Student & Alumni Work

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They’re Children at Risk of Abuse, and Their Caseworkers Are Stuck Home

Is High School Running in Need of a Reckoning?

Florence Hope Middleton (’24) named College Photographer of the Year finalist

New Generation Of Mexican Singers Embrace Corridos

The Enduring Reign of El Daña, Drag King of the Central Valley

Forced Sterilization Survivors Undertake Own Healing After Feeling ‘Silenced Again’ by State

Across the ocean: a Japanese American story of war and homecoming

Dirty Business

Best Nonfiction Winner, College Television Awards

Port Feudal

Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Hope at the end of the line

Best Student Portfolio, Online Journalism Awards

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Farmers Need Help to Survive. A New Crop of Farm Advocates Is on the Way.

Cara Nixon ('24) reports on the necessity for advocacy in the farming community.

Matthew Shelton stands with his peers, displaying his "Teacher of the Month" certificate.

Records detail how Benicia teacher accused of sexual misconduct regained teaching license

Holly McDede ('25) exposes how a teacher charged with sexual misconduct was able to regain his teaching license and was charged again with molesting students in Benicia, CA.

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Political Influence of Behested Payments

Laura Fitzgerald ('24) and Max Harrison-Caldwell ('24) report on how behested payments influence California politics.

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Audio documentary: Forced Sterilization Survivors Undertake Own Healing After Feeling ‘Silenced Again’ by State

Cayla Mihalovich ('24) reports how, feeling dismissed by the State, survivors of forced sterilization in California created their own memorialization project.

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This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct — and ensures problem officers can get hired again

Katey Rusch ('20) and Casey Smith ('20) uncover the secret system that hides police misconduct throughout California.

How California police agencies dole out disability pensions to problem officers: Key takeaways from our investigation

The IRP's Katey Rusch reports on how law enforcement agencies throughout California have doled out tax-free pensions in order to get rid of to problem officers.

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Pediatricians’ obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence about eating disorder risks

Kate Raphael investigates how new pediatric guidelines for treating obesity could fuel the development of eating disorders for STAT News.

Mary Cooper, an older white woman in a checkered button down shirt sits in a wheelchair at the kitchen table.

Doctors Saved Her Life. She Didn’t Want Them To.

The IRP's Kate Raphael reports on how “do not resuscitate” orders are often overlooked or misunderstood, the latest in our reporting on Aging in America.

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How campaign funds and charitable donations help Big Oil wield power in Sacramento

Laura Fitzgerald ('24) and Max Harrison-Caldwell ('24) investigate how charitable contributions help Big Oil wield power in California politics.

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They Earned Parole. A Court Order Keeps Them From Returning Home

Cayla Mihalovich investigates how a court order is keeping people in California incarcerated, even when they have been approved for parole.

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A Baby Adopted, A Family Divided

The IRP's Bernice Yeung reports on how a non-native family adopted a baby girl from the Northern Cheyenne reservation, circumventing the mission of the Indian Child Welfare Act.