Historias Sin Fronteras project wins gold medal in state journalism award

Historias Sin Fronteras project wins gold medal in state journalism award

Our cross-border paleontology project titled Unearthed: The peaceful past of “the most violent city in the world” was awarded a gold medal (First Place) in the Reporting category of the José Vasconcelos Prize for Journalists in the state of Chihuahua.
Historias Sin Fronteras project a finalist in National Journalism Award

Historias Sin Fronteras project a finalist in National Journalism Award

Our Historias Sin Fromteras project on fluoride pollution in Mexico and Argentina titled The axis of fluoride: corporate pollution which we published in December 2022 was chosen as a Finalist in Mexico’s National Journalism Award in the Science Journalism category.
Zacatecas immigration journalist nominated for international award

Zacatecas immigration journalist nominated for international award

organized by InquireFirst to the Texas-Mexico border, has been nominated for an international award by Premios TAL in the category of Special Reports. TAL (Televisión América Latina) is a network of public, cultural and educational television stations in Latin America.
Voces Emergentes México team wins state journalism prize

Voces Emergentes México team wins state journalism prize

A team of four journalists in Baja California Sur (BCS) was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2022 state journalism awards for their project revealing that mining operations in BCS that are going forward with the support of the Ministry of Environment
Historias Sin Fronteras project is shortlisted for award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Historias Sin Fronteras project is shortlisted for award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting

We are thrilled to announce that "Transgender in Latin America," a cross-border science journalism project reported and written by Latin American science writers Valeria Román, Debbie Ponchner, Margaret López and Carmina de la Luz Ramírez has been shortlisted by the
InquireFirst intern awarded CASW data reporting grant

InquireFirst intern awarded CASW data reporting grant

WASHINGTON, D.C. — InquireFirst intern Jennifer Lu has been awarded a $5,000 special reporting grant by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) Taylor/Blakeslee Project Fellowship Program to report on the urgent problems created by the nation’s aging
InquireFirst journalist awarded Alicia Patterson Fellowship

InquireFirst journalist awarded Alicia Patterson Fellowship

WASHINGTON, D.C. — InquireFirst reporter Elizabeth Douglass has been awarded a $40,000 Alicia Patterson fellowship to support her reporting on the nation’s deteriorating drinking water infrastructure. She has also received a $9,000 grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism to
Sam Quinones wins National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Award for “Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate Epidemic”

Sam Quinones wins National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Award for “Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate Epidemic”

NEW YORK – Sam Quinones, a California-based journalist with deep reporting experience in Mexico, was awarded the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award for Nonfiction during a March 17 ceremony at the New School in New York.
Executive Editor Susan White awarded 2015 Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism

Executive Editor Susan White awarded 2015 Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism

PALO ALTO, Ca. -- InquireFirst Executive Editor Susan White and Center for Public Integrity Editor Jim Morris traveled to Stanford University in February to accept the 2015 Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism.
InquireFirst Journalist Wins Prestigious Fellowship

InquireFirst Journalist Wins Prestigious Fellowship

NEW YORK -- InquireFirst correspondent Elizabeth Douglass is among four veteran journalists who have won grants of up to $15,000 as recipients of McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism. Nearly 80 journalists working in more than a half-dozen countries applied for the
Lynne Friedmann named Beckman Fellow of the Chemical Heritage Foundation

Lynne Friedmann named Beckman Fellow of the Chemical Heritage Foundation

PHILADELPHIA – Lynne T. Friedmann, a San Diego-based freelance science journalist who serves on InquireFirst’s Advisory Council, has been named a 2016-17 Beckman Fellow of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), in Philadelphia. This fall she will spend three months conducting

Awards Ceremony

InquireFirst Executive Editor Susan White and Center for Public Integrity Editor Jim Morris talked about the 20-month project, “Big Oil, Bad Air,” during the awards ceremony for the 2015 Knight-Risser Prize at Stanford University.