Thea Persaud
Thea Persaud is a fourth-year film and media arts student in the American University School of Communication. Persaud is currently IRW’s graphic design and photo intern. In addition to her work for IRW, Persaud is the art director for AU’s radio club, WVAU, and also serves as the editor-in-chief of WVAU’s music publication, The Stream. …
Hadley Chittum
Hadley Chittum is a junior photojournalism major at George Washington University in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. She is currently the visuals intern at IRW, primarily working with still photos and video. Chittum is passionate about documenting issues of incarceration and restorative justice in DC. In addition to visual journalism, she also …
Global conference to look at new models, covering corruption
More than 1,500 journalists from 130 countries are expected at the 11th Global Investigative Journalism Conference this week in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
Bug smuggling is big business
Demand for exotic pets and collectors’ items drives a flourishing illegal trade in beetles, spiders, and more.
George Lardner: A personal remembrance
George Lardner Jr., one of the most respected journalists in the United States, died Saturday, Sept. 21, at a hospice center in Aldie, Virginia. He had lived for decades with his family in Northwest Washington, D.C., and was a modest, gentlemanly descendant of many iconic writers – great-uncle and renown humorist Ring Lardner and Ring’s …
Kimberly Cataudella
to come Kimberly Cataudella is a fourth-year journalism and religious studies student at American University, and she will be earning her master’s degree in investigative journalism at American University in 2021. She is the Workshop’s data research intern for The Accountability Project. She previously worked as an intern at Newsday Long Island, reporting on the …
Ariana Duford
Ariana Duford is a senior at American University, studying journalism and philosophy with a concentration in ethics. Duford previously worked as the exhibit development intern at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., where she developed a knack for research and analysis, skills she uses in her role at IRW. Additionally, Duford serves as assistant coach for …
Why are Americans losing trust in power? It’s complicated, new report says
A new Pew Research Center report shows that Americans’ measure of trust in public officials continues to decline.
Inside the drug industry’s plan to defeat the DEA
Newly unsealed documents in a landmark civil case in Cleveland provide clues to one of the most enduring mysteries of the opioid epidemic: How were drug companies able to weaken the federal government’s most powerful enforcement weapon at the height of the crisis? The industry enlisted members of Congress to limit the powers of the …
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