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Ida B. Wells Society

Ida B. Wells Society For Investigative Reporting

Recap of the 2022 Data Institute

Recap of the 2022 Data Institute

July 27, 2022
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting partnered with OpenNews and ProPublica for another year to offer the Data Institute at no cost to a group of deserving journalists. Like last year, the 2022 Data Institute was held virtually. The weeklong program included daily classes and Q&A sessions with well-respected journalists from various news organizations from July 18-22. The Data Institute was co-founded in 2015 by journalists Sisi Wei and Lena Groeger and its mission is to address an equity gap and make high-quality training more accessible for all journalists who want to tell powerful stories. This year's class consisted of 12 fantastic journalists from all over the country...
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Q&A with Farnoush Amiri

Q&A with Farnoush Amiri

July 22, 2022
Farnoush Amiri is a congressional reporter at The Associated Press, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining the Congress team, she was a statehouse reporter in Columbus, Ohio, through the Report for America/AP partnership. Amiri was born in Tehran, Iran, before immigrating to Southern California with her family at age five. Her first journalism job was as a stringer for her hometown paper, The Orange County Register. Amiri has a bachelors and master’s in journalism from New York University. On Capitol Hill, she covers the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack as well as abortion, gun control and other hot...
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A Conversation With Ida B. Wells Society and Associated Press Fellow Serginho Roosblad

A Conversation With Ida B. Wells Society and Associated Press Fellow Serginho Roosblad

July 22, 2022
Serginho Roosblad was the first fellow in a new program developed in collaboration with the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and The Associated Press. Roosblad held his fellowship at the AP as a video producer for the global investigations team for one year beginning June 14, 2021 before transitioning to the role in a permanent capacity. You can read more about his background and the fellowship here. Tell us a little bit more about your work prior to your fellowship at the Associated Press? Prior to my fellowship at the Associated Press, I was working as an independent...
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