Insights

A peer-to-peer reporting model emerged from a simple realization: Students interviewing their peers can elicit more candid responses on sensitive subjects like teen vaping.

The more reporting trips we made, the more immigrants we spoke to who described dangerous conditions and persistent problems inside and outside the chicken plant.

A new round of surveys shedding light on the adult literacy crisis was conducted in 2022-23 and just released, offering fresh data for reporters pursuing stories on this overlooked topic.

After months of investigating L.A.'s sanitation sweeps and how they impacted unhoused residents, a reporter faces a last-minute challenge from the mayor's office.

Dan Morain explores the 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act's impact on mental health care, and how his brother's story inspired him to dig deeper into this pivotal chatper of California history.

Can the government stimulate healing among majority-Black neighborhoods that were intentionally torn in half by mid-20th century highway construction? A reporter seeks answers.