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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.

My Bad by Hugh Ryan Is Out Now!

Type Media Center and Bold Type Books are thrilled to announce the publication of My Bad by Hugh Ryan–a powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer ’90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed.

Type Media Center Announces the 2026 Recipients of the Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

Type Media Center is pleased to announce Chase Breaux and Hannah Ponce as the two recipients of the 2026 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties. The fellowship, which carries a $3,000 prize, is for law students who intend to carry out significant activities over the summer between their first and second years related to civil rights and/or civil liberties.

Hands Off NYC and Unidos-MN are the Recipients of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship

Type Media Center and the Puffin Foundation are pleased to announce that Hands Off NYC and Minneapolis-based Unidos-MN will each receive the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship.

Strange People on the Hill by Michael Edison Hayden is out now!

Type Media Center and Bold Type Books are thrilled to announce the publication of Michael Edison Hayden’s Strange People on the Hill—a gripping investigation of a far-right takeover of a small, West Virginia town and how the local community fought back.

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Type Investigations

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

Courts of Contempt

Hell Gate and Type Investigations' Courts of Contempt is in-depth inquiry into how people become judges in New York City; the scandalous nature of the county political parties that often subvert democracy to get their favorite attorneys on the bench; and the reform efforts to try to finally fix the city’s judiciary.

Max Rivlin-Nadler, Esther Wang, Nick Pinto, Katie Way, Christopher Robbins, Jessy Edwards & Allie Conti Hell Gate May 5, 2026

The AI School Bus Camera Company Blanketing America in Tickets

BusPatrol says its technology helps curb dangerous driving at no cost to cities. Public records from across the US often tell a different story.

Byard Duncan Bloomberg April 28, 2026

Judges Overseeing Louisiana’s Landmark Oil Cases Have Financial Stakes in Defendants

Federal judges held stock, bonds and leased mineral rights to Exxon, Chevron and others while hearing cases against the companies alleging damage to the La. coast.

Garrett Hazelwood Floodlight April 13, 2026

Ida B. Wells

The Ida B. Wells Fellowship promotes diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters 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.

My Bad

A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond

by Hugh Ryan

Strange People on the Hill

How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town

by Michael Edison Hayden

The Trillion Dollar War Machine

How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us At Home

by William Hartung & Ben Freeman

Fantasy Island

Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico

by Ed Morales

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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.

Joe Conason

Type Media Center Fellow

Elie Mystal

Alfred Knobler Fellow

R.L. Nave

Type Media Center Fellow

Eyal Press

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Josie Duffy Rice

Type Media Center Fellow

Jasmine Garsd

Type Media Center Fellow