🔴 In partnership with @GlobalRepCentre, today we announce the recipients of The Tiny Foundation Fellowships for Investigative Journalism — a talented group of journalists who will be covering stories about big tech and government accountability. Here are our wonderful fellows!✨
Jennifer Ugwa is an independent investigative journalist based in Abuja. @Jennifer_fact’s fellowship will focus on digital loan sharks in Nigeria.
Amos Abba is an investigative journalist with the International Center for Investigative Reporting. @AmosAbba2 is partnering with Jennifer Ugwa to investigate how loan sharks are using cyberbullying as a tool for debt collection.
Astha Rajvanshi is an independent journalist based in Mumbai. @astharajvanshi’s fellowship will focus on internet censorship in India.
Caitlin Thompson is a reporter with @CodaStory, and the host and lead producer of the weekly podcast Coda Currents. @caitlin_reports’s fellowship will focus on governments using child welfare algorithms to assess risk of neglect or abuse.
Rowan Moore Gerety is a reporter and audio producer, based in Phoenix, Arizona. @rowanmg’s fellowship will focus on the proliferation and use of new surveillance technology among small and rural law enforcement agencies.
Martha Troian is an investigative journalist, a project lead for an anti-racism/anti-hate collab & a producer for CBC Podcasts. @ozhibiiige’s fellowship will focus on the role DNA databases could play in solving thousands of cases involving missing & murdered Indigenous women.
Hilary Beaumont is a freelance investigative journalist, based in Los Angeles. @HilaryBeaumont will be partnering with Martha Troian to investigate the risks and merits of Indigenous families sharing DNA with genealogy databases #MMIWG2S
These fellowships were made possible with the generous support of The Tiny Foundation 🎉🎉🎉
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