A reporter drives 5,500 miles across Mississippi and gains a fresh appreciation for journalism that's accountable to the people whose lives it documents.
Community Engagement
A reporter turns to data and community engagement to show what Chicago’s 20-year life expectancy gap along the Green Line means for people living in these communities.
Detroit residents showed how unreliable transportation can turn health care access into a daily struggle.
A reporter distills lessons from her community engagement approach while reporting on gaps in mental health care in LA’s Thai community.
A reporter traces how gender exploratory therapy entered policy, navigating source resistance, reframing the story through policy experts, archives, and community engagement.
Crash data revealed where pedestrian deaths happen, but on-the-ground reporting exposed invisible injuries, design flaws, and survivor trauma that databases alone can’t capture.
In a state known for innovation, maternal deaths still fall hardest on Black, Indigenous and low-income families.
In one of New Jersey’s poorest school neighborhoods, chronic absenteeism is more than a statistic — it reflects generational poverty, classroom chaos and a fragile public system.
A Bay Area reporter set out to cover the health needs of undocumented Indian immigrants, but instead discovered a undercovered story about first-generation Sikh communities.
Data analysis is a powerful reporting tool. But as one reporter learns, it’s insufficient unless it’s grounded in the reality of the community you’re reporting on.