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Type Media Center is a non-profit home for independent journalists and truth-tellers at all stages of their careers. Our mission is to produce high-impact journalism and literary nonfiction that addresses injustice and inequality, catalyzes change, informs and uplifts social movements, while transforming and diversifying the fields of journalism and publishing.

‘How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?’

Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses. By Type Media Center Fellow, Rozina Ali for New York Times Magazine

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A Democracy Crisis Was Averted. But Gerrymandering Could Still Save the GOP.

Voters rejected some of the biggest-name election deniers, even as extreme maps may help the GOP win the House. By Type Media Center Fellow, Ari Berman for Mother Jones.

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Puffin Foundation Fellow Matt Aikins won two News and Documentary Emmys for his New York Times investigation into Kabul.

It’s an incredible honor to watch the recognition grow for long-time fellow Matt and we wish him heartfelt congratulations.

Events

How We Did It – The Making of Harm’s Way Investigation.

October 3, 2022, 10:00 am EDT

Join the Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and Type Investigations for a hybrid panel on Monday, October 3.

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Type Investigations

Type Investigations is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to transforming the field of independent investigative journalism.

How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice

Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and demobilized.

Aaron Miguel Cantú & Kandist Mallett The Nation November 1, 2022

The Rural Texas County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment

Officials in Kinney County, Texas are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.

Melissa del Bosque The Intercept October 12, 2022

Unstable Ground

How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic.

Adam Federman Grist October 3, 2022

Ida B. Wells

The Ida B. Wells Fellowship promotes diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters of color who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests to their work.

Bold Type Books

For almost two decades, Bold Type Books has been telling stories that inform and empower just as they inspire and move readers to action. A joint-venture of Type Media Center and Hachette Book Group, we are proud to publish award-winning, bestselling books by thought leaders, journalists, activists, whistleblowers, and truthtellers.

Without Compromise

The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption

by Wayne Barrett

Collateral Damage

America's War Against Iraqi Civilians

by Chris Hedges

Dirty Wars

The World Is a Battlefield

by Jeremy Scahill

The Big Empty

Dialogues on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker and Bad Conscience in America

by Norman Mailer

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Fellows

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The Journalism Fellowship Program at Type Media Center is a multi-year fellowship that allows emerging and established journalists to write on complex social and political issues. Our fellows form a unique community of thinkers and writers and focus on topics ranging from labor and racial justice to the environmental crisis and international affairs.

Gary Younge

Alfred Knobler Fellow

Collier Meyerson

Alfred Knobler Fellow

Josie Duffy Rice

Type Media Center Fellow

Karen Robinson-Jacobs

Type Investigations Fellow

Kenrya Rankin

Alfred Knobler Fellow

Ari Berman

Type Media Center Fellow

Adam Federman

Type Investigations Fellow

Nick Turse

Type Media Center Fellow

Dax-Devlon Ross

Puffin Foundation Fellow

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Events

How We Did It – The Making of Harm’s Way Investigation.

October 3, 2022, 10:00 am EDT

Join the Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and Type Investigations for a hybrid panel on Monday, October 3.

Events

Type Talk: Race, Resistance & Policing in NYC Race

April 26, 2022, 1:00 pm EDT

Type Fellows Collier Meyerson, journalist and host of the new podcast “Love Thy Neighbor,” and Dax-Devlon Ross, writer and host of the upcoming podcast “The Burden,” discuss their reporting and the decades long history of NYPD misconduct in communities of color. Saki Knafo, reporter and host of the podcast series “Conviction,” moderates the discussion.

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Annual Gala Honoring the National Network of Abortion Funds, Puffin Prize Recipient 2022

March 3, 2022, 6:30 pm EST

On March 3rd, 2022 Type Media Center held a virtual celebration to honor the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), as the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship.

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Editors Institute

The Editors Institute is a new program that trains journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to become investigative editors. Its goals are threefold: To help emerging editors better compete for jobs as leaders in their newsrooms; help news outlets find highly skilled investigative editors at a time when such candidates are scarce; and help diversify a traditionally white, male- dominated field.

‘How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?’

A Democracy Crisis Was Averted. But Gerrymandering Could Still Save the GOP.

Puffin Foundation Fellow Matt Aikins won two News and Documentary Emmys for his New York Times investigation into Kabul.

How We Did It – The Making of Harm’s Way Investigation.

Type Investigations

How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice

The Rural Texas County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment

Unstable Ground

Ida B. Wells

Bold Type Books

Without Compromise

Collateral Damage

Dirty Wars

The Big Empty

Fellows

Events

How We Did It – The Making of Harm’s Way Investigation.

Type Talk: Race, Resistance & Policing in NYC Race

Annual Gala Honoring the National Network of Abortion Funds, Puffin Prize Recipient 2022

Editors Institute

Prizes

The Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship

Ridenhour Prize

Robert Masur Fellowship in  Civil Liberties

Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series on the Fate of  the Earth

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