With your support, SpotlightDC has delivered by funding 18 watchdog projects with $80,000 in awards. We award your contributions directly to journalists investigating consequential, under-reported stories. Take these five:
DC’s child welfare system has covered up deaths of children in its care.
90% of “recycling” from DC apartments buildings goes to the dump.
Fraud in DC’s eviction system put tenants on the street without notice.
DC vowed to close illegal pot storefronts but bowed to owners to back off.
Heat Islands across DC cause deaths in unlikely neighborhoods.
Please listen for our campaign this week on WAMU/DCist: Support for WAMU comes from Spotlight DC, whose mission is to support investigative journalism in the DC region by building a community of watchdog reporters and holding the powerful to account.
With gratitude and thanks,
Brian Kelly, Chair
Harry Jaffe, President
Board Members: Denise Rolark Barnes, Margaret “Peggy” Engel, Cheryl W. Thompson, Terence Samuel, Derek Musgrove
