The Investigative Reporting Workshop is an innovative, editorially independent, nonprofit newsroom based at American University in Washington, D.C. Undergraduate, graduate and early-career journalists ...

Hayden Godfrey is a post-graduate fellow at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, where he is a contributing researcher and reporter to The Washington Post’s investigative unit. He has also co-bylined ...

Aarushi Sahejpal (he/him) is data editor at IRW, professorial lecturer of data journalism at American University’s School of Communication, and a data reporter on The Accountability Project at The ...

Daniella Jimenez, a Miami native, is the president of her university’s National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ chapter and is starting a new BIPOC newspaper at her university. This past year, ...

Elijah Pittman is a rising sophomore at Morgan State University and is majoring in multimedia journalism. He is the president of his university’s chapter of the National Association of ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley J. Lowery is widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading reporters covering issues of law enforcement, race and justice. He spent seven years as a national ...

Pamela Roberts brings to IRW decades of nonprofit fundraising experience connecting donor interests with the missions of strong organizations. She raised philanthropic support for Imagination Stage, ...

Cara Kelly is an investigative reporter, digital journalist and educator with more than a decade of experience at some of the largest newspapers in the country. She spent nearly five years on USA ...