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Investigative Project on Race and Equity
Media Production
Chicago, IL 1,438 followers
Reporting facts, not opinions. Exposing systemic injustice. Strengthening Chicago’s journalism ecosystem.
About us
The Investigative Project on Race and Equity trains journalists in data-driven reporting and collaborates with news organizations to uncover systemic racism. Our partnerships add depth to the coverage of underrepresented communities and help to build capacity within newsrooms to pursue in-depth projects. By working together, we also expand the reach of reporting on race and equity and amplify its impact. Training includes apprenticeships for early-career journalists — with a focus on people of color — and workshops on finding stories in data and other investigative techniques. Our training mission is to help strengthen Chicago’s journalism ecosystem, while helping to build a pipeline of diverse journalists. Using data and documents, the Investigative Project reports facts, not opinions. We offer proof of known patterns of abuse and failed oversight. And we elevate the voices of people affected by discrimination and inequality, while being respectful of the trauma they have endured. Our stories highlight solutions and share information that community members can use to effect change, including data that is hidden in plain sight.
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https://www.raceandequityproject.org/
External link for Investigative Project on Race and Equity
- Industry
- Media Production
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2022
- Specialties
- race and equity, data journalism, and investigative reporting
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Chicago, IL, US
Employees at Investigative Project on Race and Equity
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Susan J. Schultz
Journalism, nonprofit executive
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Tatiana Walk-Morris
Independent Journalist and Content Writer
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Angela Caputo
Award-winning investigative reporter. Specialist in using documents, databases, mapping and other analytical tools to expose malfeasance and lax…
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Maia McDonald
Multimedia Journalist in Chicago, IL
Updates
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, we've had to postpone Green Light for Change. We're working on securing a new date in early December and will update you soon. We appreciate your understanding and hope you'll be able to join us for the rescheduled event to learn about traffic stop rights! Thank you for your patience.
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Our traffic stops reporting is inspiring journalists beyond Chicago. Crediting our work with WBEZ Chicago for the idea, the San Francisco Chronicle published an ambitious data-driven traffic stop project last month that looks at the situation in California.
Breaking down California police stops data
sfchronicle.com
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Follow us on Fridays for weekly tips to bolster your reporting toolbox. Today, we hear from investigative reporter Tatiana Walk-Morris who shares about an unexpected source of color for her reporting that's 100% FOIA-able in many cases. #tipoftheweek #FOIA #localjournalism #investigativereporting #writing
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Investigative Project Advisory Council member Sharon Sutker McGowan was the project manager and editor on a collaborative reporting project published this week examining the effect of #climatechange and #environmentalinjustice on parks, green space and playgrounds. Fellow nonprofits Borderless Magazine, Cicero Independiente and Inside Climate News participated. The Field Foundation of Illinois Institute for Nonprofit News
Concerns Grow Over Toxins And Environmental Risks For New Cicero Park — Cicero Independiente
ciceroindependiente.com
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ICYMI: This article from our friends at WBEZ Chicago shows how community organizers are working to create peace and understanding between Black and Brown communities. “Unpacking the biases and creating a unified front could help both sides advance policies that benefit everyone.” #migrantcrisis #localjournalism #racialequity #chicago
Chicago organizers work to ease Black-brown tension over the influx of migrants
wbez.org
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Save the date for an important community conversation to address the disproportionate #trafficstops affecting Black and Brown drivers in our neighborhoods — SATURDAY, OCT. 12, 11 AM - 1:30 PM. Organized by the Investigative Project on Race and Equity in partnership with Impact for Equity, Equiticity, First Defense Legal Aid and Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation.
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ICYMI: Last month, our friends at Injustice Watch took a look at Chicago #trafficstop data — or lack thereof. According to their investigation with Bolts Magazine, a lack of accurate reporting to state oversight agencies is painting a much rosier picture than the reality.
Chicago police made nearly 200,000 secret traffic stops last year
https://www.injusticewatch.org
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At Clemente Community Academy, students are missing critical instruction time because of absent teachers. According to an investigation by our friends at Block Club Chicago, it’s one of a number of Chicago Public Schools struggling because of a teacher shortage.
With No Chemistry Teacher, Chicago Student Teaches Her Own Class: 'They Forgot About Us'
https://blockclubchicago.org
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Looking for resources on covering elections? Our friends at Listening Post Collective are hosting a free workshop Thursday. REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/gQtUtWPf #Northwestern University Medill School Deborah Douglas #SolutionsJournalism #SolutionsJournalismHub
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