is a digital reporter/producer and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Zachary published his investigation, “Power, data, and distrust: How racist texts and bomb threats targeted Georgia voters” at CBS News. Learn more about Zachary in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. As the high stakes 2026 election nears, a…
Jonathan Custodio
is a former Bronx and CUNY reporter at THE CITY and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Jonathan in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. My project investigates primary care deserts in New York City and how fewer primary care physicians can contribute to higher rates of…
Tannistha Sinha
is a Special Assignments Reporter at the Houston Defender via Report for America and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Tannistha in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. My investigative project examines how students of color at five predominantly white institutions (PWIs) across Texas are navigating campus…
Carrington York
is the Daybreak Asia Reporter at Bloomberg News and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Carrington in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. My investigation explores the profit motives behind Delta 8 safety regulation efforts between two of the U.S. market’s biggest players. Trade groups on both…
Daniel Parra
is a reporter and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Daniel in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. I am currently investigating the challenges and inequities faced by undocumented students in the City University of New York. What made you apply to this program? I want to…
Williamena Kwapo
Williamena Kwapo is a multimedia reporter and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Williamena in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. My reporting project tackles the ongoing issue of pedestrian fatalities in Sacramento. My project looks at datasets to determine where people are most likely to be…
Caroline Beck
is an education reporter at the Indianapolis Star and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Caroline in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. I am evaluating the inequities of Indiana’s universal private school voucher program, which helps families pay for private schooling with state dollars. We already…
Kaisha Young
is a producer at PBS NewsHour and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Kaisha in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. Across the U.S., 911 call centers are quietly integrating AI into their workflows. From AI systems that triage calls and transcribe frantic voices to chatbots that…
Gaige Davila
is a freelance journalist and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Gaige in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. This is a two-part investigation into how liquefied natural gas export plants actually impact communities versus the benefits they promised for said communities. The first part focuses on…
Reynaldo Leaños Jr.
is a producer at Latino USA and an inaugural Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Fellow. Learn more about Reynaldo in this Q&A. Please briefly describe your reporting project. My story looks at how the Trump administration’s slashing of USAID impacted a local LGBTQ organization in Guatemala and what the larger ripple effects of the…
