My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
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"Seventeen journalists have been selected for a fellowship program that will focus on the economic and educational challenges faced by children in immigrant families.
The Institute for Justice and Journalism will conduct its annual “Immigration in the Heartland” program at the University of Oklahoma April 21-24. The program will feature discussions with experts, database workshops and a reporting trip about children in immigrant families, who count for one in four of all U.S. youngsters. With immigration at the forefront of this year’s political debates, the conference will explore how policies have impacted families. As part of their fellowships, reporters will be working on projects that will be published by their news organizations.
The Heartland fellows, chosen from a competitive application process, are:
This is the fourth year that IJJ has organized an “Immigration in the Heartland” conference in partnership with OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and its Institute for Research and Training. IJJ, a nonprofit based in Oakland, Calif., seeks to strengthen journalism on social justice issues through fellowships, reporting workshops, direct support of in-depth stories and the development of digital resources for reporters.
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation has funded all four Heartland programs. The 2013 program also is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which is dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States.
For more information, please contact IJJ Executive Director Phuong Ly, phuong@justicejournalism.org."