Yanqi Xu

Yanqi Xu (pronounced yen-chee shu) has won multiple national awards during her time at the Flatwater Free Press, including for her multi-year investigation focused on nitrate in the state's drinking water. Before joining FFP in 2021, Xu covered courts and law for NC Newsline in North Carolina and was part of a team at the Investigative Reporting Workshop that developed the Public Accountability Project, a newsroom search tool that hosts more than 1 billion public records in one place. She hails from China, where she first developed an interest in telling stories that resonate with people, no matter where they are.