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<title>Webinar 6/24: Negotiating FOIA fees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Please join us Wednesday, June 24, at noon Eastern for a free webinar with tips and resources on how to negotiate FOIA fees. Click here to register for this webinar. Reporters often face prohibitively high fees to obtain local, state and federal records — running into the hundreds or thousands of dollars. In this webinar, […]
The post Webinar 6/24: Negotiating FOIA fees appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:35:24 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Next Thurs., 5/28: Tips for environmental investigations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Please join us next Thursday, May 28, at noon Eastern, for a free webinar with tips and resources on environmental investigations – including stories on climate change, pollution, and regulation. Click here to register for this webinar. Naveena Sadasivam, senior staff writer at Grist, will share how she and Lylla Younes investigated medical-device warehouses in […]
The post Next Thurs., 5/28: Tips for environmental investigations appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:13:27 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>For Florida Trib/ProPublica partnership, grantee shows that jails keep contracting with private health company despite inmate deaths</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Miami-based Armor Correctional Health Services has a long history of complaints of providing subpar care to inmates – and has even been convicted of felony abuse over the death of an inmate. Even though Florida law bars companies with such convictions from doing business with the state, the state has continued to contract with Armor […]
The post For Florida Trib/ProPublica partnership, grantee shows that jails keep contracting with private health company despite inmate deaths appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:45:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee investigation tracks extent of parents surrendering their kids to foster care to get mental&#45;health treatment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of children in the throes of mental health crises are turned over to foster care each year by parents who can’t access – or afford – the treatment they need, according to a first-ever database of such “relinquishments” created by The Imprint, with support from the Fund. More than 20 years ago, a report […]
The post Grantee investigation tracks extent of parents surrendering their kids to foster care to get mental-health treatment appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<title>Investigating Workers’ Compensation in New York, grantee finds a “long retreat”</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ New York became the first state in the nation to set up a workers’ compensation system in the wake of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The program covers medical bills and cash for recovery time for countless injured workers. But in recent years, the program’s benefits have quietly shrunk by over a third, according […]
The post Investigating Workers’ Compensation in New York, grantee finds a “long retreat” appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:45:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Pennsylvania county freezes gambling&#45;revenue program and launches reforms after grantee investigation raises flags</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A popular grant program in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is funded by gambling revenue from a local casino. With support from the Fund, reporters at Penn Live spent 19 months analyzing thousands of records, interviewing dozens of officials and grantees and building databases to understand who was requesting the money and where it was going. They […]
The post Pennsylvania county freezes gambling-revenue program and launches reforms after grantee investigation raises flags appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<title>Grantee obtains new evidence that FBI uncovered serious misconduct by top Chicago jail official</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When the FBI investigated the Cook County Sherriff’s Office for a ghost-payrolling scheme in 2022, agents uncovered evidence that a high-ranking official had been involved in misconduct years earlier – and was not disciplined, but promoted. The FBI found that the official had been robbed at gunpoint outside of an illegal gambling den and fired […]
The post Grantee obtains new evidence that FBI uncovered serious misconduct by top Chicago jail official appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:45:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>In follow&#45;up coverage, grantee uncovers deeper problems at DC’s troubled psychiatric hospital</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With a follow-up grant from the Fund after his initial investigation last year, Luke Mullins reported for Washingtonian Magazine that conditions inside the Psychiatric Institute of Washington are even worse than previously known. Mullins spoke to a former employee at the facility who was sexually assaulted on the job by a patient, for which the […]
The post In follow-up coverage, grantee uncovers deeper problems at DC’s troubled psychiatric hospital appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:19:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>After grantee reveals data center’s influence campaign in Pennsylvania, local officials oust town leadership</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, Edward Donnelly spent four months investigating efforts to build some of the world’s largest data centers in the borough of Archbald, Pennsylvania – and found that local officials let developers help rewrite zoning regulations in order to build the massive centers, outside the view of local residents. Spurred by the […]
The post After grantee reveals data center’s influence campaign in Pennsylvania, local officials oust town leadership appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:19:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Grantees investigate emotional abuse in college sports for in&#45;depth NPR report</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantees-investigate-emotional-abuse-in-college-sports-for-in-depth-npr-report</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For a story that aired nationally on NPR, Julia Haney and Elizabeth Santos investigated emotional abuse in college sports. With support from the Fund, they reported that researchers have found that athletes experience emotional abuse – a toxic pattern of verbal attacks, manipulation and/or controlling actions – more than any other form of harm. Yet, […]
