To investigate how the police intervened in mental health crisis in Puerto Rico, a reporting team creates its own database using police use-of-force reports.
Reporting Strategies
A reporter investigates the high Black infant mortality rate in Washington, D.C., highlighting community voices and the need for action.
Public schools often refuse to disclose abuse by staff. Local journalists can expose the problem.
A reporter attends a medical lecture on a slow news day and discovers a big story.
The USC Center for Health Journalism and partner newsrooms are launching our first ethnic media reporting collaborative, bringing together eight California outlets serving Black, Latino and Asian audiences.
The health outcomes of jail inmates in different U.S. counties are impacted differently by elements such as racism, poverty and even pollution. That can make comparisons tricky.
Following sources to work and shadowing them can sometimes be all you need to tell a story successfully, leading to indelible moments you'd never otherwise capture.
It started with photos showing abuse of a nonverbal, developmentally disabled woman in a group home. “Opening that email was the moment I realized the project I had taken on was about to become something else entirely, and I wasn’t sure if I was prepared,” writes Chistopher Egusa.
A reporter rediscovers the extent to which real people's stories and experiences bring emotional depth to his coverage of Minnesota's mental health crisis.
The media will never build trust in the Black community if we fail to address their concerns in coverage and representation, says columnist James Causey.