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Introducing Our 2026 Springboard Project Partners

Type Investigations is pleased to announce three new Springboard Project partnerships for 2026: India Currents, Puente News Collaborative, and South Side Weekly. Through the Springboard Project, Type will be offering these newsrooms an infusion of editorial, research, and financial support to help strengthen their investigative capacity. They join ongoing Springboard partners Gulf States Newsroom and The Blacklight At New York Amsterdam News.

How the Trump Administration Rolled Back Efforts to Fight Human Trafficking

The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, according to a series of investigations in The Guardian, produced with support from Type Investigations, Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley Journalism.

Type Media Center Welcomes Six Journalists As Fellows

Type Media Center is pleased to welcome Rachael Bedard, Jasper Craven, Jasmine Garsd, Tanvi Misra, Ryan “R.L.” Nave, and Katie Rose Quandt to the fellowship program.

The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat

For The New York Times, Abelin-Bevier Fellow Helen Ouyang reflected on her father’s death from Hepatitis B, and how it could have been prevented if the vaccine had been available when he was a child. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently changed the recommendation for all newborns to receive the vaccine.

Type Media Center Matthieu Aikins Investigates the Culture of Lawlessness in the U.S. Special Forces

Type Media Center fellow Matthieu Aikins published a four-part investigation with the New York Times Magazine looking into Special Forces operations in Afghanistan and how the lack of prosecutions against special operators has created a culture of impunity that leads up to the White House.

What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?

For The New York Times Magazine, Abelin-Bevier Fellow Helen Ouyang reports on how men in the United States are much less likely to see a doctor regularly, and how one clinic is attempting to tackle the problem.

The Great Reverse Migration

Thousands of migrants are giving up their hopes of living in the United States and are returning home instead, reports Paola Ramos in partnership with Rolling Stone.

Type Investigations Receives Press Forward Grant to Expand the Springboard Project for Newsrooms Serving Marginalized Communities

Trauma-informed nurses help sexual assault survivors. Most hospitals in the Gulf South don’t have them.

In partnership with Gulf States Newsroom, Drew Hawkins reported on how states in the Gulf South are facing a critical shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs).

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