The post Grantees investigate emotional abuse in college sports for in-depth NPR report appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<title>Grantee sues New York state agency to get records on prison staff accused of sexual assault</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-sues-new-york-state-agency-to-get-records-on-prison-staff-accused-of-sexual-assault</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For more than a year, reporters at New York Focus and Hell Gate, with support from the Fund, have been reporting on a flood of sexual-abuse lawsuits filed by people held in New York state prisons. The two outlets have filed public-records requests for the personnel records of state prison staff named in the lawsuits […]
The post Grantee sues New York state agency to get records on prison staff accused of sexual assault appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<title>Grantees investigate impact of contaminated water from California prison on residents of nearby town</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantees-investigate-impact-of-contaminated-water-from-california-prison-on-residents-of-nearby-town</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Freelance journalist Emily Nonko teamed up with D. Razor Babb, a journalist who is incarcerated in state prison in California, to report on health concerns stemming from water quality inside the prison and in the surrounding community. With support from the Fund, the pair identified illnesses among incarcerated people, prison staff and people living in […]
The post Grantees investigate impact of contaminated water from California prison on residents of nearby town appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:19:25 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>With Record 70 New Grants, Fund for Investigative Journalism Increases Support for Critical Reporting</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/with-record-70-new-grants-fund-for-investigative-journalism-increases-support-for-critical-reporting</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON, DC; April 22, 2026 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is awarding 70 new grants to journalists for groundbreaking investigations. The grants cover the expenses of specific investigative stories, and recipients can also receive free editorial and legal assistance. This group of grants, from the Fund’s first funding cycle of […]
The post With Record 70 New Grants, Fund for Investigative Journalism Increases Support for Critical Reporting appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:19:41 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Grant applications due April 27; webinar video shares proposal&#45;writing tips</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grant-applications-due-april-27-webinar-video-shares-proposal-writing-tips</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting applications for regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500). Proposals for both types of grants are due on April 27, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Details are below. The Fund recently held an hourlong webinar on how […]
The post Grant applications due April 27; webinar video shares proposal-writing tips appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:57:45 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Grant applications due April 27; webinar on proposal&#45;writing April 8</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grant-applications-due-april-27-webinar-on-proposal-writing-april-8</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting applications for regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500). Proposals for both types of grants are due on April 27, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Details are below. In advance of the deadline, on April 8 at […]
The post Grant applications due April 27; webinar on proposal-writing April 8 appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:26:31 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Investigation raises serious questions about Oklahoma homebuyers not being informed of Superfund site hazards</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/investigation-raises-serious-questions-about-oklahoma-homebuyers-not-being-informed-of-superfund-site-hazards</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Tar Creek area of Oklahoma was a mining site for a nearly a century, leading it to be designated a Superfund site because of significant toxic pollution. As recently as the 1990s, one-third of children in the area had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The federal government managed a “buyout” of the […]
The post Investigation raises serious questions about Oklahoma homebuyers not being informed of Superfund site hazards appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:21:45 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>To determine if hemp products in Wisconsin are safe and legal, grantee conducts independent testing</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/to-determine-if-hemp-products-in-wisconsin-are-safe-and-legal-grantee-conducts-independent-testing</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hemp products are legal in Wisconsin, but only if they have very low levels of THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes people high. With support from the Fund, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel commissioned independent testing on 30 gummies, vapes and edibles bought at hemp stores – and found that most of them contained illegal […]
The post To determine if hemp products in Wisconsin are safe and legal, grantee conducts independent testing appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<title>Grantee examines health impact of pesticides in the Midwest – and zeroes in on state and federal government complicity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, Investigate Midwest analyzed data about pesticide use and caner rates and interviewed more than 100 farmers, environmentalists, lawmakers and scientists. The result is a picture of a nation at a crossroads in dealing with this public health crisis that has not just been ignored by state and federal health officials, […]
