
UC Berkeley IRP
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UC Berkeley IRP
@UCBerkeleyIRP
The Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley reports stories that expose injustice and abuse of power while training the next generation of journalists.








Kate Raphael's ('24) investigation into the confusion that often surrounds D.N.R.s, part of @UCBerkeleyIRP's "Aging in America" series, is a "Great Read" on today's @nytimes home page. Just terrific, public interest reporting. Bravo. nytimes.com/2024/08/26/wel…


“They kept tasing and tasing and tasing.” A band of sheriff’s deputies roamed poor neighborhoods in a Mississippi county for nearly two decades, barging into homes in the middle of the night and, witnesses say, torturing people for information. nyti.ms/46AOPDb

Of the nearly 18M Americans living near oil and gas wells, close to 3 million are 65 and older. For older adults, living in polluted areas has the potential for devastating, even life-ending, health problems. grist.org/health/pennsyl…











