Ida B. Wells Fellowship

In the ‘90s, the city passed a policy requiring the police department to pay some of their own legal costs. There’s no evidence that the department ever paid up.

Advocates for survivors say the approach could end up doing more harm than good.

Poultry plants, many of which rely on immigrant labor, already had high rates of occupational illness. Then the pandemic made everything worse.

More than 100 students in seven years have signed “gang contracts” for a suspected gang affiliation.

Más de 100 estudiantes en siete años han firmado "contratos de pandilla" por una presunta afiliación a una pandilla.

A city task force found a potential link between demolitions in Detroit and lead levels of children who live nearby. This is what happened next.

This Black community can’t escape sugar industry pollution. Even their school district is in on it.

Free, government-funded schools were rarely built on reservations—meaning that for many Native families, Catholic mission schools were the only option.

Luego del huracán María, el número de mujeres asesinadas por sus parejas se duplicó. Sobrevivientes dicen que la respuesta desacertada del gobierno ha puesto aún más vidas en peligro.

After Hurricane Maria, the number of women killed by their partners doubled. Survivors say the government’s misguided response has put more lives in danger.

Since the White House announced this “historic public-private partnership,” 63 sites have opened nationwide. Just eight are in black neighborhoods.

Even after a major class action suit required Illinois to revamp its prison healthcare system, doctors whose alleged neglect resulted in major injury or death still remain on the prison system payroll.

Why St. Louis' Real Time Crime Center protects businesses before people.

There are millions of youths playing soccer in the United States. So why is the men’s national team so terrible?

“Waiting for Tearah” follows a family’s struggle to navigate America’s mental health care system, and explores the often unseen costs of care.

Ciara Newton had her dream job at a Shell refinery. But she was fired after enduring months of harassment, including sexist comments from supervisors and a lewd sticker.

Throughout the country parents of children with severe mental illness feel pressured to give up custody to obtain treatment

Are St. Louis police following their own rules to protect citizens’ privacy?

Thousands of allegations of abuse and neglect have been made against programs for people with developmental disabilities.

Policies at scores of charters favor white students.

Texas' environmental agency targets small business owners, while corporate polluters are let off easy.

Crime victims and witnesses are trapped living near assailants.

And how American universities are acting as willing partners.

In this conversation, Akintunde Ahmad discusses how he developed some of the sources for his story, the challenges he faced reporting on events from decades ago, and what activists can learn from this failed attempt at police reform.

Irene Romulo discusses how she discovered the ‘gang contracts,’ the challenges of reporting during a pandemic, and the impact her story has had on students in her community.

The challenges of reporting on bureaucratic systems, how Juliana broached sensitive topics with her subjects, and why it’s important to report on solutions as well as problems.

Ida B Wells Fellow Justine Calma talks about her new investigation into California's day programs for adults with disabilities.

Thrupkaew will mentor Type Investigations’s annual cohort of emerging investigative fellows, helping each reporter produce their first substantial investigation, while she continues her own work as an investigative reporter focused on labor and human rights.

Type Investigations is pleased to announce the 2021-22 Ida B. Wells Fellows. The fellows are emerging and mid-career journalists working in a variety of media formats and outlets.

In a yearlong investigation published in partnership with GEN last June, 2019-20 Ida B. Wells fellow Andrea González-Ramírez revealed how the Puerto Rican government has failed to address a domestic violence epidemic on the island.

The fellows represent a cross-section of the U.S. and of journalism experience, ranging from emerging to mid-career journalists.

Type Investigations is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Ida B. Wells Fellowship, whose goal is to promote diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters of color.

The Investigative Fund is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the Ida B. Wells Fellowship.

Alissa Figueroa is our newest senior editor and senior producer, overseeing the Ida B. Wells Fellowship program and our broadcast partnerships.

Apply by February 15th to make sure you will be considered for a 2018 fellowship.

The program promotes diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters of color.

Fellowships will be awarded to Adeshina Emmanuel, Ese Olumhense, Nadine Sebai, and Nikhil Swaminathan.

The new program aims to promote diversity in journalism and will provide four reporters with fellowships to create their first substantial pieces of investigative journalism.