How To Apply
Applications to join our next class of Watchdog Writers Group fellows are now being accepted through May 15, 2022.
Apply to become a Watchdog Writers Group fellow here
Watchdog Writers Group funds the type of deep investigative journalism that is no longer supported by the private marketplace. We do this by giving annual fellowships to authors, and by hiring students to be reporters alongside them. In doing this, the program hopes to revitalize newsgathering in the middle of the country about vitally important issues.
The Team
THE AUTHORS, CLASS OF 2021
FELLOW
Pamela Colloff
Staff writer, New York Times Magazine
and Senior Reporter at ProPublica
Writing a book about the criminal justice system and jailhouse informants.
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FELLOW
Patricia “P.J.” Huffstutter
Agribusiness Reporter
at Reuters News
Writing a book about the farm debt crisis in rural America.
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FELLOW
John Eligon
New York Times National Correspondent
Developing a book project about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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DIRECTOR
Christopher Leonard
Executive Director
of the WWG
Writing a book about the Federal Reserve Bank and the American economy.
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THE STUDENTS, CLASS OF 2021
Steven Garrison
Working with Pamela Colloff to investigate the criminal justice system in Missouri and
other states.
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Peng “Fion” Chen
Working with P.J. Huffstutter to build a unique, searchable database of farm debt and loan defaults across America.
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Kelly Kullman
Working with Christopher Leonard to research the modern history
of U.S. banks.
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Recent Stories
Watch here for new stories regularly.
“False Witness”
The New York Times Magazine