Adam Rhodes
Editor & Training Director, IRE
Investigative Reporters and Editors
109 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211
Adam M. Rhodes is a first-generation Cuban American journalist whose work primarily focuses on queer people and the criminal justice system. Their recent work has examined HIV treatment access in Puerto Rico, HIV criminalization in Illinois, and a homophobic capital murder trial in the state. Rhodes was most recently a staff writer and social justice reporter at the Chicago Reader, and they have been published in outlets including BuzzFeed News and The Washington Post.
Updated: January 8, 2026