Inside TIJournalism Ask [Kai Wright] About Gay Youth in New York The New York Times is recognizing one of our favorite Investigative Fund reporters, Kai Wright, whose stories “The Subprime Swindle,” “More Mortgage Madness,”… Jayati VoraJune 28, 2010
ImpactJournalism Dean Starkman wins Mirror Award Congratulations to Dean Starkman, whose Investigative Fund-supported cover story in the Columbia Journalism Review, has won the Mirror Award… Jayati VoraJune 22, 2010
Inside TIJournalism IFUND Reporter on Human Trafficking and Media Panel Some of you may remember our two-part series last fall on sex trafficking in The Nation (for those who aren’t, I highly recommend reading it, even if you can’t make it to the event). Jayati VoraJune 9, 2010
Inside TIJournalism Bauer and Friends Receive Family Visit After long weeks of waiting, the mothers of Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer and his two companions, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal, imprisoned in Tehran since their arrest near the Iraq/Iran border in late July… Jayati VoraMay 20, 2010
ImpactJournalism Honors For IFUND Reporter and Photograper Anna Lenzer’s fall 2009 Mother Jones cover story, “Spin the Bottle,” which made waves across the globe when it was published, has won the 2010 Maggie Award… Jayati VoraMay 10, 2010
ImpactJournalism Roston Wins Daniel Pearl Award Reporter Aram Roston won the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting for his Investigative Fund piece, How the US Funds the Taliban, published in The Nation in November 2009. Jayati VoraApril 26, 2010
Inside TIJournalism Shane Bauer, in Iran Jail, Speaks to Mother Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer, and his hiking companions Nora Shourd and Joshua Fattal, who have been in Tehran’s Evin Prison since last summer, were finally able to speak to their parents over the phone. Jayati VoraApril 21, 2010
ImpactJournalism I Fund Stories Honored for Best Poverty Reporting Investigative Fund projects “Opportunity Knocks,” Paul Reyes’ piece in the Fall 2009 Virginia Quarterly Review, and “There Goes the Neighborhood” by Alyssa Katz, published in the September 2009 American Prospect, are two of the three finalists for the Harry Chapin Media Award for magazine reporting on poverty and hunger…. Jayati VoraApril 15, 2010
ImpactJournalism A Nod from the WashPost A Roy Harris piece in The Washington Post today on the Pulitzer Prize and the future of journalism mentions an Investigative Fund collaboration with ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune… Esther KaplanApril 12, 2010
ImpactJournalism Three Investigative Fund Stories Honored by IRE Today Investigative Reporters and Editors honored two Investigative Fund stories published in collaboration with The Nation — A.C. Thompson’s exposé of racial violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Aram Roston’s probe into corruption in US contracting in Afghanistan. Plus… Esther KaplanMarch 29, 2010