Staff and Advisory Board
Editors
Charles Lewis, a national investigative journalist for more than 30 years, and Wendell Cochran, a longtime business reporter, editor and faculty member, joined forces to create the Investigative Reporting Workshop in 2009.
- Charles Lewis, Executive Editor
- Lynne Perri, Managing Editor
- Wendell Cochran, Senior Editor, Retired
- John Sullivan, Senior Editor
- Jennifer LaFleur, Data Editor
Staff
The Workshop employs a core group of journalists to produce its investigations, related stories and blog. A development director and administrative coordinator keep operations running smoothly.
- Josh Benson, Reporter
- Laura Colombi, Office Coordinator
- Kris Higgins, Operating Producer
- Nancy Sturm, Development Director
Contributors
Award-winning reporters, former American University graduate students, and web and design specialists all contribute to the site.
- Noorjahan Akbar, Contributor
- Chris Amico, Web and Interactive Developer
- Meg Anderson, News Assistant, NPR
- Rachael Bale, Reporter
- Donald Barlett, Contributor
- Dalton Bennett, Political video reporter
- Priyanka Boghani, Reporter
- Brittany Brown, Contributor
- Emma Brown, Reporter
- Lillianna Byington, Contributor
- Elizabeth Campbell, Reporter
- Andrew Capps, Contributor
- Christina Davidson, Reporter
- Catherine Devine, Contributor
- Jon Elliston, Contributer
- David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post Reporter
- Paul Feldman, Reporter
- Jacob Fenton, Journalist, software developer
- Marc Fisher, Reporter
- Natalie Griffin, Reporter
- Scott Higham, Washington Post reporter
- Lisa Hill, Designer
- David E. Hoffman, Contributor
- Ashley Hopko, Contributer
- Bridget Huber, Contributor
- Corey Hutchins, Reporter
- Karol Ilagan, Reporter
- Mike Janssen, Contributer
- Jennifer Jenkins, News researcher
- Christopher Jensen, Reporter
- Brian Joseph, Contributor
- Sheila Kaplan, Contributor
- Kimberly Kindy, Reporter
- Larry Kirkman, Filmmaker-in-residence
- Andy Kopsa, Reporter
- Marcia Kramer, Copyeditor
- Fritz Kramer, Associate Producer
- Carley Lanich, Contributer
- Louise Lief, Scholar in Residence
- Wesley Lowery, Reporter
- Patrick Madden, Reporter
- Tara McKelvey, Contributor
- Elissa Nuñez, Contributor
- Robert O'Harrow, Reporter
- Fionnuala O'Leary, Contributor
- Gunhild Ring Olsen, Visiting Scholar
- Justin Parham, Contributer
- Lynne Peeples, Reporter
- Taylor Potter, Contributor
- Amber Reese, Reporter
- Catherine Rentz, Filmmaker-in-Residence
- Steven Rich, Washington Post database editor
- Rose Ann Robertson, Contributer
- Dan Ross, Reporter
- P.S. Ruckman Jr, Reporter
- Michael Sallah, Washington Post reporter
- Kathryn Sanders, Graduate Student
- Timothy Sandoval, Reporter
- Rick Schmitt, Reporter
- Emma Schwartz, Associate Producer
- Lirim Shabani, Scholar-in-Residence
- Stuart Silverstein, Contributor
- Miranda S. Spivack, Reporter
- Hari Sreenivasan, PBS Newshour correspondent
- Hari Subramaniam, Interactives, developer
- Laura Sullivan, NPR investigative reporter
- Eddie Sutton, Web Developer
- Julie Tate, Researcher
- Yoichiro Tateiwa, Journalist-in-Residence
- Ken Ward Jr., Reporter
- Megan Wood, Reporter
- Rick Young, Filmmaker-in-Residence
- Bliss Zechman, Contributor
Interns/Graduate Assistants
Interns and graduate assistants research projects ranging from immigration to telecommunications.
- Cindy Choi, Graduate Research/Reporting Intern
- Brianna Crummy, Design Intern
- Allison Desy, Research/Reporting Intern
- Orion Donovan-Smith, Graduate Researcher/Reporter
- Marisa Iati, Graduate reporter and researcher
- Victoria Knight, Research/Reporting Intern
- Morgan Krakow, Research/Reporting Intern
- Mike Kuba, Video Editor Intern
- Dariya Tsyrenzhapova, Dow Jones Data Journalism Intern
- Willard West, Design Intern
Participating Faculty
Faculty of the School of Communication at American University bring their expertise to the Workshop.
