Jayati Vora

Jayati Vora

Jayati Vora is managing editor at The Investigative Fund. Previously, she was features editor for Al Jazeera America, and during her time there led numerous longform and investigative projects. Stories she has edited have been recognized by the Data Journalism Awards, the Sidney Awards, and the Eppys. Many have been translated into other languages and featured on radio and TV. She moved to AJAM from The Nation Institute, where she was web and associate editor for five years. Before moving to the United States, she was theater section editor at TimeOut Mumbai and staff writer at a men's monthly feature magazine in India. She currently edits a weekly column about race and equity in education for the Hechinger Report. Last updated July 2917

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Virginia to Execute Teresa Lewis, IQ 72

In January 2010, Investigative Fund reporter Renee Feltz wrote a shocking cover story for The Texas Observer revealing that the state of Texas has continued to send mentally retarded inmates to death row — despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban. Now, Virginia is about to execute 41-year-old Teresa Lewis, whose IQ is 72…

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Wikileaks: A Game-Changer?

What does Wikileaks mean for the way we get information? For now, let’s set aside the question of whether the 90,000-plus reports that the nonprofit leaked reveal any game-changing information. Rather, what is intriguing about this whole affair is the protection Wikileaks’ infrastructure affords whistleblowers and the group’s freedom from national boundaries, which offers its associates apparent freedom from political persecution.