Topher Sanders and ProPublica Team Win Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting Topher Sanders, Ida B. Wells Society co-founder, was among the team of investigative reporters to receive the 2021 Al Nakkula Award for their work on ProPublica’s 10-part series “The NYPD Files,” which uncovered abuse and impunity inside the New York Police Department. The…
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Nikole Hannah-Jones to be inducted at NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame
Ida B. Wells Society co-founder and Pulitzer Prize-winning The New York Times Magazine journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will be among the list of acclaimed honorees inducted into the NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame. The ceremony takes place virtually 6 p.m. April 9 and recognizes diverse individuals with ties to the state who have had…
March 2021 Member Spotlight: Rio Lacanlale
March 2021 Member Spotlight: Rio Lacanlale A proud daughter of Filipino immigrants, Rio Lacanlale is a journalist and videographer currently based in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she writes about the criminal justice system and legal affairs for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In 2019, she helped lead an investigation into a private boarding school in rural Nevada,…
Ida B. Wells Society Makes Major Gift to Newmark J-School
Ida B. Wells Society Makes Major Gift to Newmark J-School The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting is donating $100,000 to a scholarship fund at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism aimed at supporting students who will bring more diversity into the field of journalism. Society co-founders Ron Nixon, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Topher…
February 2021 Member Spotlight: Colette Coleman
February 2021 Member Spotlight: Colette Coleman Colette Coleman is a writer, educator, and sociologist. After graduation, she began working with Teach for America in Los Angeles. During that time, she said that she witnessed firsthand how the K-12 system is failing students, especially those who are Black and brown and from low-income homes. Her experiences galvanized…
Ron Nixon to be keynote speaker at 2021 FOIAFest
Ida B. Wells Society co-founder and acclaimed global investigations editor for the Associated Press Ron Nixon will headline this year’s FOIAFest presented by the Chicago Headline Club. The conference, named after the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), focuses on public records reporting and will be held virtually this year from Feb. 19 to Feb. 21.…
Reaching Back, Looking Forward: CABJ Invites Nikole Hannah-Jones for BHM
EDITORS’ NOTE: When we learned that the Carolina Association of Black Journalists (CABJ) had extended an invitation to Pulitzer Prize-winning alumna Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (M.A.) and that Hannah-Jones agreed to virtually visit, we asked Ruth Etiesit Samuel, a senior at UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and social media chair for CABJ, to write…
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting welcomes program coordinator Christine Lee
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting welcomes program coordinator Christine Lee Where are you from, and where did you go to school? I was born in New Jersey, and most of my extended family still lives there, but I grew up in Greensboro, NC. I earned my bachelor’s degree in psychology from Appalachian State…
Ida B. Wells Society kicks off New Year line-up with an examination of federal Paycheck Protection Program
Ida B. Wells Society kicks off New Year line-up with an examination of federal Paycheck Protection Program The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting kicked off its first workshop of 2021 with a close look at the federal government’s fraught Paycheck Protection Program. While the program – often referred to as PPP – was…
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting receives record $1 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
At a time when the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and tumultuous political climate underscore the importance of vigorous investigative journalism, a new $1 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will support the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting in its efforts to strengthen and support the work of journalists of color seeking to…
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