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California Failed to Consistently Track Ride-Hailing Assault and Harassment Complaints

For years the California agency that regulates Uber and Lyft gathered annual reports about assaults that happen on their rides ...

Grantee Q&A: Brian Edwards, on Columbia Journalism’s work with NPR about Heat Deaths

By Eric Ferrero, Executive Director  A remarkable new investigation on NPR found that heat is killing workers in the U.S. ...

When public health becomes the public enemy

Over the course of the pandemic, hundreds of public health officials have been ousted from their positions. Many faced targeted ...

Long Beach’s history of failure in managing the Queen Mary

Nearly 60 years after the city of Long Beach purchased the historic RMS Queen Mary at auction, the ship is ...

Diplomatic Domestic Workers Trapped in Limbo

FIJ Grantee, Noy Thrupkaew, investigated the stories of dozens of diplomatic domestic workers in the U.S. for an upcoming feature ...

Texas Workers Are Dying In The Summer Heat, And Companies Aren’t Being Held Accountable

The number of workers who have died of heat illness in Texas has nearly doubled in the last decade. But ...

Searching for Answers After a St. Louis Jailhouse Beating

“Criminal Behavior” began as an investigation into security camera footage that seemed to show a guard at the City Justice ...

Greenland’s melting glacier could seal the low-country’s fate

Charleston, South Carolina is more than 3,000 miles away from Greenland, but what’s happening in that icy wonderland will largely ...

Utah protesters see double standard in prosecutions

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project took a deep dive into prosecutions against demonstrators originating from the summer of protests in 2020. First, ...

Fund for Investigative Journalism Receives Funding from FairWarning to Support Reporting on Critical Issues

WASHINGTON, DC, September 15, 2021 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is receiving funding from FairWarning, ...