A longtime journalist who wrote his first investigation on a sturdy Olivetti typewriter, I, a streetwise dinosaur, 10 years ago teamed up with millenials to launch the very small online, nonprofit publication IDL-Reporteros. My hope was to make it a … Read more
Reporter Jerry Mitchell’s stories have helped lead to the convictions of Ku Klux Klansmen guilty of some of the nation’s most notorious crimes, including the 1963 assassination of the Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers, the 1963 … Read more
Michael Braga had reached that point every reporter dreads: He was floundering, without a story idea, and was miserable as a result. It was early 2014, and he and Anthony Cormier, then investigations editor at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, were … Read more
‘… it would be a terrific investment of reportorial resources, not to mention a valuable public service, to dedicate an entire beat to secrecy.’ Read more
‘Our goal is to build online tools that the people can easily use to enhance their ability as watchdogs—whether they are citizens or journalists.’ Read more
A local Chicago investigative reporter uses shoe-leather techniques and digital tools to uncover health and safety violations and be sure the news is widely spread. Read more
The Chicago Tribune paid to have state-of-the-art testing done on products people eat and use and the results provided ‘clear reporting entry points into what are complex topics.’ Read more
