
Jodi S. Cohen
Reporter at ProPublica
Reporter @Propublica. Alum @chicagotribune @detroitnews @michigandaily. Mom x 3. The education beat is the best beat. [email protected]
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6 days ago |
propublica.org | Audrey Dutton |Phoebe Petrovic |Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped tens of thousands of public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational expenses.
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news-gazette.com | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen
Amid a standout season last year, University of Illinois men’s basketball stars found themselves in high demand as they reached the Elite Eight in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Three players appeared in a commercial for a local BMW dealership. One did an Instagram post for TurboTax. Another promoted an apartment complex near the Urbana-Champaign campus.
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propublica.org | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen |Joe Mahr |Jeremy Schwartz
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. College athletes can make money from the use of their name, image and likeness — known as NIL. Athletes are supposed to disclose their NIL deals. But at the University of Illinois, that has failed to happen, a violation of state law.
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2 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen
Amid a standout season last year, University of Illinois men’s basketball stars found themselves in high demand as they reached the Elite Eight in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Three players appeared in a commercial for a local BMW dealership. One did an Instagram post for TurboTax. Another promoted an apartment complex near the Urbana-Champaign campus.
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1 month ago |
propublica.org | Jennifer Smith Richards |Jodi S. Cohen |Alec MacGillis |Lomi Kriel
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Saying the Trump administration is sabotaging civil rights enforcement by the Department of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Friday morning seeks to stop the president and Secretary Linda McMahon from carrying out the mass firing of civil rights investigators and lawyers.
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The landmark $2.8 billion NCAA settlement, expected to be finalized today, will change college sports. Here is our @propublica and @chicagotribune investigation about how one Big 10 university has struggled with disclosures of athletes’ NIL deals.

Just in time for the Final Four this weekend, here is our investigation into NIL deals at one Big Ten university: @propublica/@chicagotribune Story w/@StacyStClair https://t.co/4mdNBur2Jy

RT @MegsNewz: Many University of Illinois athletes do not disclose their endorsement deals as required, leaving the school without a full u…

RT @jjlens: Appreciated the opportunity to weigh in on issues regarding state laws mandating collegiate athletes' disclosure of NIL deals.…