The post Grantee examines health impact of pesticides in the Midwest – and zeroes in on state and federal government complicity appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<title>State reverses course on prison sex&#45;assault case after grantee locates alleged abuser</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When a woman sued New York State, alleging that a guard routinely sexually assaulted her when she was in prison, the state claimed it couldn’t find the guard and filed a motion to dismiss her lawsuit. Reporters at New York Focus and Hell Gate easily located the guard – and, as a result of their […]
The post State reverses course on prison sex-assault case after grantee locates alleged abuser appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:21:04 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Grantees document toll of Trump cuts on HIV and STI infections in Uganda</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A stop-work order for all foreign aid that President Donald Trump issued on the first day of his second term is having a devastating and far-reaching impact on public health in Uganda, journalists Steven Thrasher and Afeef Nessouli found. With support from the Fund, the pair documented the sudden and severe restrictions to condoms and […]
The post Grantees document toll of Trump cuts on HIV and STI infections in Uganda appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Eight Journalists Receive Alicia Patterson Fellowships for In&#45;Depth Reporting in 2026</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/eight-journalists-receive-alicia-patterson-fellowships-for-in-depth-reporting-in-2026</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHNGTON, DC; March 5, 2026 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that eight accomplished journalists have been awarded Alicia Patterson Fellowships to conduct public-service reporting this year. The annual fellowships foster independent, in-depth reporting on topics of public interest. The fellowships were established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson, the founding editor […]
The post Eight Journalists Receive Alicia Patterson Fellowships for In-Depth Reporting in 2026 appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:48:10 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee uncovers evidence of murder in a Mississippi jail; story leads state to reopen the case and launch new investigation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In 2018, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was quick to write off the death of Rankin County jail inmate William Wade Aycock IV as an accident. But an investigation by Mississippi Today and The New York Times unearthed new evidence in the case that suggests Aycock was killed. With support from the Fund, the reporting […]
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:53:51 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantees find that New York State is trying to toss hundreds of sex&#45;abuse cases because of typos; reporting sparks calls for reform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The State of New York plans to ask a judge to dismiss 500 prison sexual abuse cases because of typos and other technicalities in the victims’ legal filings, according to new reporting in New York Focus and Hell Gate. With support from the Fund, Chris Gelardi and Jessy Edwards have spent months compiling and analyzing […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:51:15 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Bankruptcy laws shift burden of cleaning up environmental contamination from oil companies to taxpayers, grantee finds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cleaning oilfield pollution in West Texas is costly and complicated – and bankruptcy laws let oil companies off the hook, sticking taxpayers with the bill – according to reporting by Martha Pskowski for Inside Climate News. With support from the Fund, Pskowski spent six months investigating contamination and cleanup efforts on property that the city […]
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:50:18 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee obtains records showing how Hawaii officials overlooked red flags to place dozens of foster boys with predator</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In its ongoing investigation of Hawaii’s child welfare system, with support from the Fund, Honolulu Civil Beat won a legal battle to unseal records that show how one man was allowed to be a foster parent to the boys he sexually preyed on and abused. The records show that the state stood behind the man […]
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:49:47 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee identifies multiple cases of Utah police officers violating body&#45;cam policies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Utah Investigative Journalism Project filed more than 170 records requests with 48 local law-enforcement agencies across the state to see what happens to police officers who are disciplined for not properly using body-worn cameras. The records identified 25 officers across 11 agencies with such violations. The reporting, supported by the Fund, also highlighted agencies’ […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:52:15 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>  Grantee tracks influence campaign’s efforts to marginalize homeless people</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-tracks-influence-campaigns-efforts-to-marginalize-homeless-people</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In continuing coverage of a Dallas-based hotelier and Republican megadonor’s efforts to influence local politics, the Texas Observer began digging into his latest venture, a nonprofit organization to address homelessness in Dallas. With support from the Fund, Steven Monacelli traced how the organization positioned itself as a statewide expert and advocate on homelessness, while pushing […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:51:50 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee reporting documents problems with Maine program that provides heat for low&#45;income residents of mobile homes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, reporter Emmett Gartner dug into the case of an elderly couple in Maine who couldn’t get help from a state program that funds electric heating for low-income people living in mobile homes. He collected court documents, and he interviewed participants of the low-income mobile home heating program and oversight officials. […]
