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Defining the Delicate and Often Difficult Relationship Between Reporters and...
by Steve Mills At the beginning of the year, we asked ProPublica Illinois readers what they wanted to know about how we do our work. Thoughtful, challenging questions have been rolling in ever since,...
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“Lost Mothers” Wins Peabody Award
by ProPublica The ProPublica and NPR series “Lost Mothers” won the the Peabody Award in the radio/podcast category. The collaboration illuminated the maternal mortality crisis in the United States....
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What Is Congress Talking About?
by Jeremy B. Merrill When something happens in Congress, legislators love to brag about it — or condemn it — for their audience of journalists and professionals in Washington and for their...
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The Hidden Hand of a Casino Company in Trump’s Contact with Vietnam — “Trump,...
by Justin Elliott On Dec. 14, 2016, one month after his election, President-elect Donald Trump had a call with the prime minister of Vietnam. At a time when foreign governments were scrambling to...
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Oregon Board Explains Why It Repeatedly Released Killer From Psychiatric...
by Jayme Fraser, the Malheur Enterprise The five members of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board declined interview requests from the Malheur Enterprise and ProPublica. The members instead...
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How an Oregon Weekly Forced Release of Key Records in Murder Cases
by Les Zaitz, the Malheur Enterprise Jeffrey Decoster, special to ProPublica Oregon records long considered confidential provide key insights into why the state’s judicial and mental health systems...
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Oregon Doctors Warned That a Killer and Rapist Would Likely Attack Again....
by Jayme Fraser, the Malheur Enterprise In September 2015, Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board faced a decision with potentially momentous consequences for public safety. Sitting before them in...
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ProPublica Wins Two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
by ProPublica The Radio Television Digital News Association announced today that ProPublica has won two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism....
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The $3 Million Research Breakdown
by Jodi S. Cohen For nearly two decades, the University of Illinois at Chicago has touted child psychiatrist Mani Pavuluri as one of its stars: She founded a renowned clinic to treat children with...
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A Killing at Donkey Creek
by Rahima Nasa The submissions from Native Americans have come into ProPublica’s Documenting Hate database with regularity: In Reno, Nevada, a truck was driven into a group of Native people protesting...
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For Some Democrats, Facebook Likes Are a Path to Hard-to-Find Supporters
by Jeremy B. Merrill Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, who lost this week’s special election to fill a vacant House seat in Arizona, couldn’t rely on the national party to fund her campaign. She received...
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Covering West Virginia’s Long History of Broken Promises
by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail More than 26 years ago, I wrote a story about a woman named Dixie Woolum. I had been at my paper barely six months. At the time, I thought it would be cool...
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ProPublica’s 2018 Reader Survey Results
by Jill Shepherd The results are in for this year’s reader survey. Many thanks to the over 3,000 people who responded. Looking at this year’s results, the gender of our readers has evened out a bit....
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How We Found Sources for Our Research Misconduct Story — And How You Can Help...
by Jodi S. Cohen A story we published yesterday revealed how the University of Illinois at Chicago recently had to repay the federal government $3.1 million after the National Institute of Mental...
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The Coal Industry Extracted a Steep Price From West Virginia. Now Natural Gas...
by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail It was a warm Monday afternoon in late February. Thousands of teachers, public school employees and supporters rallied on the steps of West Virginia’s...
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Were Henry’s Civil Rights Violated?
by Hannah Dreier The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether the civil rights of a Long Island teenager were violated when immigration officials used admissions he made to police as...
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HUD May Soon Evict Residents in Two Public Housing Complexes in Southern...
by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that about 40 families remaining in two dilapidated public housing complexes in...
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How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge...
by Jeremy B. Merrill Cambridge Analytica thinks that I’m a “Very Unlikely Republican.” Another political data firm, ALC Digital, has concluded I’m a “Socially Conservative,” Republican, “Boomer...
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Bank of Internet, Which Had Been Under Federal Investigation, Appears In...
by Justin Elliott A bank that had been under federal investigation until last year has played a role in two recent real estate transactions involving Kushner Companies, Jared Kushner’s family company....
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FBI’s Violent Crime Database to Get Financial Boost From Justice Department
by T. Christian Miller The Justice Department is seeking to bolster the FBI’s efforts at apprehending violent criminals — issuing grants for local police departments to test rape kits and requiring...
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