Investigative journalism

At nonprofit newsrooms, is good journalism but sparse audiences a recipe for irrelevance?

Nonprofits offer hope in a dire media world. But, at too many startups, disappointingly few readers actually see the work.

April 9, 2024

Opinion | Guiar en vez de ‘ayudar’ a la próxima generación de periodistas investigativos latinos

‘Con tanta gente joven queriendo cambiar el mundo: el periodismo tiene futuro.’

September 21, 2023

Mercedes Vigón

Opinion | Cómo los muertos de María me mostraron la importancia del periodismo de investigación

'Un hecho devastador me llevó al periodismo investigativo y a reconocer la importancia de la diversidad.'

September 21, 2023

David Cordero Mercado

Opinion | Cómo mi vida me reafirmó el valor de la diversidad y el periodismo investigativo

'¿Cómo podemos fiscalizar a nuestros líderes electos cuando no somos críticos ante la falta de diversidad en nuestras salas de redacción?'

September 21, 2023

Luis Joel Méndez González

Opinion | As a kid, I worked in the flower business. Here’s how I found my way into investigative journalism

‘Every lesson I learned selling flowers on street corners came in handy.’

September 14, 2023

Norberto Santana, Jr.

Opinion | Forging my own path as a journalist was all I knew

‘I was only going to be happy being as true to myself as I was committed to showing the truth in my journalism work.’

September 14, 2023

Francisco Vara-Orta

Opinion | One constant in my life as a military kid was the news airing at dinner — and now I’m a journalist

‘My dad emphasized the importance of knowing what was going on in the world, no matter how ugly the story.’

September 14, 2023

Opinion | My watchdog journey rooted in the lessons of the past and the battle for change and good trouble

‘Change doesn’t happen if nobody seeks it.’

September 7, 2023

Mc Nelly Torres

Opinion | Stepping into the world of investigative journalism as a Mexican American reporter came with challenges, but also many rewards

‘I already had the tools I needed most: the ability to dig deeper, to challenge assumptions and to always, always, listen to Mexican mothers.’

September 7, 2023

Opinion | Latinos are missing from newsroom investigative teams across the country

Poynter and NAHJ’s Investigative and Data Journalism Task Force are publishing an essay series that shares Latino journalist journeys.

September 7, 2023

Mc Nelly Torres

A special academic journal documents the history, and promise, of investigative journalism

In addition to research, the issue includes essays by investigative reporters discussing the work that inspires them

January 16, 2023

Nicholas Hirshon

Opinion | Looking a gift horse in the mouth? The Asheville Citizen Times drops a nonprofit’s investigative work

The paper says its focus on growing paid digital subscriptions is at odds with running the Asheville Watchdog's stories for free

August 17, 2022

The New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story share advice for student journalists

‘When we look at student papers today, we see that students are grappling with the hardest stuff on earth,’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey said.

June 10, 2022

Amaris Castillo

How USA Today and its network of local papers prioritized investigative journalism

For more than a decade now, newspapers around the United States have offered buyouts, followed…

April 24, 2019

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A new project launched Thursday wants to fill a growing gap in local newsrooms — investigative…

June 7, 2018

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