Andy Kopsa

writer, etc.

The writer as a myopic 5th grader

I write, report, Make, Do

&Always question

I come from a pack of writers, readers, farmers, craftspeople, skeptics, pragmatists, fabulists, artists, fur tailors, wooden-leg havers, immigrants, superstitious Czechs and ancestors of unknown origin.


Award-winning international investigative reporter with over 15 years' experience working to hold governments accountable. Specialisation in criminal justice reform, gender and racial equity and reproductive rights space. My work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian (US/UK), Al Jazeera, The Nation, Foreign Policy, TIME Magazine, and many others.

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



Accolades

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS


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



Work(s) in progress

Slouching Toward Sunnyvale

Art

Andy Kopsa

Connect with Me

Email

andy@andykopsa.com

Me and Joan Jett c. 2000