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

the latest

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



andy@andykopsa.com


Me and Joan Jett c. 2000

“I told you so. ”

Andy Kopsa, 5th grade