nonprofit News Network published a series of stories that showed that, contrary to officials’ claims, multiple inspectors over several years had missed ...