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Toggle navigation A Carnegie-Knight and Walter Cronkite School national student investigative project Join Our team Alumni Success Partners Awards Archive Free Content About Now available: State of Emergency “State of Emergency” investigated the response of federal and local agencies in communities decimated by disasters In-depth. Resourceful. Innovative. The nation’s most talented journalism students come together in Carnegie-Knight News21 to report and produce in-depth, multimedia projects for major national media. News21 shows the kind of work that journalism students are capable of doing and is helping reshape the news industry. How to Apply Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Latest News21 investigations 2018 Hate in America: News21 investigates how hate is changing a nation “Hate in America” examined intolerance, racism and hate crimes across the country. The national multimedia reporting project was produced by the nation’s top journalism students and graduates. Students from 19 universities traveled to 36 states, including a 7,000-mile road trip around the country. They conducted hundreds of interviews, reviewed thousands of pages of court documents, FBI data and state and federal statutes. They also produced a documentary and a five-episode podcast following the lifecycle of hate. 2017 Troubled Water: News21 Investigates Drinking Water in America After interviewing hundreds of individuals and collecting thousands of pages of state and federal statutes and records, News21 found as many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of the country – were exposed to potentially unsafe water more than once during the past decade. Twenty-nine journalism students from 18 universities took part in the project, which included a 30-minute documentary and numerous long-form stories. 2016 Voting Wars: A News21 investigation of voting rights in America In the lead up to the 2016 elections, News21 examined voting laws in all 50 states. The fellows tallied dozens of new voting laws and found that laws were nine times more likely to be passed by Republican-led legislatures than those controlled by Democrats. Thirty-one students from 18 universities traveled to 31 states for the investigation with more than 100 media properties will publish portions of the investigation. Investigate the full archive Republish our work. It's all Creative Commons....