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Columbia Journalism Investigations

Stories by Columbia Journalism Investigations fellows include the following:

Mexico's disaster bonds were meant to provide quick cash after hurricanes and earthquakes. But it often hasn't worked out that way - Co-published by Los Angeles Times & Univision in Spanish & English.
Trump Org: A magnet for dirty businessmen - Univision Noticias
How every investor lost money on Trump Tower Toronto (but Donald Trump made millions anyway) - Toronto Star
As McKinsey Sells Advice, Its Hedge Fund May Have a Stake in the Outcome - The New York Times
We Found a “Staggering” 281 Lobbyists Who’ve Worked in the Trump Administration - ProPublica
In Marshall Islands, radiation threatens tradition of handing down stories by song - L.A. Times
Tinder Lets Known Sex Offenders Use the App. It’s Not the Only One. - ProPublica
They Should Have Done Something”: Broad Failures Fueled Wisconsin Ballot Crisis, Investigation Shows - PBS Frontline
'Voter suppression at its finest': Wisconsin citizens say missing ballots kept them from being counted in election - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As Trump and Biden battle, election officials are running out of time, money for November - USA Today
More than 1 million people could lose their vote on Nov. 3. That’s the best-case scenario - USA Today
Climate Change Is Killing Americans. Health Departments Aren’t Equipped To Respond - Center for Public Integrity, The Guardian and The Nation
Disasters are Driving a Mental Health Crisis - The Center for Public Integrity
Deadly Bacteria Lurk in Coastal Waters. Climate Change Increases the Risks. - Center for Public Integrity, co-published by Mother Jones
We analyzed a conservative foundation's catalog of absentee ballot fraud: It's not a 2020 election threat - USA Today and Frontline
Addressing Rape in Four Minutes or Less: Dating App Reps Left Unprepared to Respond to Assault Victims - ProPublica
NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea - THE CITY
Dangerous Heat, Unequal Consequences - The Center for Public Integrity

Cross-Borders Data Project

Global Migration Project

Global Migration fellows have reported on issues around migration and gender including stories from the Greek refugee crisis and the mothers targeted for deportation from the U.S. under the Trump administration. Past stories from fellows include the following:

US funding cuts and the impact on Syrian refugee women - Al Jazeera
The Mothers Being Deported by Trump - The New Yorker
Gender and Migration Series - Slate
These Female Reporters Bring News to the World's Largest Syrian Refugee Camp - Teen Vogue
Their daughters were held at the border – then the blackmail from fake ICE agents began - The Guardian
When Deportation is a Death Sentence - The New Yorker

The Teacher Project

The Teacher Project fellows reported on a variety of issues related to equity in education. Here is a selection of past stories produced by the Project:

The Big Shortcut - An investigative project documenting the explosion of questionable online courses by American high schools to boost graduation rates. - Slate and Tallahassee Democrat
Tomorrow's Test - The 12-part series examining race and diversity in American classrooms. - Slate and multiple local partners
The Trouble with 2 - A multi-part series probing the ways in which America underserves its youngest learners by limiting access to high-quality, educationally-focused child care centers. - Slate and The Hechinger Report

For an Increasing Number of Youth In Juvenile Detention, Learning Is Possible - Slate
Our Teacher Diversity Problem Is Not Just About Recruitment. It's About Retention - Slate
In This Mississippi Town, Teacher Assistant is a Coveted Job. It Pays $9 an Hour - Slate
How to Attract Teachers to Poor, Rural Schools by Madeleine Cummings - Montana's Last Best News and Slate
Gentlemen, Preschool is Calling - NPR and WNYC
Undocument students face hurdles to getting into college. Here's how Indiana teachers have helped them succeed - Chalkbeat Indiana
Support family or go to school? A Rohingya teen juggles competing demands - PBS NewsHour
A 17-year-old was told he couldn't attend high school -- even though he is a U.S. citizen - Naples Daily News and Buzzfeed
What My Students Taught Me - Atlantic.com and WBEZ
The Failure Track - Slate and ProPublica
Inside an immigrant's journey to enroll in college after fleeing violence in Honduras - Indianapolis Star and Chalkbeat-Indiana
Indiana schools face unique challenges in advising immigrant students - Indianapolis Public Radio
How a Hurricane Is Still Punishing Special Ed Kids a Year Later - Bloomberg
Immigrant students learn hard lessons about racism at a historically white high school in Maine - Boston Globe
How One Student Manages School Under Strain of Family Separation - WNYC
A new law is helping undocumented students in New Jersey attend college, but challenges remain - Chalkbeat and WNYC

Energy and Environmental Reporting Project

A series of articles revealed Exxon's public and private understanding of climate change.

Fellows from The Energy and Environmental Reporting Project examined issues related to the environment and energy resources on an international level.

Here are a selection of stories published by The Energy and Environmental Project:

Foreign Policy - The Country That Wasn't Ready To Win The Lottery
The Guardian 5- Part Series on Export-Import Bank. In 2017, the stories received an Honorable Mention by the Society of Environmental Journalists in the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting category:

-"How Obama's climate change legacy is weakened by US investment in dirty fuel"
-"Obama's dirty secret: the fossil fuel projects the US littered around the world"
-"Potential Export-Import Bank deals pose grave environmental threat, experts say"
-"Export-Import Bank gave $8.5bn to Mexico oil firm despite deadly accidents"
-"US has provided $15m in financing to supplier of mines accused of slave labor"

L.A. Times - Exxon's Public & Private understanding about climate change "The role a melting glacier played in Exxon's biggest disaster"
CORRECT!V Germany, Mediapart France and Slate U.S. - Investigative collaboration that resulted in a comprehensive data set documenting global sea level that led to international coverage.