The funding will support reporting on a variety of issues, from the environmental and financial concerns surrounding the closing of abandoned American coal mines, to the sharp rise in student loan debt that parents are taking on for their children and the ability of highly-indebted energy companies to fund the safe removal of aging offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
The McGraw Fellowships, an initiative of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, were created in 2014 to support ambitious coverage of critical issues related to the U.S. economy and business. The Fellowships – awarded twice a year – enable experienced journalists to produce deeply reported works of investigative or enterprise business journalism.
The new McGraw Fellows are:
Working at the intersection of the environment, politics and the economy, Olalde has reported from the U.S., the Caribbean and southern Africa. He has previously written for Yale Environment 360, The Arizona Republic, Roads & Kingdoms and others. He recently completed a similar investigation into South Africa’s mines, where his work freed never-before-seen data that reimagined the country’s understanding of its failed mine closure system and played a role in leading to legislative amendments.
Since 2010, Snider has reported on a wide range of personal finance topics, from consumer travel to college financial aid, student loans and employment for U.S. News. She previously worked at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and has appeared as a personal finance expert on shows including Fox & Friends, the Tavis Smiley Show, and Fox Business News.
Plough is a member of Debtwire’s first dedicated investigative journalism team and led its coverage of the financial burden that aging oil and gas platforms pose to the offshore energy industry. The first in a series of stories, ‘Dangers in the Deep’, won regional and national business journalism awards. With a background in data-driven investigative journalism, he has reported on business, human rights and environmental issues.
Roughly 100 journalists working in nearly a dozen countries applied for the latest round of McGraw Fellowships. Each Fellow receives a stipend of up to $5,000 a month for three months. The McGraw Center provides Fellows with financial backing, editorial support and assistance placing stories with media outlets.
Applications for McGraw Fellowships are considered twice a year. The next deadline for proposals is December 15, 2017. For more information and the online application, go to www.mcgrawcenter.org.
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