ProPublica Illinois Q&A: Meet Data Reporter Sandhya Kambhampati
by Andrea Salcedo Sandhya Kambhampati, who came to ProPublica Illinois from Correctiv, an independent nonprofit newsroom in Berlin, enjoys sifting through datasets to find a story. But for her, data...
View Article'Boomtown, Flood Town' Wins AAAS Science Journalism Award
by ProPublica The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced today that “Boomtown, Flood Town,” a collaboration between ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, won an AAAS Kavli...
View ArticleNew York City Launches Committee to Review Maternal Deaths
by Robin Fields Following in the steps of Baltimore and Philadelphia, New York City is establishing a committee to review deaths and severe complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, aiming to...
View ArticleHow (Not) to Cross the Street in Jacksonville
by Hilary Fung, Kate Rabinowitz, and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union
View ArticleThe Ticketed Feel Targeted
by Topher Sanders, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union Maurice Chester Grant 57 years old Federal public defender Ticketed on 5/24/16 for entering the roadway against the red hand Paid ticket...
View ArticleHow We Calculated the Risks of Walking While Black
by Kate Rabinowitz and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union A Florida Times-Union/ProPublica analysis showed that law enforcement in Duval County, Florida, gives black...
View ArticleWalking While Black
by Topher Sanders and Kate Rabinowitz, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union
View ArticleNew Jersey Bill Would Create Commission Empowered to Probe Deaths Related to...
by Nina Martin Two New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill to overhaul how the state examines deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth, proposing one of the most sweeping maternal mortality...
View ArticleJournalism Made Possible Because of the Freedom of Information Act
by Logan Jaffe If the Freedom of Information Act were a person, who would it be? That’s a real question I asked our newsroom this week, because that’s the kind of thing I randomly think about. Really,...
View ArticleThe Breakthrough: Used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ by the U.S. Military, Then Discarded
by Jessica Huseman When we think of the harm that befalls soldiers during wartime, specific images come to mind. The fallout from scientific experiments — especially those carried out by our own...
View ArticleOne Officer, Scores of Tickets and a Familiar Racial Disparity
by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union It was just before 9 a.m. one day last July, and Noemi Martinez was on her way from one job interview to the next, running to...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like Covering Trump
by Terry Parris Jr. Remember that time Trump’s lawyer Marc Kasowitz emailed, “Watch your back, bitch”? Or that time when Don Jr. and Ivanka were almost charged with felony fraud? You remember that...
View ArticleSome U.S. Hospitals Don’t Put Americans First for Liver Transplants
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Lee Zurik, Fox 8 WVUE New Orleans Earlier this fall, a leader of the busiest hospital for organ transplants in New York state — where livers are particularly...
View ArticleSudden Shift at a Public Health Journal Leaves Scientists Feeling Censored
by Lisa Song For much of its 22-year existence, few outside the corner of science devoted to toxic chemicals paid much attention to the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health....
View ArticleMore Machine Learning About Congress’ Priorities
by Jeremy B. Merrill Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is a tax wonk ― and most observers of Congress know that. But knowing what interests the other 434 members of Congress is harder. To make it easier...
View ArticleProPublica Illinois Q&A: Meet News Applications Developer David Eads
by Andrea Salcedo David Eads, who came to ProPublica Illinois from National Public Radio, believes reporters should focus on stories that people are purposefully overlooking because if there’s one...
View ArticleFacebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
by Julia Angwin, Ariana Tobin and Madeleine Varner In February, Facebook said it would step up enforcement of its prohibition against discrimination in advertising for housing, employment or credit....
View ArticleHere Are the White House Visitor Records the Trump Administration Didn’t Want...
by Derek Kravitz, Leora Smith, Al Shaw and Sisi Wei
View ArticleKoch Lobbyists and Opus Dei — Who’s Dropping in on Trump Budget Czar Mick...
by Justin Elliott One of President Donald Trump’s top cabinet officials has met with a long list of lobbyists, corporate executives and wealthy people with business interests before the government,...
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