Stokely Baksh is a multimedia journalist based in Washington, D.C.

A recent graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Baksh completed an investigative project called "The Business of Detention," which explores the profitable business of immigration detention, with her colleague Renee Feltz. The investigation won the Melvin Mencher Award for Superior Reporting and the James A. Wechsler Award for National Reporting. It was a finalist in the South by Southwest Interactive Web Awards. It was also the first investigative-new media project for Columbia.

Prior to graduate school, Baksh worked for the non-profit journalism organization the Center for Public Integrity, newswire United Press International under the technology and business desks, and Indymedia. At age 20, she went to Guyana, not to be mistaken for Ghana, where she researched death squads.

Also a graduate of American University, Baksh returned in the Fall of 2008 as a post-graduate fellow at American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop, where she will continue looking at immigration detention and transparency problems.

Education Background

Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism with a concentration in Political Communications 2005 – American University, Washington, D.C.

Master's in New Media and Investigative Journalism 2008 – Columbia University, New York City