Andy Kopsa
Andy Kopsa
journalist
Consultant
Investigator
Credentials
I’m an award winning journalist and investigative reporter my work on government corruption, justice reform, reproductive freedom and international affairs has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy and others
October 2024 Training at the CEELI Institute, Prague, Czechia
Selected for and completed intensive, hands-on training on “How Law-
Enforcement Investigates Corruption,” designed for anti-corruption
activists and investigative journalists.
Over the week, we worked on a fictional case, stepping into the shoes of law
enforcement, investigating, and ultimately presenting their findings in court.
The goal? To empower investigative journalists with the tools to understand
what constitutes legally actionable evidence and how to effectively
collaborate with law enforcement.
the latest
Certification: “How Law Enforcement Investigates Corruption” [24 CEu]
Roundtable on Freedom of Information (FOI) at the Villa Grébovka, following
the highly-anticipated launch of CEELI’s latest report, “Shining the Light on
Corruption: Freedom of Information and Transparency in Central and Eastern
Europe.”
-Transparency issues and privacy concerns
-The perspective of the ECHR
-Promoting transparency in public procurement
-Oversight of FOI
-Accessing judiciary information
-Monitoring of appointments in the healthcare sector.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS – REPORTING
The Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting (2021-22) Juvenile Justice Reform investigation (Restorative Practices in Public Schools – removing SROs)
USC Annenberg Knight Fellowship: Reporting on Religion and American Public Life
Project – Mississippi: Religion, Policymaking, and Sex Education - During the fellowship, I produced a four-part NPR series highlighting the difficulty for MS to implement sex ed and wrote articles for Ms. and The Atlantic.
Society for Professional Journalists Award (Best government accountability reporting – 2012)
Open Society Grant (2014 HIV/AIDS Conference Melbourne, Australia) Women and HIV and the launch of new pre-exposure pharmaceutical treatment Truvada and controversy surrounding its testing/launch.
Fellow - Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University (Reporting on 2018 Cambodian National Elections, survivors of Khmer Rouge genocide)
The Nation Institute/Type Investigations 2013 – Investigation “kill the gays” bill Kampala, Uganda, and 2014 reporting false imprisonment of LGBTQ+ persons in Yaoundé Central Prison, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Me and Joan Jett c. 2000
“I told you so. ”
Andy Kopsa, 5th grade
I come from a pack of writers, readers, Iowa farmers, craftspeople, skeptics, pragmatists, fabulists, artists, fur tailors, wooden-leg havers, late arriving immigrants, superstitious Czechs and ancestors of unknown origin.