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Koch Continuum Grant in Public Health and Disability Investigative Reporting
Koch Continuum Grant in Public Health and Disability Investigative Reporting Provides cash awards to assist journalists pursuing projects that highlight research and investigative reporting on public health issues and/or issues affecting people with disabilities. Description Created in 2025, the grants are awarded to proposals that demonstrate potential for significant impact, that could affect change in…
Read MoreIRE announces new grant for public health and disability reporting
The program will award $10,000 grants to journalists pursuing investigative reporting projects focused on public health and disability issues.
Read MoreOpening Letter: Disability news and community
By Francisco Vara-Orta, IRE & NICAR Visibility in the news comes and goes for historically marginalized communities. This is especially true for people living with a disability. Major events and milestones — such as the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability Pride Month, the Paralympics or the COVID-19 pandemic — have centered these…
Read MoreNewsroom inclusion from a disability lens
By Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist’s Resource Until recently, I rarely told anyone I have a disability. I didn’t share that information with editors or even fellow journalists at the news outlets where I’ve worked during my 20-plus-year career. For one thing, I was ashamed. I’m keenly aware of the stigma and stereotypes associated with having…
Read MoreIRE Radio: Disability is part of every beat
In a panel titled, “Disability is part of every beat,” three accomplished journalists joined in discussion at AccessFest24. We have excerpted from their panel in this edition of The IRE Radio Podcast.
Read MoreNo funding available in Washington state for thousands of families approved for developmental disability benefits
“No funding available” may best summarize the system for residents with developmental disabilities in Washington state, where some 14,600 families determined eligible for services don’t receive any.
Read MoreOfficers facing discipline claim disability for big cost to Milwaukee
“As the district attorney investigated him for allegedly beating a handcuffed suspect, Milwaukee Police Detective Rodolfo Gomez Jr. applied for duty disability retirement, saying stress had left him unable to do his job, the Journal Sentinel has learned.”
Read MoreBehind the Story: A source comes forward in the backlog of veterans’ disability
In April, Jamie Fox contacted reporter Aaron Glantz after losing her job at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Oakland office in 2008. Credit: Michael Short/Center for Investigative Reporting. Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting was reporting on delays in veterans’ disability claims in Oakland, Calif. when a reader reached out to him. Jamie…
Read MoreAccuracy isn’t priority as VA battles disability claims backlog
“A Center for Investigative Reporting review of the VA’s performance data reveals chronic errors – committed in up to 1 in 3 cases – and an emphasis on speed over accuracy that clogs the VA system with appeals, increasing delays for all veterans.” The story is part of CIR’s ongoing coverage of veterans’ issues, which includes…
Read MoreAssemblyman cashes in on disability pension
Mark Lagerkvist launches New Jersey Watchdog with an investigation of a state assemblyman who collected $570,000 in disability payments after retiring as a police officer with a bad back at age 31. Assemblyman David Rible, now 42, competes in five-mile runs, dances as a celebrity and hauls trash to the curb. In addition to his…
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