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Miami Herald and Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting announce year-long investigative fellowship

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting has partnered with the Miami Herald to launch its second newsroom partnership program to recruit and retain more experienced journalists of color into investigative reporting. The Herald is currently seeking a seasoned journalist to join their storied investigative news team. The position is funded by the Society,…

Ida B. Wells Society 2021 Workshop Recap

Despite a second year of the pandemic – and with it more social distancing and little to no gathering – the Society had an unprecedented year of connecting with our 6,000-plus members through a record number of workshops. In 2021, we hosted over 30 workshops with more than 1,000 participants. The majority of the workshops…

November 2021 Member Spotlight: Kamesha Laurry

Kamesha Laurry is a legal fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a nonprofit legal services organization located in Washington, D.C. Before joining the Reporters Committee, she worked as a student attorney at the Wrongful Convictions of Youth Clinic and the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic. Kamesha also previously worked as a certified…

Nikole Hannah-Jones Launches 1619 Project Book Tour

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and Ida B. Wells Society co-founder Nikole Hannah-Jones has released two books that further expand on the New York Times essays of her acclaimed 1619 Project. Hannah-Jones marked the official launch of both books with star-studded celebrations at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the legendary Apollo Theater. In the first…

The Society welcomes our first program intern

The Ida B. Wells Society has hired its first program intern. Taylin Cain, a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill began with the Society in October. She will be working closely with the program coordinator and director on daily operations of the Society from data management to marketing efforts. Learn more about Taylin below with her Q&A. …

Q&A with Francisco Vara-Orta

Francisco Vara-Orta brings nearly two decades of newsroom experience to his role as IRE’s first director of diversity and inclusion. Vara-Orta joined the IRE staff in February 2019 as a training director. While working as a trainer, he has conducted sessions on managing data and investigative reporting for journalists across the United States and internationally.…

Nikole Hannah-Jones to receive The Vivian Malone Courage Award

Award-winning investigative journalist and Ida B. Wells Society co-founder, Nikole Hannah-Jones will be receiving The Vivian Malone Courage Award on Oct. 1 as part of the 9th annual March on Washington Film Festival. The festival serves as a national platform to explore social and environmental justice through a slate of impactful films and events. Vivian…

September 2021 Member Spotlight: Candace Montague

Candace Y.A. Montague is an online and print freelance journalist in Washington, DC.  She has written articles about topics including HIV/AIDS advocacy, the effects of homicide, opioids, cancer, re-entering citizens, Black maternal mortality crisis, mental health, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, transgender health, diversity and equity in science and hospital closings. In 2019, Candace, a native Washingtonian,…

Nikole Hannah-Jones named one of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2021

Ida B. Wells Society co-founder and award-winning journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been named one of the 100 most influential people of the year by Time Magazine.  This year’s list also included Naomi Osaka, Cathy Park Hong, Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden. The article on Hannah-Jones was written by film director and Oscar-winning writer, Barry Jenkins. Jenkins himself was included on the same list in…

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