TYPE MEDIA CENTER

We are 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, and sparks national and global conversations while transforming and diversifying the fields of journalism and publishing.

NOY THRUPKAEW NAMED DIRECTOR OF IDA B. WELLS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Type Investigations is thrilled to announce that Noy Thrupkaew has been selected as the new director of the Ida B. Wells Fellowship program and as a Type Investigations reporting fellow focused on labor and human rights.

BOLD TYPE BOOKS CHALLENGES POWER THROUGH NARRATIVE

The product of a dynamic partnership between Type Media Center and Hachette Book Group, Bold Type Books publishes bestselling books by a range of essayists, activists, journalists, groundbreaking academics, and thought leaders, with a focus on emerging and historically excluded voices.

VIRTUAL EVENTS FROM TYPE

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve expanded our events to include a regular series of remote talks and panels featuring journalists, authors, academics, and other thinkers from our network. Follow us on Crowdcast or click here to see our schedule of upcoming events, as well as recordings of past talks.

Recent Highlights

“The Facility” is shortlisted for a 2022 Oscar

The Facility, a Field of Vision production, in partnership with Type Investigations and Rayuela Films, is shortlisted for a 2022 Oscar. Directed by Seth Freed Wessler, and based on reporting done during his fellowship at Type Investigations you can stream the documentary here.

Why Republicans Keep Falling for Trump’s Lies

Part of a collection on the events of Jan. 6, one year later.
By Puffin Foundation Fellow Rebecca Solnit for The New York Times.

Inside the Fall of Kabul

To the shock of the world, the Afghan capital fell in a matter of hours despite predictions it would take months.

By Puffin Foundation Fellow Matthieu Aikins for The New York Times Magazine.

In Conversation: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Robert Jones, Jr.

Listen to our Type Talk with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of the Bold Type Books title “The Disordered Cosmos,” and Robert Jones, Jr., author of “The Prophets.”

Type Talk: Investigating the Trumps

An invite-only Type Talk, Investigating the Trumps: the Wayne Barrett Project, featuring reporters Anjali Kamat and Joe Rubin. You can read all of our Wayne Barrett Project investigations and articles here.

Bold Type Books Seeks Acquiring Editor

Bold Type Books, the product of a dynamic partnership between Type Media Center and Hachette Book Group, is searching for an acquiring editor. Learn more and apply.

Type Media Center was a proud partner of the 18th annual Ridenhour Prizes. This year’s honorees included: José Andrés, Ramona S. Diaz, Cariol Horne and Claudio Saunt. Watch the event here.

“Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League” is now available from Bold Type Books

“Hail Mary” from Bold Type Books is out now and available wherever books are sold. Order your copy and come along for the virtual book tour!

I Hope Everyone Is Prepared for Kyle Rittenhouse to Go Free

Even if Rittenhouse somehow draws an impartial jury, he already appears to have landed a very partial judge.
By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.

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