In 2021, I was named a LEDE Fellow by the Solutions Journalism Network and also received a National Press Foundation fellowship for criminal justice reporting in the age of George Floyd. In 2023, I received a Marvel Cooke Fellowship to co-report a story about the risks of journalism from prison, for Shadowproof. In 2024, I received a grant from Type Investigation for a co-reporting project to investigate toxic drinking water at a California prison, for The Appeal. In 2025, the Fund for Investigative Journalism awarded a grant to continue reporting the issue.
Emily Nonko writes 