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:52:39 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Loose rules let state police in New York hand out lax discipline for misconduct, grantee finds</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/loose-rules-let-state-police-in-new-york-hand-out-lax-discipline-for-misconduct-grantee-finds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For decades, the State Police, New York’s second-largest law enforcement agency, has had no formal disciplinary guidelines for misconduct, and action against officers is inconsistent and sometimes lax, according to reporting by Sassy Sussman for The New York Times and New York Focus. With support from the Fund, Sussman reviewed thousands of police disciplinary files. […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:52:52 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>In a three&#45;year reporting project, grantee uncovers systemic lack of oversight for Texas homes for elderly and disabled people</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/in-a-three-year-reporting-project-grantee-uncovers-systemic-lack-of-oversight-for-texas-homes-for-elderly-and-disabled-people</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of “boarding homes” for elderly and disabled people in Texas operate without oversight, leaving residents vulnerable to neglect and abuse, according to new reporting by Ottavia Spaggiari for Type Investigations and In These Times, co-published in the Texas Observer. With support from the Fund, Spaggiari spent three years tracking more than 100 cases of […]
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:53:07 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Efforts to crack down on smoke shops selling marijuana in Pennsylvania have been haphazard and ineffective, grantee finds</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/efforts-to-crack-down-on-smoke-shops-selling-marijuana-in-pennsylvania-have-been-haphazard-and-ineffective-grantee-finds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shops that sell hemp products – often black-market marijuana – have opened across Pennsylvania, and law enforcement efforts to crack down on them have been inconsistent and haphazard, according to an investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer, with support from the Fund. The Inquirer found that shops operate and sell drugs and drug paraphernalia openly and […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:53:25 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee documents continued problems in Chicago’s newly merged shelter system for homeless people and migrants</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-documents-continued-problems-in-chicagos-newly-merged-shelter-system-for-homeless-people-and-migrants</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two years after Borderless uncovered inhumane conditions and the death of a five-year-old boy at a city-run shelter in Chicago, the local nonprofit outlet documented long waits for shelter placement and persistent issues with shelter conditions, in a new investigation supported by the Fund. Reporters Aydali Campa and Katrina Pham obtained public records and interviewed […]
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:07:48 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee examines how Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For Rolling Stone, and with support from the Fund, Sean Patrick Cooper dug into the impact of Amazon’s rapidly expanding data centers on water pollution in Eastern Oregon. Cooper has been tracking data center developments nationwide, and he spent more than a year interviewing sources and obtaining public records in to expose political and financial […]
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<title>Grantee probes reports that U.S. helicopters are used to kill civilians in Philippines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Philippine military is using aircraft it received in U.S.-sanctioned arms deals to target civilians and political opponents under the auspices of its campaign against local communist rebels, according to reporting by Nick Aspinwall, with support from the Fund. He reported that the U.S. helps arm the Philippine military to help contain China, but the […]
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<title>Public&#45;lands grazing program benefits billionaires, amid poor federal oversight and a negative impact on Western states, grantee finds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The federal government’s public-lands grazing system gives private livestock operators access to more than 370,000 square miles of public land across the American West – a system propped up by subsidies that benefits billionaires, mining companies and corporate interests, according to reporting by High Country News and ProPublica, with support from the Fund. For more […]
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<title>In sweeping yearlong investigation, grantees probe Chicago agencies’ efforts to conceal public information</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When a pair of journalists in Chicago both received questionable rejections for open-records requests, they asked the Fund to support a yearlong investigation into city agencies increasingly using “trade secret exemptions” to block access to information. For the Chicago Reader, Max Blaisdell and Matt Chapman filed 70 records requests across 35 city and county agencies […]
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<title>Grantee launches statewide effort to document missing/murdered Indigenous cases in South Dakota</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ South Dakota Searchlight, with support from the Fund, is cataloging Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) cases in the state, which has no definitive record of such cases. In collaboration with ICT News, Searchlight is combining data from official databases with names solicited from family members who may have never reported their loved one’s case […]
