The Ida B. Wells Society launched its second year of hosting its investigative reporting fellowship in February. This program is designed to support professional journalists completing an investigative project greenlit by newsrooms.

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting has selected 10 professional journalists to participate in its 2026 Fellowship Program. This is the second cohort of an effort launched a year ago to help emerging journalists enhance their reporting skills and produce investigative projects by providing them with intensive training over the course of six months. Ron Nixon, director of the Associated Press Local Investigative Reporting Program and one of the co-founders of the Society, noted that the 2026 cohort reflects the changing face of investigative journalism because it is largely composed of freelancers and individuals working for nonprofit newsrooms....

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...