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The Fuller Project’s reporting on women excluded from 9/11 healthcare benefits, particularly those with uterine cancer, and its impact on changing health coverage policies, was highlighted in The Spark newsletter.
New York Times reporter Megha Rajagopalan was featured on KALW’s Your Call to discuss The Fuller Project and The New York Times’ joint investigation of the human rights abuses benefiting global sugar brands.
Washington, D.C. – The global journalism collaborative Covering Climate Now has recognized The Fuller Project with a 2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Award for an investigation into the link between extreme weather events, made more frequent and intense by climate change, and increased incidents of violence against women.
Published in partnership with The Washington Post and Nation, The Fuller Project reported from India, Kenya and the Philippines on how floods, storms and droughts are combining with poverty and acting as a force multiplier to increase the pressures that make women vulnerable to domestic abuse.
The piece was among 51 selected out of more than 1,250 entries from journalists in dozens of countries, working in every medium, for outlets including Agence France-Presse, BBC News, and Reuters. A judging panel of 117 distinguished journalists selected three winners in each of 14 subject-based categories, including solutions, justice, politics, and health, among others, for work representing “the leading edge of climate storytelling.” The Fuller Project was recognized in the health category.
“The women in this story are trapped by flooding, both literally and figuratively,” one judge said. “I found myself feeling claustrophobic at the descriptions of being trapped by floodwaters in a home with an abusive husband.’”
For this investigation, reporters Geoffrey Ondieki, Disha Shetty, and Aie Balagtas See interviewed women at a refuge in a region of northern Kenya and a rural Indian community downstream from the Himalayas. In the Philippines, they traveled to a remote island hit by a deadly supertyphoon to hear the stories of women trapped in emergency shelters with abusive partners. They combined this with testimony from scientific experts researching the emerging links between climate change and abuse.
“Thanks to our gender journalism partnership with Nation Media Group in Kenya, the lead byline on this story was a local journalist in Samburu County, whose reporting allowed us to access women’s stories that would otherwise be ignored,” said Fuller Project Managing Editor Claire Cozens, who oversaw the project. “Bringing underreported local stories from the global south to the world’s attention is at the core of The Fuller Project’s work and this recognition from Covering Climate Now underscores the importance of our mission.”
The Fuller Project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women. Since 2015, The Fuller Project’s reporting has influenced new legislation, helped end life-threatening practices, and led to large scale releases of public data.
Contact: Kim Abbott at 202-441-4404.
The Fuller Project’s reporting on the women left out of 9/11 healthcare benefits was mentioned in Spark News’ In the Balance newsletter.
The Fuller Project’s investigation into popular essential oils company doTERRA was mentioned in The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s The Spark newsletter.
The Fuller Project’s story on an artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to prevent suicide among U.S. military veterans that prioritize white men and ignores survivors of sexual violence was mentioned in California Healthline, Kaiser Health News’ daily California briefing.
The Fuller Project’s Aaron Glantz was featured on WBUR’s Here & Now to discuss his latest investigation into an artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to prevent suicide among U.S. military veterans that prioritizes white men and ignores survivors of sexual violence.
The Fuller Project’s Jodi Enda was featured on KALW’s Your Call to discuss her reporting on the global cost of the anti-abortion movement.
The Fuller Project’s Hanisha Harjani was featured on WBUR’s Here & Now to discuss their reporting that revealed women account for less than a third of people employed in the clean energy workforce.
Washington, D.C. – Three Fuller Project contributing reporters have been selected as 2024 finalists for excellence in international reporting by the prestigious Livingston Awards, which honor the best reporting and storytelling by young journalists under the age of 35.
The finalists in local, national and international reporting categories were chosen from more than 400 entries and represent The Fuller Project’s 2023 reporting from Somaliland, Afghanistan and Ukraine:
“Somaliland’s Frankincense Brings Gold to Companies. Its Women Pay the Price” by Rachel Fobar, published in partnership with The Guardian US
“Afghan Women Take Their Own Lives as Despair Grows Under Taliban Rule” by Zahra Nader, co-published with The Guardian and Zan Times
‘This War Made Him a Monster.’ Ukrainian Women Fear the Return of Their Partners” by Jessie Williams, published in partnership with TIME Magazine
“It’s hugely gratifying to see this recognition for the talented young journalists we work with to shine a light on injustices around the world that would otherwise go unreported,” said Claire Cozens, The Fuller Project’s Global Managing Editor, who oversaw the three projects. “This is a testament to their tenacious reporting, and to the courage of the women who shared their stories with us.”
The Fuller Project’s journalism is represented alongside leading newsrooms including The Washington Post, The New York Times, New Lines Magazine and The Nation.
“This year’s finalists share a commitment to truth, accountability, nuance and empathy at a moment in which these qualities can often feel in short supply,” said Lynette Clemetson, director of the awards and the Wallace House Center for Journalists, in announcing the finalists.
