For about 20 years, we've been fighting for simple things, basic services. We will wait for electricity, water, sanitation and housing." - Lucky Ngobeni on why he organizes service delivery protests in Soweto, South Africa
Affiliations
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Society of Environmental Journalists
Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry at the University of the Witwatersrand
Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism
Education
Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
Experience
United States
--Investigated failures in the system governing coal mine closure and reclamation.
--Covered environmental, political and education issues for The Arizona Republic.
--Reported on local corruption with the Medill Watchdog. Partnered with The Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV.
--Worked with the Medill Justice Project to produce investigations on wrongful conviction homicide cases. Partnered with The Washington Post and the Wisconsin State Journal.
Southern Africa
--Investigated abandoned mines, mine closure and foreign companies' influence in South Africa's mining sector.
--Covered government corruption, electricity generation, gang activities and drug epidemics around Johannesburg.
--Reported on the competing interests of hydropower and large-scale irrigation along Lake Malawi.
The Caribbean
--Investigated environmental degradation in Trinidad and Tobago.
--Covered permaculture in Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and Dominica.
Sweden
--With the Medill Justice Project, conducted a ground-breaking investigation into Sweden's often-misdiagnosis of skakvåld, a medical diagnosis known as "shaken-baby syndrome" in the U.S.
Grants and Awards
--McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism; Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources' Frank Allen Field Reporting Award; David Dietz Fellowship; Fund for Investigative Journalism grant, multi-time recipient; Fund for Environmental Journalism grant; Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grant; Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research Grant; Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern Grant; Undergraduate Research Grant
--SAB Environmental Media Awards print journalist of the year (South Africa, 2017); Global Editors Network Data Journalism Awards 2017, open data Shortlist; Pulliam Fellowship; Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award, multi-time finalist
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Society of Environmental Journalists
Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry at the University of the Witwatersrand
Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism
Education
Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
Experience
United States
--Investigated failures in the system governing coal mine closure and reclamation.
--Covered environmental, political and education issues for The Arizona Republic.
--Reported on local corruption with the Medill Watchdog. Partnered with The Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV.
--Worked with the Medill Justice Project to produce investigations on wrongful conviction homicide cases. Partnered with The Washington Post and the Wisconsin State Journal.
Southern Africa
--Investigated abandoned mines, mine closure and foreign companies' influence in South Africa's mining sector.
--Covered government corruption, electricity generation, gang activities and drug epidemics around Johannesburg.
--Reported on the competing interests of hydropower and large-scale irrigation along Lake Malawi.
The Caribbean
--Investigated environmental degradation in Trinidad and Tobago.
--Covered permaculture in Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and Dominica.
Sweden
--With the Medill Justice Project, conducted a ground-breaking investigation into Sweden's often-misdiagnosis of skakvåld, a medical diagnosis known as "shaken-baby syndrome" in the U.S.
Grants and Awards
--McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism; Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources' Frank Allen Field Reporting Award; David Dietz Fellowship; Fund for Investigative Journalism grant, multi-time recipient; Fund for Environmental Journalism grant; Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grant; Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research Grant; Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern Grant; Undergraduate Research Grant
--SAB Environmental Media Awards print journalist of the year (South Africa, 2017); Global Editors Network Data Journalism Awards 2017, open data Shortlist; Pulliam Fellowship; Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award, multi-time finalist