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The Ida B. Wells Society Selects N.C. A&T’s Dr. Robbie Morganfield as Executive Director

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting (the Society) at Morehouse College announced the appointment of Dr. Robbie Morganfield as its new executive director beginning Aug. 1. Dr. Morganfield’s extensive experience in journalism, education and leadership make him an exceptional fit to guide the Society through its next chapter at its new home – Morehouse College.…

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and Morehouse College Partner to Support the Future Generation of Journalism

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting recently announced its partnership with Morehouse College. Serving as advisers and mentors, the Society will have an on-campus presence at the College to prepare Morehouse students for ethical careers in journalism through skills building in investigative and social justice reporting. Co-founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times…

Recap of the 2022 Data Institute

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.…

Q&A with Farnoush Amiri

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…

June 2022 Member Spotlight: Zshekinah Collier

Zshekinah Collier is Report for America Corps member covering education at WYPR 88.1 FM in Baltimore. Previously she was a producer for Disrupted, a weekly talk show on Connecticut Public Radio, and before becoming a producer she was the Radio Production and Storytelling Intern. In 2021, as a member of the Ida B Wells Society’s…

May 2022 Member Spotlight: Indrani Basu

Indrani Basu is a senior planning producer at the BBC’s Washington bureau. She has worked as a journalist in India and in the US. She puts people at the center of her stories and especially likes interviewing people who have different lived experiences than herself. Once, she even interviewed a cow. Where is your work…

Ida B. Wells Society, AP and Maynard  Institute team up on inclusive storytelling

The Associated Press, The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, and The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education announced plans to work together to improve diversity in newsrooms and news reports through journalistic and leadership training and more inclusive storytelling. The Inclusive Journalism Initiative is an effort by the organizations to move the news industry…

Alyssa Johnson named Ida B. Wells Society-Miami Herald investigative fellow

The Ida B. Wells Society and the Miami Herald are excited to announce that Alyssa Johnson will be the inaugural IBWS-Miami Herald investigative fellow. “The Miami Herald is pleased to partner with the Ida B. Wells Society on this extraordinary opportunity to support the mission of bringing more journalists of color into investigative reporting. Local investigative…

     
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting
Journalism in Sports, Culture, & Social Justice Department
Morehouse College
IBWS@morehouse.edu