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<title>Grantee investigation prompts state changes to protect underage farmworkers</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-investigation-prompts-state-changes-to-protect-underage-farmworkers</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Following an investigation by Robert Lopez, with support from the Fund, which found that children are working in unsafe conditions in California’s agriculture industry, officials announced changes. For the Los Angeles Times and Capital &amp; Main, Lopez interviewed dozens of young farmworkers who described toiling in fields that reeked of chemicals, laboring for piece-rate wages […]
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<title>Grantee film about police raid on Kansas newspaper to premiere at Sundance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ “Seized,” a feature documentary about the police raid on a Kansas newspaper, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The film, directed and produced by Sharon Liese, with support from the Fund, takes viewers inside the police raid on the Marion County Record newsroom, which captured national attention. It unfolds in real time […]
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<title>Head of Idaho prison system outlines reforms after grantee reporting exposed abuses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After InvestigateWest, with support from the Fund, uncovered widespread sexual abuse in Idaho prisons, the state’s Department of Corrections is working with state legislators to change a state law that makes it difficult to prosecute prison staff. The director of the prison system also said the state is updating its policies and working to ensure […]
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<title>Big Los Angeles landlords avoid low&#45;income Section 8 tenants, despite state law, grantee reveals</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/big-los-angeles-landlords-avoid-low-income-section-8-tenants-despite-state-law-grantee-reveals</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Some of Los Angeles’ largest landlords skirt anti-discrimination laws that are supposed to protect low-income people applying for apartments, according to an investigation by Capital &amp; Main, with support from the Fund. The yearlong investigation used public records, interviews and fair housing tests to examine Section 8 voucher acceptance by seven of the city’s largest […]
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:07:07 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grant proposals due Jan. 30; workshop sessions available</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500). Proposals for both types of grants are due on Jan. 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Details are below. In advance of the deadline, there are two opportunities […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:13:52 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Lax oversight leaves child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides, grantee finds; earlier reporting sparked change</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/lax-oversight-leaves-child-farmworkers-exposed-to-toxic-pesticides-grantee-finds-earlier-reporting-sparked-change</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Children who work on California farms are particularly susceptible to harm from toxic pesticides, which they’re exposed to because of poor oversight from regulators, reporter Robert Lopez found. For an investigation published in the Los Angeles Times and Capital &amp; Main, and with support from the Fund, Lopez reviewed more than 40,000 records of pesticide […]
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:25:40 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grant proposals due Jan. 30; webinar and workshop sessions available</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grant-proposals-due-jan-30-webinar-and-workshop-sessions-available</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500). Proposals for both types of grants are due on Jan. 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Details are below. In advance of the deadline, there are two opportunities […]
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<title>Grantees’ New York Times/Mississippi Today investigation sparks state review of jail brutality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Guards in a Mississippi jail terrorized people in their care for years, according to a new investigation published by The New York Times, Mississippi Today and Reveal. With support from the Fund, Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield spent nearly a year reviewing 69 alleged incidents of violence against inmates at the jail that occurred from […]
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:25:40 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>For The Frontier and ProPublica, grantee uncovers failure of Oklahoma regulators to stop toxic wastewater from oil fields</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/for-the-frontier-and-propublica-grantee-uncovers-failure-of-oklahoma-regulators-to-stop-toxic-wastewater-from-oil-fields</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For five years, toxic oilfield wastewater has been pouring out of the ground across Oklahoma. It has blasted out of old orphan wells, poured out of the ground, and spread widely below the surface – polluting water supplies used by farmers, tribal nations, towns and citizens. State regulators have long known about the scale and […]
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<title>Grantee uncovers pervasive sexual abuse in Idaho’s women’s prisons, prompting state review</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-uncovers-pervasive-sexual-abuse-in-idahos-womens-prisons-prompting-state-review</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a deeply sourced year-long investigation supported by the Fund, InvestigateWest uncovered pervasive staff sexual abuse in Idaho’s women’s prisons, documenting at least 59 formal allegations since 2020 and interviewing 25 survivors whose stories expose routine retaliation and institutional coverups. The reporting shows that over the past decade, 37 prison workers have been accused of […]
