
Defending the Public Library in Victoria
VICTORIA, Texas — The City Council chambers usually feels quiet, and often
Accountability journalism that corps members produce includes articles, TV and radio clips, and photojournalism. In On the Ground essays, they reflect on their experiences.
Low-income residents have few options for quality dental care, RFA corps member Manuela Tobias reported. Bad teeth mean bad jobs, which propels a cycle of poverty.
Manuela Tobias
Fresno Bee
A Louisiana law firm charged Utah’s poorest county $500,000, including questionable fees, to lobby against the expansion of Bears Ears National Monument, corps member Zak Podmore reported after demanding public records.
Zak Podmore
Salt Lake Tribune
Corps member Samantha Hogan revealed potential over-billing by lawyers defending Maine’s poor—including continual 80-hour weeks for some. Her investigation sparked multiple state investigations.
Samantha Hogan
Pine Tree Watch
A profile of this Apsalooke photographer reveals his ethos: He tries to document Native people as they are day-to-day, whether they’re planting herbs in a community garden or protesting at their city’s Women’s March.
Savannah Maher
Wyoming Public Radio
Emergency workers in Northern Kentucky have identified 23 chemicals that local companies use that would be particularly hazardous to residents in the event of a spill or leak. But state law doesn’t allow the public to know what they are.
Julia Fair
Cincinnati Enquirer
After having one of the worst gender wage gaps in the country for several years, Utah women have a message for their government and business leaders: Take action.
Becky Jacobs
Salt Lake Tribune
VICTORIA, Texas — The City Council chambers usually feels quiet, and often
On the Ground in EL PASO, Texas — At dusk on a Friday
On the Ground in SUMNER, Mississippi — The courthouse where Emmett Till’s
On the Ground — On a muggy July evening, I sat on the
On the Ground — Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, one of the state’s three
On the Ground in JACKSON, Miss. — It was almost Independence Day
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