Farrah Anderson
Investigative Health ReporterFarrah Anderson is an investigative health reporter at WFYI and Side Effects Public Media. Most recently, she worked at Invisible Institute producing police accountability investigations in collaboration with Illinois Public Media and as a fellow with the Investigative Reporting Workshop in Washington, DC.
Farrah has published work with The New York Times, National Public Radio, The Intercept, The Appeal, Wisconsin Watch, and St. Louis Public Radio. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Central Illinois native.
Contact Farrah at fanderson@wfyi.org and follow her on X at @farrahsoa
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Decatur Township residents are asking a Marion County court to overturn approval of a $4 billion Sabey data center, arguing the developer used a variance to bypass a full council vote. -
Here's your primary election voter guide for Indiana’s 7th Congressional District. The election is May 5. -
Despite months of protest and community meetings, the Metropolitan Development Commission approved the rezoning requests for a data center to be built on a nearly 14-acre plot of land on Sherman Avenue. -
The Marion County Sheriff's Office issued a warning about a new synthetic opioid called cychlorphine is being linked to a growing number of fatal overdoses across the Midwest — including in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. -
Twenty-one Indianapolis City-County councilors refused to support a deal that would send up to 25 million gallons of water daily from Eagle Creek Reservoir to the Boone County industrial park. -
Indianapolis native and North Central High School graduate Chase Infiniti got her start acting at local theater group Summer Stock Stage. -
After months of protests, public meetings and local organizing against the project, the Metropolitan Development Commission approved the plan for a data center in Decatur Township. -
Spring break is now starting for local schools, and health departments throughout Indiana are warning about measles as residents plan to travel. -
Indiana’s April 6 voter registration deadline is approaching ahead of the May 5 primary election. -
As data center development continues across Indiana — drawing economic praise but growing concern over energy and land use — lawmakers advanced little legislation in the 2026 session to regulate the tech sector.