One winner will be selected in each of the three categories by an esteemed panel of judges including Raney Aronson-Rath, executive producer, “FRONTLINE”; Sally Buzbee, executive editor, The Washington Post; Sewell Chan, editor in chief, The Texas Tribune; Audie Cornish, anchor and correspondent, CNN; Lydia Polgreen, opinion columnist, The New York Times; and Kara Swisher, podcast host, New York Magazine, among others. The winners will be announced June 11, 2024.
The Fuller Project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women. Since 2015, The Fuller Project’s reporting has influenced new legislation, helped end life-threatening practices, and led to large scale releases of public data.
We report exclusive stories centered on women that otherwise would not be told. Our long-standing focus on women, especially those facing racial or other forms of bias, leads to journalism that by challenging conventional thinking inspires action. Our reporting is relied on by policymakers, corporate leaders, influencers, and individuals across the globe, leading to better outcomes for women and their communities.
Contact: Kim Abbott at 202-441-4404.
The Fuller Project’s investigation into India’s sugar cane farming industry was mentioned in The New York Times’ Monday Briefing newsletter.
The Fuller Project’s investigation into India’s sugar cane farming industry was mentioned in Fortune’s Broadsheet newsletter.
The Fuller Project’s investigation into why women make up just 31% of workers in green energy was reprinted in the Sierra Club Magazine.
The Fuller Project’s reporting on Africa’s fashion boom and its potential to create more jobs for women was mentioned in the Wilson Quarterly December dispatch.
The Fuller Project’s Aaron Glantz was featured on Marketplace to discuss our investigation into why women make up just 31 percent of workers in green energy, the sexism they experience, and the historic opportunity to rebalance the field.
Fortune’s Broadsheet mentioned Laurie Hays as The Fuller Project’s new Editor-in-Chief/CEO.
Talking Biz News mentioned Laurie Hays as The Fuller Project’s new Editor-in-Chief/CEO
Washington, D.C. – Laurie Hays, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor who spent 30 years leading investigations and enterprise reporting at the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News, has been named Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women. In the newly created role, Hays will oversee both the day-to-day operations of the newsroom and the business functions of the nonprofit. She replaces Fuller co-founder and CEO Dr. Xanthe Scharff, who will continue to support The Fuller Project as a special advisor.
“We are so pleased to announce that Laurie Hays will lead The Fuller Project, bringing her unique experience and talents to this vital mission,” said Tim Isgitt, Chair of the Board of Directors. “We look forward to working with Laurie and The Fuller Project team in this next chapter, to build upon the tremendous foundation of impactful reporting that has been developed in its first eight years under the leadership of co-founder Xanthe Scharff.”
Scharff, who announced her departure to staff last month, has led The Fuller Project from a small group of dedicated freelance reporters to a thriving global nonprofit newsroom producing journalism that routinely catalyzes positive change for women and their communities. During her tenure, Fuller has produced reporting from 67 countries on five continents, earning more than 30 industry awards including a Helen Gurley Brown Genius Award.“The board is deeply grateful for Xanthe’s visionary leadership and service,” said Isgitt.
“As we step into our next chapter, Laurie’s position as both our top executive and editorial visionary reflects the seriousness with which we take our investigative journalism, which is deepening and driving more impact everyday,” said Scharff of her successor.
Hays’ professional journalism career began in New Orleans as a politics and education reporter for the States-Item and Times Picayune. She joined the Wall Street Journal in 1986, where she reported from Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1993, served as bureau chief in Atlanta, national news editor starting in 2003, and finally as assistant managing editor for investigations. After 23 years, she left the Journal in 2008 for Bloomberg News to oversee 1,200 beat reporters globally and reshape the newsroom to break more stories and pursue stronger enterprise articles. Under her leadership, Bloomberg won its first and only Pulitzer Prize, along with numerous education and business reporting awards.
She left Bloomberg in 2015 to work in crisis consulting for Brunswick and Edelman, and later founded Laurie Hays & Assoc., a strategic communications advisory firm focused on business and society, primarily working on #MeToo issues and advocating for equality in the workplace for women and people of color.
Hays serves on the boards of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, the Overseas Press Club, and the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism. She was a founding director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning non-profit Marshall Project and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.
“As a passionate journalist and feminist, I’m very excited to have the opportunity to lead this great organization,” said Hays. “Margaret Fuller was a women’s rights pioneer who believed that women needed to read as much as possible and fully engage with the world to attain equality with men. We still have a long way to go, and The Fuller Project’s mission is ever more urgent, publishing important, untold stories about women’s struggles and achievements as we work to catalyze change and break down the structural barriers still holding women back.”
Hays assumes her new role in early January.
The Fuller Project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women. Since 2015, The Fuller Project’s reporting has influenced new legislation, helped end life-threatening practices, and led to large scale releases of public data.
We report exclusive stories centered on women that otherwise would not be told. Our long-standing focus on women, especially those facing racial or other forms of bias, leads to journalism that by challenging conventional thinking inspires action. Our reporting is relied on by policymakers, corporate leaders, influencers, and individuals across the globe, leading to better outcomes for women and their communities.
Contact: Kim Abbott at 202-441-4404.
