Stokely Baksh is a multimedia journalist, based in Washington, D.C., who has spent many mornings working on the Hill. 

A recent graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Baksh completed an investigative project called “The Business of Detention” that explores the profitable business of immigration detention with her colleague Renee Feltz. The investigation won the Melvin Mencher Award for Superior Reporting and the James A. Wechsler Award for National Reporting. It was also the first investigative-new media project for the university.

Prior to graduate school, Baksh worked for the non-profit journalism organization Center for Public Integrity, newswire United Press International under the technology and business desks, and Indymedia. At age 20, she went to Guyana, not to be mistaken for Ghana, where she researched death squads.

Most recently, she was a News21 Fellow, partnering with Feltz to report on Arizona’s proof of citizenship requirements for registering to voting for the Carnegie-Knight Foundation.

Also a graduate of American University, Baksh returns there Fall 2008 as a post-graduate fellow at American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop, where she will continue looking at immigration issues.

Contact her at 571-218-8913 or by e-mail Stokelyb @ gmail [.] com