Projects

Launched August 14, 2020 Apoorva Mittal
Some religious gatherings worldwide turned into coronavirus-spreading events. In India, members of an Islamic group are facing prosecutions for intentionally spreading the virus.
Launched August 12, 2020 Giles Duley
"We thought we were ready, and then we realized we had no idea," said Dr. Sabeena Qureshi. COVID-19 created the biggest U.K. healthcare crisis in living memory. This is the story of the teams at the frontline.
Launched August 12, 2020 Emily Kassie, Ben C. Solomon
In this series from PBS Frontline and The Marshall Project, Emily Kassie and Ben C. Solomon follow the lives of the undocumented, the homeless, the detained, and the guards are fighting to survive in the virus’ epicenter.
Launched August 11, 2020 Sam Mednick, Amanda Sperber
Officially, the United States has one military base in Africa. But extensive reporting has revealed the existence of a network of secret military bases and outposts across the continent.
Launched August 11, 2020 Fábio Zuker, Izabel Santos
This project focuses on the spread of the new coronavirus throughout the Brazilian Amazon forest in a 5-episode documentary style podcast.
Launched August 7, 2020 Areeba Shah
As the coronavirus ravages marginalized communities, it's putting migrant farmworkers most in danger. Even as policies have shifted across the country, working and living conditions for them remains the same, making them one of the most vulnerable groups.
Launched August 7, 2020 Caitlin Hunt
Being a “Land Grant” university is a source of pride at Ohio State University—but why? Eye on Ohio looks into the Native American lands that helped fuel one of Ohio's largest economic engines.
Launched August 7, 2020 Juliana Mori, Juliana Arini
A look at Amazonian fires and deforestation during the dry season and the possible consequences for the health of the Amazonian population over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launched August 4, 2020 Erwan Hermawan
The construction of a mining road in Hutan Harapan is a conspiracy between Peter Sondakh, owner Rajawali Group and the government. Road construction causes deforestation.  
Launched July 29, 2020 Jerry Mitchell, Sarah Warnock
The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting captures the stories of people and places hit hardest by the nation’s worst pandemic in a century.
Launched July 28, 2020 Rosie Pioth, Berdy Pambou
This project will focus on Nkamou in Congo-Brazzaville's Pool Department as a case study of deforestation in this part of the country.
Launched July 28, 2020 Anita Pouchard Serra
Immigrant women from the Bajo Flores slum are at the lead of the resistance and fight against COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Launched July 27, 2020 Agoeng Wijaya Soedjito, Aseanty Pahlevi
The fires that destroyed 1.53 million hectares of Indonesia’s forests and land in 2019 were triggered by the expansion of forest product and oil palm plantations and industrial activity.
Launched July 24, 2020 Emily Fishbein
A multifaceted look at jade mining in Kachin State, Myanmar, where despite longstanding calls for reform, July saw another deadly landslide in the weakly-regulated industry.   
Launched July 23, 2020 Kunsang Choden
Himalayan highlanders remain concerned despite the lack of reported cases of COVID-19.
Launched July 23, 2020 Abrahm Lustgarten, Meridith Kohut
Propublica and the New York Times magazine use a groundbreaking data model to explore the daunting implications of climate change for global migration.
Launched July 20, 2020 Jennifer Labarre
Agribusiness is a key driver of deforestation in DRC's Equateur province, where impacts are felt by both the environment and local communities.
Launched July 14, 2020 Jean Charles Biyo’o Ella
In Cameroon, industrial corporations which specialized in either rubber or sugar cane exploitation have destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests, leading to the expulsion of Indigenous populations.
Launched July 13, 2020 Sky Chadde, Heather Schlitz
A reporting project exploring the systematic abuses of agriculture workers in the food industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launched July 6, 2020 Melba Newsome
Charlotte ranks dead last among larger cities in terms of upward mobility. This project looks at COVID-19's disproportionate impact on the city's Black population in several areas.
Launched June 30, 2020 Anna-Catherine Brigida, Emily Kinskey
COVID-19 + the Trump Administration + an already broken asylum system = a total disaster.
Launched June 25, 2020 Vanessa Colón Almenas, Víctor L. Rodríguez
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) investigated the ways COVID-19 affects Puerto Rican communities in the US.
Launched June 25, 2020 Alex Gary, Eric Berger
In partnership with local media organizations across Illinois, this project elevates the stories of “Prairie State” museums and their inherent community and economic value as they face the COVID crisis.
Launched June 25, 2020 Tom Laffay
Adiela, a Siona Indigenous leader, follows the spiritual guidance of her elders and clears landmines from her ancestral territory in the Colombian Amazon, in hope that her people may some day return.