Injustice Watch

Injustice Watch is a nonprofit organization that conducts in-depth reporting on the courts system, with a focus on Chicago and Illinois. It collaborates regularly with other local newsrooms, providing opportunities to undertake joint data-driven investigations and reach wide and diverse audiences. MacArthur funds support Injustice Watch’s general operations, enabling it to undertake its work flexibly. The intended outcome of this grant is reporting that contributes to greater public scrutiny of the judicial sector.

Injustice Watch is a nonprofit organization that conducts in-depth reporting on the court system, with a focus on Chicago and Illinois. It collaborates regularly with other local newsrooms, providing opportunities to undertake joint data-driven investigations and reach wide and diverse audiences. It is well known for its judicial elections guide, which is widely distributed across Cook County, and through partner organizations. MacArthur funds will support Injustice Watch’s general operations, enabling it to undertake its work flexibly. The intended outcome of this grant is greater public scrutiny of the judicial sector.

Injustice Watch is a journalistic organization that provides in-depth research on the judicial system; exposing failures that prevent the advancement of justice and equity. With focus on the inequities within the Cook County Circuit Court system, Injustice Watch – in partnership with the Better Government Association and DataMade – launched The Courts Transparency Project (The Circuit) in October 2020. This collaborative effort explores twenty years of data within the Cook County Circuit Court and elevates findings and trends within the data to be used as the foundation for investigative journalism projects. This grant supports Injustice Watch journalists’ participation in data training workshops, which will increase the organization’s capacity to work with large amounts of data on this and future projects.

Injustice Watch is a nonprofit organization that conducts in-depth investigative reporting that exposes institutional failures that obstruct justice and equity. Its work focuses largely on the systemic inequities within the justice system, and the people most impacted by that system. The geographic focus of Injustice Watch’s reporting is Cook County and Illinois, but it also takes on projects that are national in scope. This award supports general operations to help Injustice Watch continue its impactful reporting projects and respond flexibly to the challenges of reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intended outcome of this award is more in-depth investigative reporting, distributed in impactful and creative ways through partnerships with news organizations and community organizations, that contribute to greater public understanding of the implications of the inequities of the justice system in the United States.