Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism

A monthslong investigation in partnership with FOX59/CBS4 found local law enforcement in increasingly cooperating with ICE agents on joint operations across Indiana.

Arnolt Center students Isabella Vesperini, Caitlin Follman, Jonah Gotkin, Charlie Herman, Carson Johnson, Lydia Loglisci, Rachel Stickelmaier and McKenzie Vitale reported and researched the story.

A special thanks to Max Lewis and CJ Hoyt at Fox59/CBS4 for the collaboration and support.

Inside the quiet collaboration between Indiana police and ICE AVON, Ind. – A police officer turns down the music in his car as he pulls into the parking lot in front of Planet Fitness in Avon. He walks up to the car he’s pulled over. “The reason for the stop …

The Arnolt Center’s annual symposium is a week away!

Former Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron will headline the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism Symposium at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 in Presidents Hall. His speech will conclude an afternoon-long symposium featuring award-winning journalists from the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, The New York Times, ESPN, The Athletic and WTHR.

The symposium is sponsored by the Scripps-Howard Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, the Hoosier State Press Association Foundation, Free Press Indiana, the Indiana Citizen, the Indiana Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Indiana Broadcasters Association, Hutton Honors College and Gray Television and held in partnership with the Bloomington Press Club, Chalkbeat Indiana, Fox 59/ CBS 4, the Indiana Capital Chronicle, the Indiana Daily Student, IndyStar, the Indiana Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Indianapolis Press Club Foundation, Limestone Post, the National Association of Black Journalists at Indiana University, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists at Indiana University, the National Sports Journalism Center, the Radio Television Digital News Association, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, WTHR and The Media School at Indiana University.

The panels and keynote address are free and open to all students, faculty, staff, Indiana journalists and the general public, but attendees are asked to preregister at https://arnoltcenter.org/events.

Marty Baron, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, will headline the 2026 Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism Symposium on Feb. 26. Baron’s 6 p.m. speech in Presidents Hall will wrap up an afternoon of panels featuring journalists from the Associated Press, Washington Post, New York Times, ESPN, Bloomberg News, The Athletic and WTHR.

The full schedule and a link for a free registration is on the center’s website: https://arnoltcenter.org/events/

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Support the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism The Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism employs IU students to produce investigative stories working with different news organizations across Indiana and the country.

Today we’re kicking off our NewsMatch campaign at the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism.

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The Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism, in partnership with the IndyStar, found that Indiana’s 64 nonprofit hospitals with emergency rooms collectively spent 1.1% of their total expenses ($220 million) to assist patients with medical costs, according to an analysis of federal tax documents filed in 2023.

The same hospitals collectively made $1.8 billion in profit, the analysis found.

Thanks to our partners at IndyStar for collaborating with the center on this project. A special shout out to Tim Evans for helping guide the story along.

Center students Brookelyn Lambright, Megan Garnai, Avery Lowry, Edie Schwarb, Lauren Stickelmaier and Alayna Wilkening wrote and reported the story. Brenna Polovina contributed research.

Should Indiana's nonprofit hospitals do more to help patients struggling to pay high bills? Indiana’s nonprofit hospitals collectively direct just 1% of their total spending to assist patients struggling with high bills.

Members of Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation and their staffers have accepted roughly $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020, the latest Arnolt Center investigation found.

Thanks to our partners at the Indiana Captial Chronicle for publishing the story.

The center’s summer interns Zoe Benson, tanka dhakal, Jon Eckert, Edith Morales, Ethan Roberts and Taylor Satoski reported and wrote the story.

Five-star stays and Michelin-starred meals: Interest groups foot the bill for congressional travel • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation have accepted roughly $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020

🎉 Congratulations to another 2025 IJHF inductee: Kathleen Johnston

A Gary native, Kathleen Johnston got a taste of investigative journalism at the Indianapolis News, where she exposed the City-County Council’s use of secret caucuses. She took that focus when she joined WTHR-TV in Indianapolis as a producer. Johnston went on to further success as an investigative producer at CNN, then later at CBS News’ bureau in Washington, D.C. She now leads the Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University.

Learn more here --> https://www.ijhf.org/news/six-to-join-hall-oct-4