Featured Student Stories

Select Watchdog Writers Group students research and write investigative reports for major regional and national outlets.

Bryan Chou
“How an immigration raid reshaped meatpacking — and America”
Ted Genoways and Bryan Chou
High Country News
September 2025
Laine Cibulskis
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER: “Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy”
NYT staff with research by Laine Cibulskis
The New York Times
November 2025
Egan Ward
“Tyson Foods cut contracts with Missouri farmers and is working to silence their legal fight”
Egan Ward
Investigate Midwest
December 2024
“High-fee crypto ATMs center around low-income parts of Kansas City”
Dan Mika
The Kansas City Beacon
August 2023
Jana Rose Schleis
“Reviving the soil: Boone County rancher helps lead a movement in regenerative agriculture”
Jana Rose Schleis
KBIA
July 2023