Featured Student Stories

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

Christopher Leonard, WWG Director
“The THAAD Delusion”
Christopher Leonard
The Atlantic
September 2026
Dan Kaufman
“Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin?”
Dan Kaufman
The New Yorker
August 2026
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
Mya Frazier
“When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go?”
Mya Frazier
The New York Times Magazine
May 2021