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<title>Illegal offshore betting websites offer wagers on U.S. college soccer games</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/illegal-offshore-betting-websites-offer-wagers-on-us-college-soccer-games</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Offshore betting websites are offering risky, prop bets on amateur college soccer despite the NCAA trying to prevent this, a team of reporters found in a story for Soccer America. Unlike regulated operators, offshore operators do not report suspicious betting movements that can indicate manipulation, so these bets are the perfect place for potential match-fixers […]
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<title>After decades, the EPA still doesn’t have a plan to clean watersheds at one of the oldest Superfund sites in the country, grantee finds</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/after-decades-the-epa-still-doesnt-have-a-plan-to-clean-watersheds-at-one-of-the-oldest-superfund-sites-in-the-country-grantee-finds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ At one of the oldest Superfund sites in the country, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has yet to publish a plan that is required to clean areas where rain and other water is collected. A five-month investigation by the nonprofit outlet Streetlight, supported by the Fund, found that engineers who have devoted their careers to […]
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<title>Grantee data analysis finds that unreliable power has become the norm in rural California</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-data-analysis-finds-that-unreliable-power-has-become-the-norm-in-rural-california</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Across northern and central California, customers experience thousands of power outages a year due to new power line settings designed to prevent wildfires. With support from the Fund, Emma Foehringer Merchant and Maria Parazo Rose conducted a first-of-its-kind analysis of data on so-called “fast-trip” outages and found that they’ve increased over time and are often […]
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<title>Grantee reveals that DC housing agency lost millions in federal funds while bailing out well&#45;connected developer; story sparks action from DC Council</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-reveals-that-dc-housing-agency-lost-millions-in-federal-funds-while-bailing-out-well-connected-developer-story-sparks-action-from-dc-council</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, Suzie Amanuel’s months-long investigation of Washington, DC’s at-risk affordable housing stock uncovered that the District quietly forfeited more than $3 million in competitive federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, resulting in a permanent loss of tens of millions of dollars in affordable housing equity. The Washington City Paper investigation revealed that […]
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:25:12 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee uncovers systemic failure of New York’s rental&#45;assistance program</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-uncovers-systemic-failure-of-new-yorks-rental-assistance-program</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Private managers of federally subsidized housing projects in New York City are systematically failing to properly screen tenants for rental-assistance programs, resulting in rent miscalculations and eviction filings, Patrick Spauster found in an investigation for City Limits that was supported by the Fund. Spauster obtained and analyzed thousands of pages of public records to determine […]
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:24:28 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Deepening support for public&#45;service reporting, Alicia Patterson Foundation merges into Fund for Investigative Journalism</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/deepening-support-for-public-service-reporting-alicia-patterson-foundation-merges-into-fund-for-investigative-journalism</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON, DC; December 4, 2025 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Alicia Patterson Foundation announced today that the two organizations are merging, bringing together two of the oldest and largest funders of independent journalism in the United States.  Effective immediately, the Alicia Patterson Foundation will close, and its flagship six- and 12-month reporting […]
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 04:53:05 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Webinar Fri 11/21: How to get &amp;amp; use prison legal records</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/webinar-fri-1121-how-to-get-use-prison-legal-records</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Please join us next Friday, November 21, at noon Eastern for a free webinar on how to obtain and use prison litigation records in investigative reporting. The webinar will include information on how to get funding and legal help for these stories. Click here to register for this free webinar. Freelance journalist Beth Shelburne will […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 02:17:47 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Fund for Investigative Journalism Awards Record 53 New Grants </title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/fund-for-investigative-journalism-awards-record-53-new-grants</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON, DC; Nov. 12, 2025 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is providing 53 new grants to journalists for groundbreaking investigations. The grants cover the expenses of specific investigative stories, and recipients can also receive free editorial and legal support. The new group of grants is the largest in the Fund’s […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 03:22:16 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Webinar Friday, Oct. 31: Police in shelters</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/webinar-friday-oct-31-police-in-shelters</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Please join us next Friday, October 31, at noon Eastern for a free webinar on how to cover police misconduct in shelters for homeless people and migrants. This webinar will include information on how to get funding for these investigations. Click here to register for this free webinar. Sammy Sussman will share how he uncovered […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:42 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Psychiatric hospitals face few consequences for illegally turning away patients in crisis, grantee finds; story