ProPublica Wins June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism
by ProPublica The American Association for Cancer Research announced today that ProPublica has won the June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism in the Online/Multimedia category. The annual prize...
View ArticleProPublica Wins Two SABEW Awards for Business Journalism
by ProPublica The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, or SABEW, announced Tuesday that ProPublica won two awards in its Best in Business competition recognizing excellence in business...
View ArticleIBM Accused of Violating Federal Anti-Age Discrimination Law
by Peter Gosselin A group of former employees has filed a lawsuit against IBM that accuses the tech giant of failing to comply with a federal law that requires companies to disclose the ages of people...
View ArticleProPublica Is Again Expanding Its Local Reporting Network. Apply for a Spot.
by ProPublica ProPublica is once again expanding its Local Reporting Network, part of its growing effort to help local journalists pursue meaningful accountability stories in their communities. We are...
View ArticleProPublica to Further Expand Local Reporting Network With Additional Newsrooms
by ProPublica As part of an ongoing focus on local accountability journalism, ProPublica announced Wednesday that it is again expanding the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Made possible by a new...
View Article“Happy to Do It”: Emails Show Current FAA Chief Coordinated With Ex-Lobbyist...
by Derek Kravitz for ProPublica and Jack Gillum, ProPublica More than two years ago, the man who is now acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Dan Elwell, got a work email from one of his...
View ArticleProPublica Illinois and ProPublica Local Reporting Network Partnership Win...
by ProPublica The Association of Health Care Journalists announced Wednesday that ProPublica Illinois’ “Stuck Kids” series won an Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism in the health policy...
View ArticleLegalized Betting Could Change How We Watch Sports
by Derrick Clifton 1. The March Madness Betting Bonanza With sports betting legal in eight states, NCAA tournament brackets are more than a hobby for fantasy league fun, bragging rights and office...
View ArticleHUD Sues Facebook Over Housing Discrimination and Says the Company’s...
by Ariana Tobin The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday it is suing Facebook for violating the Fair Housing Act by allowing advertisers to limit housing ads based on race,...
View ArticleJoin Our Team in Illinois: We’re Looking for a Data Reporter
by ProPublica Illinois ProPublica is seeking a smart, motivated data journalist to join its Chicago-based newsroom. Because our newsroom is small, multitalented and highly collaborative, we expect...
View ArticleNew Zealand Massacre Dredges Up Worries at a Traumatized New York Mosque
Nate Schweber for ProPublica, and Rachel Glickhouse, ProPublica Mohammed Amanullah didn’t have to look up the number for the 106th Precinct in Queens. Looking out the window of his home on Glenmore...
View ArticleProPublica Illinois Earns 13 Nominations for Peter Lisagor Awards From the...
by ProPublica The Chicago Headline Club, the nation’s largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, named ProPublica Illinois a finalist for 13 Peter Lisagor Awards. The Lisagor Awards...
View ArticleWhere in the U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS?
by Paul Kiel and Hannah Fresques
View ArticleTrump, All About Winning, Sees Losses in Court Pile Up
by Joe Sexton The drumbeat of defeats grew hard to ignore. A federal judge struck down the Donald Trump administration’s plan to require some people to work for their Medicaid benefits. Another judge...
View ArticleProPublica Wins Six Malofiej Awards for Infographics
by ProPublica The Society for News Design announced this week that ProPublica has won six Malofiej Awards, an annual competition honoring the best infographics in media from around the world. Silver...
View ArticleProsecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned
by Jack Gillum Using specialized software, investigators traced explicit child pornography to Todd Hartman’s internet address. A dozen police officers raided his Los Angeles-area apartment, seized his...
View ArticleAtrapados en persecuciones mortales
por Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, y Brittny Mejia y James Queally, Los Angeles Times En una lluviosa tarde de noviembre del año pasado, ocho hombres se taparon con una lona gris y apretaron sus cuerpos...
View ArticleTrapped in a Deadly Chase
by Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, and Brittny Mejia and James Queally, Los Angeles Times On a rainy November afternoon last year, eight men held tight to a gray tarp, their bodies pressed against one...
View ArticleMemorial Sloan Kettering Leaders Violated Conflict-of-Interest Rules, Report...
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times Top officials at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center repeatedly violated policies on financial conflicts of interest, fostering...
View ArticleChicago in a Single Tweet, and News From Elections Around the State
by Logan Jaffe 🎵 We are neighbors … we are neighbors … whether we wanna be or not. 🎵 I’m still humming this tune from the Chi-Lites days after Tuesday’s elections in Chicago and other cities and towns...
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