https://www.investigativestudios.org/workshops-grants daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://www.investigativestudios.org/cover daily 1.0 2026-02-25 https://www.investigativestudios.org/board daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1625266931663-I48E1CT3YHEXMKK5D6WX/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_4a9c.jpg Leadership - Lowell Bergman, Founder Lowell Bergman is a board director with Investigative Studios and was its founder when it was the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Reva & David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Reporting at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Bergman’s career spans more than half a century, from helping to found the Center for Investigative Reporting in 1977 - the first non-profit investigative reporting group - to working as an investigative reporter and producer for ABC News, CBS News’ 60 Minutes, PBS FRONTLINE, and the New York Times. His stories in broadcast and print have received Emmys, DuPonts, Peabodys, and a Polk, and he shared in a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. George Washington University's Encyclopedia of Journalism named him one of the "Thirty Most Important Investigative Reporters" in the last century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/b018225a-9825-4dc3-b1c2-75ba80d7903b/79FA9170-62B3-413F-95EF-749C2EDEFAD2_4_5005_c.jpeg Leadership - Richard Alden Feldon, President & Interim E.D. Richard “Alden” Feldon leads Investigative Studios as both Board President, a role he has held since 2023, and Interim Executive Director, assumed in early 2025. He brings to both roles the conviction that investigative journalism is essential to democracy and that democracy depends on well-informed citizens. His leadership philosophy is to empower great storytellers and give them the resources and independence to do their best work. Feldon's path to Investigative Studios spans multiple sectors, each oriented toward seeking the truth and ensuring it reaches those with the power to act on it. He has served on the Board of Directors since 2017. Before that, he spent eight years in philanthropy as a board director with the Reva & David Logan Foundation and as a board director and program director with the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, supporting organizations working in investigative journalism, documentary film, arts and culture, environmental preservation, and social justice. Earlier, Feldon spent two decades in marketing research before shifting for six years to climate change mitigation, collaborating with local, national, and international governments to achieve measurable, lasting environmental progress. Across each chapter, the throughline has been the same: a commitment to the hard, consequential work of revealing what is true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/2d2eaab6-d7a8-4457-8e23-df8d7ab660b7/20260325_DSC1774_1.jpg Leadership - David Schneider, Treasurer David Schneider has been a television journalist and documentary filmmaker for more than 40 years and owns Sonoma Films. In addition to producing his own projects, Schneider has served as a consultant on documentary films, including Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn from Investigative Studios. Schneider spent a combined 29 years at CBS News based in Los Angeles, Denver, New York, Washington, D.C., and northern California. For eight of those years, he was a producer with 60 Minutes and was one of the original producers for 60 Minutes II and 48 Hours. In 1998, Schneider was senior producer and writer for the groundbreaking CBS Reports documentary Enter the Jury Room, which filmed criminal trials and jury deliberations via remotely controlled cameras. The broadcast received the Alfred I. DuPont Silver Baton Award. Schneider’s work has also been recognized with six Emmys and a Peabody award. From 2002 to 2009, he was Head of Documentaries at Lucasfilm, where he created and managed a 30-person unit that produced 94 nonfiction historical films for the DVD release of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones television series. The highly acclaimed documentaries were followed by Manifest Destiny, a three-part feature-length series on the history of American foreign policy. From 1980 to 1981, Schneider was a Henry Luce Scholar and worked for GMA Television News in Manila, the Philippines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/a3b6d685-f993-46dd-914c-1af35d7024eb/IMG_2054.jpeg Leadership - Oriana Zill de Granados, Secretary Oriana Zill de Granados is an investigative writer and producer at CBS News and 60 Minutes. Recently, she has reported on the use of the corporate and banking system of Cyprus by Russian oligarchs to evade US Sanctions, corruption in the former Trump Administration’s efforts to build a border wall and on the government of China’s quest to collect the DNA of American citizens. In 2019, she was awarded an Alfred I. duPont/Columbia University Award for her reporting on the border crisis and the separation of children from immigrant parents. She has produced stories about failures in the government’s oversight of COVID-19 antibody testing, about allegations of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry, and questions surrounding Lance Armstrong and the use of performance-enhancing drugs, among others. Formerly, she was a producer and writer at PBS Frontline, including reporting on the four-hour series Drug Wars, which was awarded a George Foster Peabody Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/689b6058-e6dc-4efd-ab91-3dfb1e06e645/Yousur+Al-Hlou.jpg Leadership - Yousur Al-Hlou Yousur Al-Hlou is a visual journalist who most recently worked for The New York Times, reporting on international breaking news and investigations. She uses field reporting, visual evidence gathering, and original cinematography to investigate crimes in conflict zones and has documented human rights abuses and their impact on civilians in Syria, Gaza, and Ukraine. Her work with colleagues covering Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was awarded a 2022 George Polk Award, the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, and