A TEACHING LAB DEDICATED TO INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Meet the Students
Our mission follows the Missouri Method of learning by doing. WWG student researchers work with experienced investigative journalists writing books for major publishers. Watch the videos on the right to hear what the class of 2026 enjoyed about WWG. Scroll down to read about our current and former students.
Student Testimonials
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The Students 2026 - 2027
Emily Skidmore
Emily Skidmore is a senior journalism student with an emphasis in reporting and writing at the University of Missouri.
Eric Hughes
Eric Hughes is a senior at the University of Missouri studying journalism, with minors in economics and English.
Bella Zielinski
Bella Zielinski is a senior at the University of Missouri studying journalism and constitutional democracy.
Laiba Khan Zai
Laiba Khan Zai is an international graduate student from Pakistan studying investigative and data journalism at the University of Missouri.
Julia Garrison
Julia Garrison is a second-year master’s student at the University of Missouri studying investigative and data journalism.
Nico Berlin
Nico Berlin is a junior studying journalism and art history at the University of Missouri.
Laine Cibulskis
Laine Cibulskis is a second-year economics graduate student at the University of Missouri.
Ivy Reed
Ivy Reed is a senior at the University of Missouri majoring in journalism and women and gender studies.
Maggie LeBeau
Maggie LeBeau is a junior at the University of Missouri studying journalism and history.
Jamie Lu
Jamie Lu is a sophomore at the University of Missouri studying journalism and constitutional democracy.
Students 2025 – 2026
Cayli Yanagida
Cayli Yanagida is a recent graduate from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Laine Cibulskis
Laine Cibulskis is a second-year economics graduate student at the University of Missouri.
Ivy Reed
Ivy Reed is a senior at the University of Missouri majoring in journalism and women and gender studies.
Amber Roldan
Amber Roldan is in the accelerated masters program studying reporting and writing with a women and gender studies minor.
Cristal Sanchez
Cristal Sanchez is a bilingual reporter at the University of Missouri focused on solutions journalism and covering marginalized communities.
Students 2024 – 2025
Paige Gerling
Paige Gerling graduated from the University of Missouri in May 2025 with degrees in journalism and political science.
Bryan Chou
Bryan Chou is now a freelance reporter and fact checker for the Guardian and other major publications.
Anna Colletto
Anna Colletto is now a reporter at the Tulsa Flyer, a new nonprofit newsroom in Oklahoma.
Emma Flannery
Emma Flannery graduated from the the University of Missouri School of Journalism in May 2025.
Students 2023
Valerie Nava
Valerie Nava is now an education lab reporter for The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. She reports on K-12 and higher education.
Evy Lewis
Evy Lewis is now working full-time as a daily reporter at the Daily Southtown, a subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune.
Anna Colletto
Anna Colletto is now a reporter at the Tulsa Flyer, a new nonprofit newsroom in Oklahoma.
Students 2022
Claudia Rivera Cotto
Claudia Rivera-Cotto now covers political, government and immigration issues in North Carolina for Enlace Latino NC.
Beatričė Bankauskaitė
Beatričė Bankauskaitė earned her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in May 2023.
Jana Rose Schleis
Jana Rose Schleis is now a reporter at KBIA, Mid-Missouri’s public radio station, and an instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Teghan Simonton
Teghan Simonton is now a data reporter on the health and business team for Tampa Bay Times.
Amethyst Mavis Chan
Amethyst Mavis Chan is a reporter for the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
Students 2021
Students 2020
Lesson from the Field: October 28, 2026
Pulitzer Prize Winner Azmat Khan
Introduction: Laiba Zai and Laine Cibulskis, graduate students at the University of Missouri and WWG student researchers
Lesson from the Field: September 30, 2026
Sidney Award Winner Dan Kaufman
Introduction: Julia Garrison, graduate student at the Missouri School of Journalism and WWG student researcher
Ted Genoways and Bryan Chou
High Country News
September 2025
NYT staff with research by Laine Cibulskis
The New York Times
November 2025
Pamela Colloff
New York Times Magazine
February 2026