ImpactJustice Congratulations to IFUND Reporters Great news! For the second year in a row, an Investigative Fund reporter has won the Planned Parenthood’s Maggie Award. Jayati VoraJuly 16, 2010
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
AnalysisPolitics A Backstory We Like Most everyone has probably read freelance reporter Michael Hastings’ high-impact profile in Rolling Stone of the (now former) top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal. Jayati VoraJune 24, 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
NewsEnvironment, Health Frisco on the Verge of Signing Law to Post Cell Phone Radiation San Francisco will be the first city in the nation to pass a law requiring that retailers post the “specific absorption rate” or SAR of each cell phone they are selling, the LA Times… Jayati VoraJune 18, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Despite BP’s History, Obama Administration Let it Get Away With Murder Tim Dickinson has a meaty investigative piece in Rolling Stone about the regulatory failure at the MMS under President Obama. Despite knowing that the agency was riddled with corruption… Jayati VoraJune 15, 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
NewsBusiness, Environment Investigative Pieces Probe Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill An array of investigative pieces have appeared on both the ProPublica website and in The Wall Street Journal about the recent deadly oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. Jayati VoraMay 3, 2010