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July 15, 2026
Securing local matches: A Q&A with Evanston RoundTable
Do your homework before your local match asks, advises Evanston RoundTable's Karen Demorest.
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November 3, 2020
How finding and supporting real news is like voting
SkyPics Studio/Shutterstock.com We’re awash this year in a sea of propaganda and misinformation. Fake news sites, false reports, news-like stories selected and spun not to make us smarter, but to […]
September 9, 2020
I Left Journalism Because It Had a Problem with Race. I Came Back to Change It.
I left journalism 12 years ago, one of many “leavers” who had become disenchanted with the industry. I came back four years ago to join the Institute for Nonprofit News […]
May 6, 2020
The Rise and Fall and Rise of the News
Police and firefighters. Health care providers. Food producers. News reporters? When the federal government included news publishers and journalists in its list of “essential workers” critical to public safety in […]
December 31, 2019
How a DCist story turned up the volume on discussion of gentrification
People gather outside Shaw’s Metro PCS in support of the store being able to crank go-go again. Photo credit: Rachel Kurzius / DCist The MetroPCS store in the Shaw neighborhood of […]
December 24, 2019
Reporting leads to reforms of ‘archaic’ N.C. sexual assault laws
Series illustration by Mariano Santillan of Carolina Public Press North Carolina was the only state with the “rape law loophole” — legally, consent couldn’t be taken back once given. And if a survivor […]
December 18, 2019
Series connects New York City seniors to resources and advocates
Some of the seniors City Limits reporters spoke with. Top row, left to right: Rena Harrison, Stephen Warner, Gwen Sabria; 2nd row: Jayanthi Athukorala, Luz Nydia Salazar, MIke Chong; Bottom […]
December 3, 2019
Investigative Reporting Workshop lets intern take on overview of immigration bills
“States tackle immigration on their home turfs” was a project reported entirely by Meryl Kornfield, an IRW intern. Graphic designed by Kelly Martin/IRW. University of Florida 2019 graduate Meryl Kornfield […]
November 26, 2019
When a secret database is tipped to the right journalists, nationwide police reform happens.
This is one of the posts mentioned in the “In Plain View” series from Injustice Watch and BuzzFeed News. The posts contain violent, racist and sexist language from law enforcement […]
November 22, 2019
How South Dakota News Watch uncovered abuses in a youth home and changed state policies
This is the team of four people who formed and launched South Dakota News Watch in February 2018. Since then, the team has grown by one and produced more than […]
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