Members of the inaugural class of the Ida B. Wells Society's Investigative Reporting Fellowship are back home working on their investigative reporting projects. After a rigorous four-week program spanning six months, they shared thoughts on the experience. The reporting fellows, who are professional journalists on various beats across the country, began their work at the start of the fellowship in February. During the work sessions in Atlanta, when the fellows weren’t in rigorous workshops, they spent time working on their projects with investigative journalists or helping each other understand new tools.  Select Recaps and Learnings Process and Development  During the...

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting's 2025 Investigative Reporting Interns are now nearing the end of their internships, but the 17 collegiate journalists and recent college graduates began their program with the Society's annual internship boot camp. The Atlanta-based program allowed the interns to grow their skills in investigative reporting, meet their peers, and connect with two co-founders of the organization. The boot camp is designed to ensure the students are heading to their newsrooms with skills to enhance their summer experience. “We created this boot camp to be a fun confidence-builder for the students," said Arlette Hawkins, the...

The Ida B. Wells Society has selected 17 emerging reporters as members of the 2025 Investigative Reporting Internship Program. Read more to learn about the reporters and their placements.