Haitian journalists work in a makeshift newsroom at Le Nouvelliste. Their old building was destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Klarreich established an investigative team at Le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s leading newspaper, which regularly produces stories on the misuse of aid sent to Haiti after the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake. The team has broken stories about a land dispute that stopped work at a critically important sanitation plant near a refugee camp. After reading these reports, Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly intervened and construction resumed.

Klarreich has expanded her work to provincial cities, where she held workshops on investigative journalism. She also formed a Haiti-wide network of 75 investigative reporters, connecting the rural reporters to their colleagues in the capital. Given her successes, the National Association of Haitian Media and International Media Support (IMS) has worked with Klarreich to launch an investigative reporting fund. A panel of Haitian journalists selected six projects from the 15 submissions. The winners received funding for their expenses and an honorarium. The goal is to hold an annual competition to promote investigative journalism in Haiti. Trocaire, an Irish NGO, is providing support for the Fund.