a 2024 DuPont Award. Previously, she was a global fellow for The Associated Press in Jerusalem, an associate producer at the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, and an associate producer for Al Jazeera’s documentary show “Fault Lines. She is now a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/26510a94-1817-4d79-a29c-473a703a3303/Markoff.png Leadership - John Gregory Markoff John Markoff is an affiliate fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence. In March of 2022 he published Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand (Penguin Press). In 2017-18 he was a Berggruen Fellow at CASBS. In 2017 he joined the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., as a staff historian. Previously he was a reporter at the The New York Times, beginning in March 1988 as the paper’s national computer writer. He moved back to Silicon Valley to report on the region in 1992. Markoff has written about technology and science since 1977. He reported on technology and the defense industry for The Pacific News Service in San Francisco from 1977 to 1981; he was a reporter at Infoworld from 1981 to 1983; he was the West Coast editor for Byte Magazine from 1984 to 1985 and wrote a column on personal computers for The San Jose Mercury from 1983 to 1985. He has also been a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism and an adjunct faculty member of the Stanford Graduate Program on Journalism. In 2005, with a group of Times reporters, he received the Loeb Award for business journalism. In 2007 he shared the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Breaking News award. In 2013 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting as part of a New York Times project on labor and automation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/926d60b9-3bb0-49b5-88ca-08825a62ac7e/Copy+of+FAC-David-Snyder-Final-25.jpg Leadership - David Snyder David Snyder, a lawyer and former journalist, became executive director of the First Amendment Coalition in 2017. Before leading FAC, David represented journalists and news companies as a lawyer with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. David had an active pro bono practice that included representing FAC in a long-running case seeking public access to data on applicants for admission to the State Bar of California. David served a two-year term as the volunteer attorney member of the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, which hears citizen complaints about violations of that city’s open-government law. David began his journalism career at his hometown newspaper, the Albuquerque Tribune, where as a high school student he covered sports. He went on to work at the Dallas Morning News and The Washington Post, where he was a staff writer on the metro desk from 2000 to 2005. He received a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin’s Plan II Honors Program and a Master of Science in Journalism, with honors, from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He earned his law degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law. David is the 2020 recipient of the Freedom of Information award given by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and under his leadership, FAC was named the nonprofit recipient of the 2020 James Madison award given by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California Chapter. David was raised in New Mexico and is a member of the California and New Mexico bars. https://www.investigativestudios.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-07-23 https://www.investigativestudios.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-06-28 https://www.investigativestudios.org/projects-v2 daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/7439c098-acf3-489f-8ba4-f59ce062e7d7/AAAAQWumuDHe9yDBl-SdBeV-4afkVOqMpl1_AHH8H_H52YSvQe4gUdjt88ExD-BVV7m-_WFP3U5hwrjROhOG78l4bXECUOQhLW7YHgv8pZo9xmvrbTcvDkROdqlU6D088pmkbt473rH3eqkr9uC88eJmZIRq-1.jpg Our Projects - TURNING POINT: The Bomb and The Cold War (Netflix, 2024) Turning Point: The Bomb and The Cold War, Trailer NOMINATED FOR EMMY AWARD 2025 This Emmy-nominated nine-part Netflix documentary series (2024) reveals the detailed history of how the United States built the Atom Bomb, then used it to attack Japan at the end of World War II, and the resulting arms race and Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. Directed by Brian Knappenberger and produced by Luminant Media. Executive produced by Investigative Studios’ Founder & Emeritus Director Lowell Bergman and by Investigative Studios’ former executive director Jennifer Janisch and former board member Mohammed Ali Naqvi. Additional Reporting by Investigative Studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1653069750112-81CD8V2M7AG5YYBWD9KR/EN-US_TP_Main_Vertical_27x40_RGB_PRE+%282%29.jpg Our Projects - TURNING POINT: 9/11 AND THE WAR ON TERROR (NETFLIX, 2021) Turning Point: 9/11 And The War On Terror, Trailer This unflinching, five-part, Emmy-nominated Netflix series (2021) documents the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from Al Qaeda's roots in the 1980s to America's response, both at home and abroad. Directed by Brian Knappenberger and produced by Luminant Media. Executive produced by Investigative Studios’ Lowell Bergman and Mohammed Ali Naqvi; and produced by Investigative Studios, Jennifer Janisch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1602692785827-18OBA5JY9S9IA9DHVMQZ/AOC+KA+FINAL.jpg Our Projects - Agents of Chaos (HBO, 2020) Agents of Chaos, Trailer Agents of Chaos, a two-part documentary from director Alex Gibney and executive producer Lowell Bergman, examines Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The recipient of a Writers Guild of America award and two Emmy nominations, the film was a co-production between Gibney's Jigsaw Productions and Investigative Studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1602692181147-DEQFHPMOFIZVP5PNTKXH/TTOGF_Vertical_Main_RGB_PRE.jpg Our Projects - The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (NETFLIX, 2020) The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, Trailer A six-part docu-series based