investigative journalist

  • Report: Hundreds of Police Officers Belong to Racist Facebook Groups

    Investigative journalists have discovered hundreds of law enforcement officers around the country who are active in members-only Facebook groups that are based on racism, hate and … well, it would be nice to add a third thing here, but that’s about it. Reveal, a news website site run by the nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism…

  • Nikole Hannah-Jones Tells the Story of Investigative Journalist Ida B. Wells

    New York Times Magazine staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones considers Ida B. Wells her spiritual grandmother. “She is really the template on which I’ve tried to base my own journalistic career,” she tells The Root. The 2017 MacArthur Genius Grant fellow acknowledges that Wells was one of the original data reporters. Through her work, Ida B.…