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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: America After Roe News21 explores the aftermath of the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the broad impacts across the U.S. 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 2022 In Pursuit For News21’s In Pursuit” project, our journalists examined the status of police reform and accountability in America. The journalists looked not only at what’s changing and why, they also focused on exploring solutions-based approaches to police reform. 2021 Unmasking America Unmasking America” investigated disparities in policies and practices that intensified under COVID-19. 2020 Kids Imprisoned: investigates juvenile justice in America Kids Imprisoned” Justice for juveniles is handed down disproportionately, depending on where they live, their race, which police officer arrests them, or which judge, prosecutor or probation officer happens to be involved in the case. Juvenile courts process nearly 750,000 cases each year. 2019 State of Emergency: News21 investigates disaster recovery State of Emergency” documents how the U.S. government responds to a growing number of natural disasters. A News21 analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data showed that smaller disasters accounted for more than 60 percent of all federally declared disasters between 2003 and 2018. Yet they received at least $57.3 billion less in public assistance from FEMA. Students traveled to 25 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to tell stories of communities devastated by natural disasters. 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. Investigate the full archive Republish our work. It’s all Creative...