on in-depth reporting by Garrett Therolf began streaming on Netflix on February 26, 2020. The documentary series by director Brian Knappenberger examines the brutal death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez by his mother and her boyfriend, and the systemic failures by child protective workers to save him. Coproduction between Luminent Prdctns and Investigative Studios. The film won two Critics’ Choice Real TV Award nominations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/a89cd09f-63d1-40e8-9b5f-335fa36779ff/Van+Dorn.jpg Our Projects - Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn? (2018) Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn, Trailer This feature film, which premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival, is an intimate portrait of a deadly 2014 Navy helicopter crash that exposes how military, political and business leaders have failed our men and women in uniform. It is the first feature documentary produced by Investigative Studios, in association with the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Audience Award for Active Cinema, Mill Valley Film Festival; Best Documentary, Monarch International Film Festival More at: http://vandornmovie.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/3665fa15-efc3-4276-826d-362a7594eb60/Trafficked_.jpg Our Projects - Trafficked in America (PBS FRONTLINE, 2018) Trafficked in America, Trailer Trafficked in America tells the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will on an egg farm in Ohio. This investigation about labor trafficking exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, companies profiting from forced labor and the U.S. government’s role. Produced by Investigative Studios, FRONTLINE, The Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; Producers/Directors Daffodil Altan and Andres Cediel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/b8bde7c1-0481-4a0b-83f5-490130778b21/28620165_so.jpg Our Projects - Rape on the Night Shift (PBS FRONTLINE, 2018) Rape on the Night Shift, Trailer Rape on the Night Shift presents an investigation into the sexual abuse of immigrant women who clean the malls where you shop, the banks where you do business and the offices where you work. Nominated for an Emmy award. Written by Lowell Bergman & Andres Cediel; Producers/Directors Daffodil Altan and Andres Cediel for the Investigative Reporting Program/Investigative Studios. https://www.investigativestudios.org/about-us-new daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1558540148905-C82N7UGMWT6KXZ81DRXY/nightshift.jpeg Overview - Founded in 2015 by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Lowell Bergman at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Investigative Studios is now an independent non-profit 501(c)(3), continuing a rich history of producing award-winning films and podcasts while educating the next generation of investigative filmmakers. https://www.investigativestudios.org/our-projects-copy daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1653069750112-81CD8V2M7AG5YYBWD9KR/EN-US_TP_Main_Vertical_27x40_RGB_PRE+%282%29.jpg Our Projects (Copy) - TURNING POINT: 9/11 AND THE WAR ON TERROR (NETFLIX, 2021) This unflinching, five-part, Emmy-nominated Netflix series (2021) documents the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from Al Qaeda's roots in the 1980s to America's response, both at home and abroad. Directed by Brian Knappenberger and produced by Luminant Media. Executive produced by Investigative Studios' board members Lowell Bergman and Mohammed Ali Naqvi; and produced by Investigative Studios’ executive director Jennifer Janisch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1602692785827-18OBA5JY9S9IA9DHVMQZ/AOC+KA+FINAL.jpg Our Projects (Copy) - Agents of Chaos (HBO, 2020) Agents of Chaos, a two-part documentary from director Alex Gibney and executive producer Lowell Bergman, examines Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The recipient of a Writers Guild of America award and two Emmy nominations, the film was a co-production between Gibney's Jigsaw Productions and Investigative Studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/1602692181147-DEQFHPMOFIZVP5PNTKXH/TTOGF_Vertical_Main_RGB_PRE.jpg Our Projects (Copy) - The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (NETFLIX, 2020) A six part docu-series based on in-depth reporting by Garrett Therolf, “Trials” began streaming on Netflix February 26, 2020. The documentary series by director Brian Knappenberger examines the brutal death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez by his mother and her boyfriend, and the systemic failures by child protective workers to save him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/a89cd09f-63d1-40e8-9b5f-335fa36779ff/Van+Dorn.jpg Our Projects (Copy) - Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn? This feature film, which premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival, is an intimate portrait of a deadly 2014 Navy helicopter crash that exposes how military, political and business leaders have failed our men and women in uniform. It is the first feature documentary produced by Investigative Studios, in association with the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. More at: http://vandornmovie.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/3665fa15-efc3-4276-826d-362a7594eb60/Trafficked_.jpg Our Projects (Copy) - Trafficked in America (PBS FRONTLINE, 2018) Trafficked in America tells the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will on an egg farm in Ohio. This investigation about labor trafficking exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, companies profiting from forced labor and the U.S. government’s role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58f4f12c197aead385bc9284/b8bde7c1-0481-4a0b-83f5-490130778b21/28620165_so.jpg Our Projects (Copy) - Rape on the Night Shift (PBS FRONTLINE, 2018) Rape on the Night Shift presents an investigation into the sexual abuse of immigrant women who clean the malls where you shop, the banks where you do business and the offices where you work. 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