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 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. -
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.