prompts calls for investigation</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/psychiatric-hospitals-face-few-consequences-for-illegally-turning-away-patients-in-crisis-grantee-finds-story-prompts-calls-for-investigation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For stories published by ProPublica, with support from the Fund, Eli Cahan found that dozens of psychiatric hospitals have turned away patients in crisis, in violation of federal law, but have rarely faced consequences from federal oversight authorities. Cahan identified more than 90 psychiatric hospitals across the country that have turned away patients in crisis […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:39 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee uncovers proof that plastic industry knew recycling was a false solution in 1974</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-uncovers-proof-that-plastic-industry-knew-recycling-was-a-false-solution-in-1974</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, Rebecca John obtained documents revealing that, as early as 1974, the plastics industry knew its products could not be recycled. For DeSmog, John assessed the relevance of the documents for current treaty negotiations in which fossil fuel-producing nations and companies that help make plastic have lobbied against limits on plastic […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:36 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee investigation reveals how police officers in New York escape DWI charges</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-investigation-reveals-how-police-officers-in-new-york-escape-dwi-charges</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Using thousands of police disciplinary records from across New York State gathered with support from the Fund, Sammy Sussman examined a pattern of police officers who were disciplined, but not criminally charged, after they drank and drove. The investigation for New York Focus and The New York Times, where Sussman is a Local Investigations Fellow, […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:33 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>As immigration enforcement expands, grantee shines a light on ‘medical deportations’</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/as-immigration-enforcement-expands-grantee-shines-a-light-on-medical-deportations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, Liset Cruz dug into the practice of hospitals transferring undocumented patients back to their home countries for treatment, sometimes without patients’ consent. People who are uninsured, undocumented and have serious or chronic health conditions are most commonly subjected to these “medical deportations,” Cruz reported, and experts say the practice is […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:31 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Seattle City Council takes steps to protect tree canopy following grantee’s story</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Grantee Robert McClure documented how a Seattle ordinance led to a surge in tree removals, and he spotlighted analyses by the city showing trouble ahead for a key mechanism to replace felled trees. With support from the Fund, McClure’s reporting in InvestigateWest – distributed nationally by the Associated Press – showed that the city’s plans […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:28 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee examines legacy of public lands – and impact of Trump Administration cuts</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-examines-legacy-of-public-lands-and-impact-of-trump-administration-cuts</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, Aspen Journalism (a local nonprofit news outlet in Colorado) published a three-part series on how public lands in America were acquired, exploited, privatized and protected. The series examined federal budget cuts affecting the White River National Forest, the largest national forest in Colorado and most visited in the nation – […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee examines man’s death in jail and investigates broader conditions</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-examines-mans-death-in-jail-and-investigates-broader-conditions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With support from the Fund, the Racine County Eye (a local news outlet in Wisconsin) is investigating the case of a man who died in the county jail – and looking more broadly at conditions in the jail and rising costs to operate it. In 2021, Malcolm James died while experiencing a mental health crisis […]
The post Grantee examines man’s death in jail and investigates broader conditions appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:30:56 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Investigation suggests US brands skirting forced&#45;labor laws to use goods produced in China</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, with support from the Fund, documented how Vans, The North Face and Timberland continued sourcing materials from a Fulgent Sun Group factory in Vietnam while Fulgent Sun’s China subsidiary was tied to Xinjiang labor transfers. Using geotagged social videos, state-media records and trade data, TBIJ showed Uyghur and other minorities […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:30:20 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Grantee series uncovers Milwaukee police officer who was flagged for integrity concerns and lied under oath – but kept patrolling</title>
<link>https://icijnews.online/grantee-series-uncovers-milwaukee-police-officer-who-was-flagged-for-integrity-concerns-and-lied-under-oath-but-kept-patrolling</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the latest story in an ongoing investigation into the Milwaukee County district attorney’s list of law enforcement officers with credibility issues, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Ashley Luthern spotlighted a police officer who kept his job after landing on the county’s Brady list due to domestic violence allegations. He later lied under oath and kept […]
The post Grantee series uncovers Milwaukee police officer who was flagged for integrity concerns and lied under oath – but kept patrolling appeared first on The Fund for Investigative Journalism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:29:04 +0100</pubDate>
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