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Webinar 3/25: “Finding and Using Public Records to Cover Immigration Enforcement,” hosted by FIJ and IRE.

As many reporters find it increasingly difficult to get records to cover U.S. immigration enforcement actions, the Fund for Investigative ...

Eight Journalists Receive Alicia Patterson Fellowships for In-Depth Reporting in 2026

WASHNGTON, DC; March 5, 2026 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that eight accomplished journalists have been awarded ...

Grantee uncovers evidence of murder in a Mississippi jail; story leads state to reopen the case and launch new investigation

In 2018, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was quick to write off the death of Rankin County jail inmate William ...

Efforts to crack down on smoke shops selling marijuana in Pennsylvania have been haphazard and ineffective, grantee finds

Shops that sell hemp products – often black-market marijuana – have opened across Pennsylvania, and law enforcement efforts to crack ...

In a three-year reporting project, grantee uncovers systemic lack of oversight for Texas homes for elderly and disabled people

Hundreds of “boarding homes” for elderly and disabled people in Texas operate without oversight, leaving residents vulnerable to neglect and ...

Loose rules let state police in New York hand out lax discipline for misconduct, grantee finds

For decades, the State Police, New York’s second-largest law enforcement agency, has had no formal disciplinary guidelines for misconduct, and ...

Grantee reporting documents problems with Maine program that provides heat for low-income residents of mobile homes

With support from the Fund, reporter Emmett Gartner dug into the case of an elderly couple in Maine who couldn’t ...

Grantee identifies multiple cases of Utah police officers violating body-cam policies

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project filed more than 170 records requests with 48 local law-enforcement agencies across the state to ...

Grantee tracks influence campaign’s efforts to marginalize homeless people

In continuing coverage of a Dallas-based hotelier and Republican megadonor’s efforts to influence local politics, the Texas Observer began digging ...

Grantees find that New York State is trying to toss hundreds of sex-abuse cases because of typos; reporting sparks calls for reform

The State of New York plans to ask a judge to dismiss 500 prison sexual abuse cases because of typos ...