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Visual & Interactive Stories Local Journalism Initiative After The Flood, Episode 1: The Day Of In Episode 1 of "After the Flood," Matthew Childress and his wife, Wendie, learn that their daughter, Chloe, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic, is missing Meet our 2025-26 partners “ Breakdown in Maine ,” an investigation by our 2024 LJI partners — Portland Press Herald and Maine Public Radio — was an award-winning multiplatform series that included a FRONTLINE documentary , newspaper series and podcast , which was interpreted into American Sign Language Asheville, North Carolina The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Charleston, South Carolina A statewide public radio collaboration Local Partner Investigations How Pennsylvania’s falling school vaccination rates and enforcement failures put thousands of children at risk How did PFAS chemicals once used in popular stain-resistant carpets end up in the water and environment in parts of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina?

South Carolina’s Rural Voters What matters most to rural voters in South Carolina this election year? The Post and Courier, in collaboration with Report for America, examines the issues that are top of mind for small town voters Immigration is one of the country’s most divisive political issues.

The Texas Tribune investigates Texas' unprecedented militarization of the 1254-mile Texas-Mexico border, separating reality from political rhetoric Breakdown: Investigating Maine’s deadliest shooting In October 2023, a local Army Reservist opened fire inside two family businesses in Lewiston, a small city north of Portland. Within minutes, 18 were killed and 13 wounded – and the largely pro-gun state was left reeling.

The Portland A two-year investigation by The Public’s Radio reveals how some migrant teens end up working in risky jobs at seafood processing plants in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Underage and Unprotected examines the role of staffing agencies, which many teens said hired The mental health care system in North Carolina has been failing for years.

Perhaps nowhere is that more evident than those who get caught up in the criminal justice system, out of sight, therefore out of mind for the general A first-of-its-kind effort to expose questionable government conduct and corruption throughout South Carolina.

The Post and Courier has teamed with 17 community newspapers in this effort, which aims to strengthen accountability of taxpayer dollars and democracy in the Palmetto State Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The Tampa Bay Times investigates the profound consequences.

Part 1: The Factory | Part 2: The Failings | Part 3: The Fallout This Chattanooga Times Free Press Charleston, South Carolina A statewide public radio collaboration Charlotte, North Carolina Contaminated: The Carpet Industry’s Toxic Legacy All Local Journalism Stories All Articles Documentaries Podcasts Interviews Visual & Interactives Announcements After The Flood, Episode 1: The Day Of In Episode 1 of "After the Flood," Matthew Childress and his wife, Wendie, learn that their daughter, Chloe, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic, is missing Amid a Measles Resurgence, Pennsylvania Leaders Say Plunging Vaccine Rates in Thousands of Schools Will be Made Public Following a Post-Gazette investigation, the move by top health and education officials will allow parents to track falling immunization rates in classrooms As Vaccination Rates Plunge in Pennsylvania Schools, Measles Cases Surge in Largest Outbreak in Three Decades Dozens of school-age children in the southeastern region of Pennsylvania are contracting the highly contagious disease Pennsylvania Schools Shared Widely Debunked Vaccine Claims With Thousands of Parents School links directed parents to website that claimed the shots cause autism, diabetes, paralysis — and death Georgia Officials Watched, Waited as Carpet Mills Polluted Water With Toxic Chemicals Northwest Georgia reckons with sickness and litigation after residents drank contaminated water for decades.

State regulators did little to stem forever chemicals as they spread through the region How We Investigated Pennsylvania’s Plunging School Vaccine Rates and Lack of State Enforcement The Post-Gazette’s goal was to obtain as much data as possible — including the most current numbers available for all the schools across Pennsylvania Known as the FRED model, the program turned out to be instrumental in convincing lawmakers to pass the rare legislation that took away the ability of residents to skip the vaccines because of religious or personal beliefs How Pennsylvania's falling school vaccination rates and enforcement failures put thousands of children at risk How Georgia’s Carpet Empire Contaminated Drinking Water in East Alabama When officials went looking for the source of forever chemicals in the drinking water in Gadsden, Alabama, they determined that it didn’t come from anywhere nearby What To Know About Forever Chemicals A consumer guide to understanding PFAS and the steps you can take to reduce exposure How a SC Riverkeeper’s Detective Work Reveals a Deeper Tale About the Carpet Industry’s PFAS Legacy A South Carolina riverkeeper traced PFAS, or forever chemicals, to a specific carpet plant on the Lower Saluda River in Irmo Inside America’s Carpet Capital: An Empire and Its Toxic Legacy The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South Contaminated: The Carpet Industry’s Toxic Legacy How did PFAS chemicals once used in popular stain-resistant carpets end up in the water and environment in parts of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina?

ASL-Interpreted Videos for “Breakdown” Podcast Investigating Deadly Maine Shooting American Sign Language-interpreted videos for the podcast series “Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action,” which examined the deadly 2023 mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, and the aftermath What the Lewiston Shooter’s Brain Injury Can Tell Us About Blast Exposure in the Military Experts say the gunman’s brain tissue points to traumatic injury ‘likely’ caused by blasts in the line of duty; the Army disagrees, but is taking steps to limit exposure Listen to the enhanced audio-only version of 'Breakdown in Maine,' from FRONTLINE, Maine Public Radio, and the Portland Press herald Episode 6: ‘I Think There’s Hope’ In the aftermath of Lewiston, healing and recovery is taking many forms Episode 5: ‘We’re Still Here’ Four members of Maine's deaf community died in Lewiston in October 2023 in what is believed to be the deadliest mass shooting of deaf people in the U.

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