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Built on public records, FOIA responses, court filings, contracts, and data.
Independent reporting from Indiana
About the project
Watch the power.
Follow the proof.
Hoosier Watchdogs is an independent investigative project focused on power in Indiana—from state government and local politics to universities, police, prosecutors, and the donor networks that shape them.
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Reporting others won’t touch.
We publish investigations into state corruption, donor capture, university complicity, surveillance, and the national money behind it. Hoosier Watchdogs publishes through Muncie Voice, an independent outlet with a global audience.
How we work
Core principles
Unpaid & independent
No corporate or foundation funding, no access deals, and no loyalty to institutions.
Local focus, national scope
We use Indiana as a lens on oligarchy, surveillance, election infrastructure, foreign-policy capture, and the corruption of the “rules-based order.”
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We welcome journalists who want to work with primary sources, keep their bylines, and build a portfolio of adversarial reporting.