Please join us Wednesday, Sept. 17 at noon Eastern for a free webinar on how to cover systemic police brutality and how to get funding for investigative projects.
Click here to register for this free webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2TQsZooBRYqhL4UoP9vcKA
You’ll talk with:
- Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield, who exposed a decades-long pattern of brutality inside the Rankin County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Office. Deputies, who once referred to themselves as the “Goon Squad,” routinely carried out unauthorized raids, torture and sexual assault, often with racial undertones.
- Sona Patel, Program and Editorial Director of The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship.
- Ellen Weiss, four-time Peabody Award-winning journalist who serves as Vice President of the Fund for Investigative Journalism’s Board of Directors.
Howey and Rosenfield will share how they uncovered the story for Mississippi Today in collaboration with The New York Times. The reporting was supported with grants from the Fund for Investigative Journalism, a New York Times Fellowship and an Alicia Patterson Fellowship.
Related links:
- Registration for the free webinar this Wednesday at noon Eastern: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2TQsZooBRYqhL4UoP9vcKA
- Recent New York Times story in Howey and Rosenfield’s ongoing coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/mississippi-goon-squad-violence.html
- Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship information (deadline Oct. 1): https://aliciapatterson.org/apply/
- New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship information (applications considered on rolling basis): https://www.nytco.com/careers/early-career-opportunities/local-investigations-fellowship/
- Fund for Investigative Journalism grant information (next deadlines in January): https://fij.org/apply-for-a-grant/