Next year we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, and yet one of the most critical components of our free society — an independent, unbiased free press — is at a tipping point, and you have more ...

In 2025, Mongabay’s investigative journalism earned international honors for stories exposing environmental crime, corruption, and abuse of both people and the environment. Mongabay journalists ...

Despite numerous press freedom threats, Pakistani journalists continue to publish high-impact investigations — and offer lessons for reporters navigating restrictive environments worldwide.

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On Tuesday, a Maui County Council committee will get the results from an investigative report focused on Bill 9, a controversial proposal that would phase out thousands of transient vacation rentals ...

“Basically, we get paid to be right, to be rigorous. Because if the story is wrong, the investment or the lawsuit fails. Markets and courts, while severely flawed, are still fairly good at getting to ...

Newsrooms across the country are facing a growing wave of legal attacks aimed at silencing investigative reporting about powerful people and institutions. Especially for independent journalists or ...

Last Saturday, November 8, was China’s National Journalists’ Day—often an occasion for mixed feelings among China’s beleaguered independent journalists. The WeChat account 磨稿子 Mó Gǎozi, or “Polishing ...

NEW ORLEANS — Longtime WWL-TV reporter Mike Perlstein is retiring after 15 years at the station, closing out a decades-long career in journalism that spanned print, television, and teaching. Perlstein ...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign ...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign ...