Churchill Ndonwie is an Esserman Investigative Fellow for McClatchy. He graduated with a M.S in Journalism, B.S in Health Information Management & Systems from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, The Ohio State University, and he joined McClatchy in 2025. He has three years of experience in journalism.Before this role, he was an Ida B. Wells investigative intern with the New York Times, where he examined the hidden pipeline of undocumented workers into U.S. factories and the victimization those individuals experienced. He was also a Global Migrations Fellow at Columbia Journalism Investigations, where he worked with Reuters to investigate and reveal the smuggling routes through commercial and charter airlines used to facilitate illegal immigration to the U.S. Southern border from India and West Africa. Churchill spent almost decade in the health care field before becoming a journalist. He enjoys traveling, cooking and reading. He is curious about all things human.