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Assistant Managing Editor @ProPublica. She/Her. Imported from Flint, planted in BK. Email:talent@propublica.org. Mastodon: newsie.social/@taliabuford

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Talia Buford’s Biography

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Talia Buford is ProPublica's talent development director. She joined ProPublica in 2017 as an environment reporter, and was a part of the team whose coverage of the coronavirus was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Previously, she was an environment and labor reporter at The Center for Public Integrity, where her work focused mostly on wage theft and the Environmental Protection Agency’s lackluster enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. She also covered energ…

Talia Buford’s Journalist Portfolio

COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn't Have To.

COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn't Have To.

In Chicago, 70 of the city’s 100 first recorded victims of COVID-19 were black. Their lives were rich, and th…

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Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

No, the coronavirus is not an “equalizer.” Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. Here’s …

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ProPublica Selects 11 Journalists for Investigative Editor Training

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By Talia Buford Verified
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Eleven journalists from across the country join the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program, which seeks to expand the ranks of editors in newsrooms across the country whose work is aimed at accountability and impact. Established in 2023, the program has trained more than 31 journalists to date. It begins with a five-day intensive editing boot camp in New York, with courses and panel discussions led by ProPublica’s senior editors.
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ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program 2026 Applications Open

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By Talia Buford Verified
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For the fourth year, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by the newsroom’s award-winning staff. Applications are now open for the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program. Submissions are due Monday, March 30, at 9 a.m. Eastern time.
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Apply: 2026 Investigative Editor Training Program

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By Talia Buford Verified
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An Indianapolis engineer is helping kids build and launch their own rockets through a free boot camp funded by the Minority Engineering Program of Indianapolis.
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Awards

Pulitzer Prize

2021 - Public Service, finalist

For aggressive, insightful and influential coverage of the coronavirus pandemic that repeatedly exposed flaws and shortcomings in the ways federal and state agencies and corporate America handled the crisis, prompting fast government response.

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