Executive Editor Wesley Lowery continues speaking about his new bestseller, “American Whitelash,” at libraries and bookstores around the country. Here’s a look at upcoming summer events: • Aug. 3: Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, is hostinga Zoom webinar; it’s a ticketed event and you’ll get an email confirmation for the link to finish your registration. A recording of …
We’ve hired and trained nearly 240 students and recent graduates at the Investigative Reporting Workshop. This summer, eight interns are researching and reporting stories related to health and science, police, crime, and sexual abuse and assault. We’re again working with several partner newsrooms. The intern cohort is based in our newsroom in Washington, D.C., at American University. …
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Juilliard takes action following report Last fall, former IRW intern Sammy Sussman did an investigative story revealing years of sexual assault and harassment allegations dating from the 1990s and 2000s against three members of The Juilliard School’s composition faculty, including their former department chair. IRW and VAN, a leading classical music magazine, co-published the stories. That article was followed …
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Reporting, research aids story development The Washington Post was awarded three Pulitzers this week, for national reporting on abortion; for feature writing about post-pandemic America; and for a biography of George Floyd in the category of best general nonfiction. The Post also was honored to have five entries announced as Pulitzer finalists. Former students Vanessa Montalbano, McKenzie Beard, Megan Ruggles and Carley Welch researched hundreds of court cases as part of their …
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Latest stories Two-part deep-dive into a toxic cloud in Texas A 10-month investigation by Public Health Watch and The Texas Tribune found that many state and federal scientists documented problems at an ITC chemical-storage facility long before catastrophe struck in 2019. The story, published April 26, details how this accident unfolded in Deer Park, a tight-knit city of 30,000. It is based …
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Despite the United States being the most prepared country to fight a global pandemic, the country led the world in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. More than 1.1 million people died, and more than 103 million were diagnosed with COVID as of March of 2023. It became clear early in 2020 that the federal government …
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The Center for Public Integrity will steward and grow a powerful tool that puts public records at the fingertips of journalists across the country, thanks to support from the Reva and David Logan Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Accountability Project, launched by the Investigative Reporting Workshop in 2019, is …
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Interested in an IRW summer internship? Submit a cover letter and other material between now and Feb. 24 through this online application. IRW interns work as researchers, reporters, data analysts and graphic designers. Preferred majors include journalism, communication, film, public policy, public health, history or economics. IRW publishes in-depth stories about government and corporate accountability on topics ranging …
We’re closing out 2022 with stories that have been underway for many months with several different partners and some in new areas of coverage — but all tied to our core mission of accountability. Living with proof of pollution In June, Public Health Watch, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and Grist published a year-long investigation about …
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IRW’s founding Executive Editor Charles Lewis was honored earlier this month for his 45-year career in journalism, which includes the founding of several award-winning nonprofit newsrooms in addition to accolades won when he was a TV producer. Journalists from Mother Jones, Bloomberg Industry Group, USA Today and FRONTLINE along with colleagues and supporters were among …
Two years after going live, TAP hits a major milestone.
Investigating Power is a history of breakthrough investigations that revealed news and changed the national narrative on many major topics since the 1950s, from war to health to civil rights.
An interactive timeline following President Biden’s actions on immigration.
In April 2016, at the height of the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, Congress effectively stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most potent weapon against large drug companies suspected of spilling prescription narcotics onto the nation’s streets.
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