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ProPublica, NPR ‘Lost Mothers’ Series Wins Goldsmith Prize for Investigative...
ProPublica ProPublica and NPR’s series on maternal mortality in the U.S., ‘Lost Mothers’, is the winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Administered by the Shorenstein Center on...
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‘Trump, Inc.’ Podcast: The Desperation, Secrecy and Conflicts of Jared...
by Eric Umansky, ProPublica, and Andrea Bernstein, WNYC We’ve seen headline after headline about Jared Kushner. We’ve heard that Trump’s son-in-law company has been on a global search for cash, that...
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What We Found in Trump’s Drained Swamp: Hundreds of Ex-Lobbyists and D.C....
by Derek Kravitz, Al Shaw and Isaac Arnsdorf When the Trump administration took office early last year, hundreds of staffers from lobbying firms, conservative think tanks and Trump campaign groups...
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How We Compiled Trump Town
by Derek Kravitz, Al Shaw and Claire Perlman Much like previous administrations, President Donald Trump’s team has filled hundreds of appointed positions with allies who can be trusted to carry out...
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Apply to Be ProPublica’s Newest Design Fellow and Help Build Our Local...
by ProPublica We’re seeking a design fellow to be part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, our recently announced initiative to support local journalism. We’re covering the salaries of, and...
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Florida’s Governor Will Sign Bill Expanding Workers’ Comp Benefits for First...
by Abe Aboraya Josh Vandegrift was just starting a 24-hour shift for the Cocoa Fire Department on Florida’s Space Coast when the call came in: A pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle about 100 yards...
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The Trump Appointee Behind the Move to Add a Citizenship Question to the Census
by Justin Elliott In December, the Department of Justice requested that the Census Bureau add a question to the 2020 survey that would ask respondents to reveal whether or not they are U.S. citizens....
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ProPublica Wins Five SABEW Awards for Business Journalism
by ProPublica The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) announced today that ProPublica won five awards in its Best in Business competition recognizing excellence in business...
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We’ve Updated Our Campaign Widget to Better Help You Follow the Money
by David Eads Look closely at these two versions of “The Money Game,” our widget to chart contributions to candidates in the Illinois governor’s race. The two versions — one the original, the second...
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Injured Nuclear Workers Finally Had Support. The Trump Administration Has...
by Rebecca Moss, The Santa Fe New Mexican Nearly three years ago, President Barack Obama responded to long-standing concerns that workers exposed to toxic chemicals at the country’s nuclear weapons...
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The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Weaken Civil Service Ramps Up at the VA
by Isaac Arnsdorf Last June, President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise by signing a bipartisan bill to make it easier to fire employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The law, a rare...
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How Do We Keep Bias Out of Stories?
by Jason Grotto At the beginning of the year, we asked ProPublica Illinois readers what they wanted to know about how we do our work. The questions have been rolling in ever since, and we’ve been...
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Measuring the Toll of the Opioid Epidemic Is Tougher Than It Seems
by Charles Ornstein As the opioid epidemic rages across the country, data tracking its evolution often lags far behind. A few months ago, I set out to compile data on opioid prescribing, overdoses and...
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‘Trump, Inc.’ Podcast: Where’d Trump’s Record Inauguration Spending Go? ‘It’s...
by Ilya Marritz, WNYC Find “Trump, Inc.” wherever you get your podcasts. Last month, the committee that ran President Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities released basic details about its revenues and...
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Some States No Longer Suspend Driver’s Licenses for Unpaid Fines. Will...
by Melissa Sanchez Legislators across the country are starting to rethink laws that tie driving privileges to the ability to pay fines, as evidence mounts that those laws disproportionately hurt poor...
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‘Walking While Black’ Wins Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting
by ProPublica A team of journalists from ProPublica and the Florida Times Union won the Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting. ProPublica’s Topher Sanders, Lucas Waldron, Ranjani Chakraborty and Kate...
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New in Nonprofit Explorer: People Search
Scott Klein Today we’re launching a new feature in our Nonprofit Explorer database. You can now search for board members and key employees who work at nonprofit organizations by name. The database...
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Flawed Assessments Caused $2 Billion Shift in Property Taxes, Study Finds
by Jason Grotto In the first effort to measure the cost of Cook County’s error-ridden assessment system under Assessor Joseph Berrios, a new study estimates that at least $2.2 billion in property...
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Correction: Trump’s Pick to Head CIA Did Not Oversee Waterboarding of Abu...
by Raymond Bonner, special to ProPublica On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a story that inaccurately described Gina Haspel’s role in the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al-Qaida leader who...
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