Seven years after the devastation of Hurricane Maria – and with continued blackouts caused by storms and spotty coverage – the government of Puerto Rico has not created a comprehensive plan to identify and notify people with special needs who could die without electricity to run dialysis machines and other equipment. With support from the Fund, the nonprofit Centro de ...
Chicago police officers who knowingly lie or conceal evidence in criminal cases are supposed to be put on a list that the State’s Attorney’s Office maintains, so that defendants can question their credibility if they’re called to the stand. But in an investigation for the Chicago Reader and the Invisible Institute, with support from the Fund, reporters Max Blaisdell and ...
California sharply cut back its enforcement of outdoor heat-protection laws as extreme heat intensified in recent years, endangering farmworkers and others who toil in scorching temperatures, according to an investigation by Robert J. Lopez, with support from the Fund. The report, co-published in the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main, found that on-site safety inspections by Cal/OSHA dropped by ...
First session, on April 26, focuses on investigation of forced labor that sparked corporate and congressional action WASHINGTON, DC; APRIL 12, 2024 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism is launching a series of free webinars featuring reporters who will share how they did groundbreaking investigations. Reporters who produced investigations with the Fund’s support will share concrete tips and resources that ...
A new report in InvestigateWest, with support from the Fund, found extensive evidence of rape, sexual assault, race-based harassment and attempted suicide in a publicly funded residential facility for vulnerable girls and young women in Idaho – and a lack of oversight of the company that owns the facility. Girls ages 11 to 17 live in the facility; most have ...
In Iowa and other corn-growing states, nitrogen increasingly is spread on fields to keep nutrients in the soil in the event of heavy rain. But the chemical ends up in waterways and harms the environment. Veteran environmental reporter Keith Schneider, writing in Circle Blue, is reporting on the dangers of toxic pollution from farmland runoff. He found that many farmers often apply ...
Groups in former President Donald Trump’s political network have reported using about $130 million in donor funds to pay lawyers and cover legal costs since he began running for office, according to an analysis by OpenSecrets supported by the Fund. As the former president faces mounting legal issues, his political operation steered more money than ever into covering legal fees. Some ...
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said it has stopped keeping a list of people deemed likely to commit future crimes and repeatedly sending deputies to their homes, according to documents filed in a federal lawsuit. The agency’s practice of targeting people deemed at risk of committing crimes was the subject of a 2020 Tampa Bay Times investigation, supported by ...
Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana asked the state’s inspector general to investigate Ware, one of his state’s largest juvenile detention centers, after a New York Times report supported by the Fund documented a long record of abuse, lenient oversight and suicide attempts. The Times report, published in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley, ...
Funding, editorial mentorship and legal support will help journalists produce groundbreaking investigative stories WASHINGTON, DC, November 16, 2022 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that its board of directors has awarded grants to reporters and media outlets for 21 new investigative projects. The new grantees are working on local, state and national investigative stories in 11 states in ...