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Jennifer Bamberg, Investigate Midwest

Investigative Reporter

jennifer.bamberg@investigatemidwest.org @j_bambergwrites

Jennifer Bamberg covers agribusiness and food systems policy in Illinois for Investigate Midwest.

Bamberg previously worked as a freelance reporter in Chicago, covering labor, housing, police misconduct and public health. She has been published by the Illinois Answers Project, In These Times Magazine, Block Club Chicago and the Chicago Reader.

She holds a master’s in investigative journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University, and was a former reporting fellow with City Bureau, where she covered urban agriculture. She grew up in the Central Valley of California and worked as an ironworker before becoming a journalist.

Location

Springfield, Illinois

Languages Spoken

English

Areas of Expertise

Urban Farms
Public health
Labor
LGBTQ Communities
Police Misconduct

Location Expertise

Illinois, USA
Springfield, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Midwest

THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS

Reva & David Logan Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Builders Vision Philanthropy, Gary Marx Journalism Fund, Kirkpatrick Foundation, Chicago Region Food System Fund, Illinois Food Movement Fund, GRACE Communications, Good Chaos, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Rural News Network, Google News Initiative, Data-Driven Reporting Project, Arnold Ventures.

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