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...

Dasia Garner, a senior multimedia journalism major at North Carolina A&T State University, is a member of the 2025 cohort of the Investigative Reporting Internship. As part of Dasia’s internship with the Associated Press, she worked out of Washington, D.C., where she did some reporting from the White House and the Capitol and worked on a major project.

The Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellowship is back for 2026! This no-cost, intensive program will bring professional journalists to Atlanta to sharpen their investigative reporting skills under the guidance of some of the most accomplished reporters and editors in the industry.