In this episode, we talk to Aurora Almendral about her four-part investigative series, “Merchants of Care,” produced in partnership with Quartz and the Pulitzer Center. Almendral speaks about how she learned about the nursing crisis, how she got in contact with the nurses she spoke to for the series, and her advice for reporters who want to pursue ambitious investigative projects. This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

“Merchants of Care:” https://bit.ly/4bvqnGw

“Rich Countries Are Importing a Solution to Their Nursing Shortages—and Poor Countries Are Paying the Price:” https://bit.ly/4awC66k

“An Exodus of Nurses Has Caused a “Medical Brain Drain” in Nigeria. Are Rich Countries to Blame?:” https://bit.ly/4bGtnzS

“A Hidden System of Exploitation Underpins US Hospitals’ Employment of Foreign Nurses:” https://bit.ly/3KdnX3m

Transcript: https://bit.ly/4azl0EY

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In this conversation, we talk to Type Investigations reporting fellow Adam Federman about his experience reporting on the ways corporations and governments have responded to protest movements. Federman discusses how he began reporting on anti-protest measures, what’s changed in his past decade of reporting, and what the future of protest in the United States looks like. We also talked about Federman’s newest investigations “The War on Protest,” published in partnership with In These Times magazine, and “How the U.S. Government Began Its Decade-Long Campaign Against the Anti-Pipeline Movement,” produced in partnership with Grist.

“The War on Protest:” https://bit.ly/4d7X9Pm

“How the U.S. Government Began Its Decade-Long Campaign Against the Anti-Pipeline Movement:” http://bit.ly/3xFrkwX

“How the FBI Used ‘Cop City’ Protests to Snoop on Activists in Chicago:” https://bit.ly/3wf6mEK

Federman’s other reporting: https://bit.ly/3UsACVY

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3Usqgpi

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In this conversation, investigative journalist Anjali Kamat talks about the reporting process behind her investigation into the Trump Organization’s real estate deals in India. Her investigation, “Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal,” was produced in partnership with The New Republic. The investigation also formed the basis of two episodes of Trump Inc., a podcast series from WNYC and ProPublica. (This Backstory was originally published on the Type Investigations website on April 5, 2018.)

Further Reading

“Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal:” https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2018/03/21/political-corruption-and-the-art-of-the-deal/

“Former Indian Official: Trump Jr. Pushed “Blatantly Illegal:” https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2018/03/21/former-indian-official-donald-trump-jr-pushed-blatantly-illegal-project/

“The Many Red Flags of Trump’s Partners in India:” https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2018/03/28/many-red-flags-trumps-partners-india/

Transcript: https://www.typeinvestigations.org/backstory/2018/04/05/backstory-anjali-kamat/

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In this conversation, we talk to Garrett Hazelwood about his new investigation, “Louisiana Law Gives Judges a Financial Incentive to Set High Bail and Secure Convictions,” produced in partnership with WWNO and WRKF. Hazelwood discusses how he got access to the financial documents for his investigation, how he got in contact with people who faced exorbitant court fees, and the biggest challenges he faced while reporting.

“Louisiana Law Gives Judges a Financial Incentive to Set High Bail and Secure Convictions:” https://bit.ly/3UEWhLe

Transcript: https://bit.ly/49BKmTj

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Parental alienation is a disputed psychiatric diagnosis in which one parent is accused of having brainwashed their child against the other parent. In a new documentary, produced in partnership with Insider and Retro Report, a follow-up to her recent series of investigations on the topic, reporter Olivia Gentile exposes how parental alienation has been cited by family courts in custody cases, resulting in children being placed back with their abusers or in ‘family reunification’ programs that separate them from their trusted parent.

In this conversation, we talk to Olivia about how she started reporting on parental alienation, how she developed her sources for her series of investigations on the topic, and what the response to her investigations has been like.

Documentary: https://bit.ly/40v6I4T

Parental Alienation series: https://bit.ly/3u4myre

“Her Son Said Her Ex Sexually Abused Him. Then She Lost Custody.”: https://bit.ly/462btUS

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3soIpJu

In this conversation, we speak to reporter Amelia Schonbek about her investigation, “Against a Sea of Troubles,” produced in partnership with Mother Jones. Schonbek discusses how she familiarized herself with the inner workings of the Merchant Marine and the Coast Guard, how she developed her sources, and how reporting on sexual misconduct has changed over the past few years.

“Against a Sea of Troubles:” https://bit.ly/3PPz2vG

Transcript: https://bit.ly/43hNlwa

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In this conversation, we talk to Ida B. Wells fellow Bobbi-Jeanne Misick about her investigation “The Imbalanced Scales of Immigration Justice,” produced in partnership with the Gulf States Newsroom. Misick talks about what inspired her investigation, how she obtained the habeas corpus petitions she analyzed, and her difficulty getting information from government agencies.

“The Imbalanced Scales of Immigration Justice:” https://bit.ly/41fZ9P5

"Imbalanced Scales of Immigration Justice: A Listening Session & Conversation" registration link: https://bit.ly/3mNzcHA

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3mzaz1z

In this episode of the Backstory, we speak to members of Type’s research team: Managing editor Maha Ahmed, Assistant Editor Nina Zweig, and Don and Doris Shaffer Researcher Emma Davis. They walk us through Type’s fact-checking process, talk about the toughest investigations they’ve had to fact-check, and give reporters their advice on how to make the fact-checking process easier.

Don and Doris Shaffer Researcher 2023-2024 application: https://bit.ly/3ZD26bU

Transcript: http://bit.ly/3YYo9s5

In this conversation, we talk to reporters Fazil Khan and Liz Donovan about their newest article, “The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need.”, produced in partnership with The City, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and City Limits. Khan and Donovan discuss what it was like reporting on the crisis for over a year, how they reached out to grieving families, and their difficulties getting answers from the New York Department of Education.

“The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need:” http://bit.ly/3lZRgxH

“Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID, In Their Own Words:” http://bit.ly/3Z81eeu

“1 in Every 200 Children in NYC Has Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID. That’s Almost Twice the National Rate:” http://bit.ly/3SBXsbv

Transcript: http://bit.ly/3Kydr8s

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In this conversation, we talk to reporting fellow Aaron Miguel Cantú about his investigation with Kandist Mallett, “How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice Movement,” produced in partnership with The Nation. Cantú talks about how he started reporting on the federal prosecution of protestors, what it’s been like reporting across two presidential administrations, and how he discovered Little Rock activists were being tracked by law enforcement.

“How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice Movement”: https://bit.ly/3hwnFJK

“Biden is Expanding Trump’s War on “Domestic Violent Extremism” — and It’s Sweeping Up Black People:” https://bit.ly/3hxVdrf

“Federal Prosecutors Hold Protesters for Months Pretrial:” https://bit.ly/3hwpOVZ

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3UsiBEP

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