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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The program hopes that by hiring people who have been involved with the justice system, they can help their peers navigate the challenge of finding housing with a criminal record. -
The proposal is the result of the “current political climate,” according to one City-County Councilor on the Ethics Committee. -
Residents of Warren Township in Indianapolis expressed deep skepticism about a proposed $2 billion data center campus even as the developer pitched itself as a community partner. -
The Hoosier Environmental Council and Martindale-Brightwood residents are asking a Marion County court to block Metrobloks planned data center. -
Hundreds sentenced to Indiana state prison are waiting months in county jails, delaying access to treatment programs and worsening overcrowding statewide. -
The Indianapolis City-County Council approved a rezoning request for a Metrobloks data center in Martindale-Brightwood where residents have opposed the project over pollution and quality-of-life concerns. -
A new report ranks the Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie metro area 11th worst in the nation for annual particle pollution. -
An audit of the Indianapolis Office of Public Health and Safety found six high-risk problems, including missing documentation on most contracts and conflicts of interest involving staff. -
Indianapolis proposed its first data center zoning rules, capping noise and requiring utility checks, but critics say the draft doesn't go far enough to protect neighborhoods. -
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.
