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30 Aug 2024
Tens of thousands of disabled workers in the US are legally paid less than the minimum wage, sometimes less than $1 per hour.
Really proud to have partnered with @AmandaMoMorris and @JaxAlemany for more than 9 months on this three-part investigationšš¼š§µ
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Jun 14
New Yorkers, Avoid the bookings beloved
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Jun 14
If the knicks win weāre carrying the t-rex skeleton from the museum of natural history to the front of MSG
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Jun 6
those spurs nuns better not come to the garden bc thereās no god in nyc
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May 15
This tweet, for a @RossBarkan story that copied my lede and reporting, now has more than 10x the views of the original. Ross hasn't apologized or acknowledged it; maybe he's just waiting for me to shut up. Without any explanation, I'm left to wonder how many times he's done this
May 14
There was a time, not very long ago, when Ben Shapiro could reasonably call himself the king of all conservative media. Thatās all over now, writes political columnist Ross Barkan.
Shapiroās company, āThe Daily Wire,ā is instituting significant layoffs. Its YouTube channelās subscriber base is starting to shrink, and its website has emerged as one of the great traffic losers in conservative media. There are āDaily Wireā YouTube videos that now, after a few days online, have less than 10,000 views, a catastrophically small number for a channel with more than 3 million subscribers. The top comments all mock the low view counts.
āIf a variety of poor business decisions can be blamed, in part, for the āDaily Wireāās fall from grace ā ill-fated investments in feature films, an epic fantasy series, and peculiar merchandise ā the greater story is the collapse of Shapiroās constituency,ā writes Barkan. āThere are two realities to Shapiro conservatism in 2026: It retains a significant foothold among Republican elites, and it is fast being rejected by the future grassroots of the party.ā
Read more: nymag.visitlink.me/KtpIKV
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The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of DOGE and the federal workforce. Itās the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years.
Read more about our winning coverage here: wapo.st/3OX3l5A
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May 4
Bravo to @hannah_natanson, whose Pulitzer Prize reporting overcame an outrageous and chilling FBI raid on her home, a threat to journalism in this country
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S/o @LaurenWeberHP and @caitlinsgilbert's reporting (just recognized as Livingston Award finalists) on the false claims RFK has made about vaccines: washingtonpost.com/health/20ā¦
Apr 22
RFK Jr: Tell me one piece of misinformation I've ever said on vaccines
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Apr 22
An honor to be named a Livingston Award finalist with the incomparable @caitlinsgilbert -- so thrilled to be recognized for our work quantifying RFK Jr.'s disparaging remarks on vaccines and how vaccination rates are falling across the country for @washingtonpost
You can read those stories below:
Announcing the 2026 Livingston Award Finalists for National Reporting šļø
These outstanding journalists under 35 are reporting stories that define the moment, from policy to people, demonstrating remarkable journalism.
Read their work here: bit.ly/4vJt8ib
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absolutely thrilled to be a Livingston finalist for my work with the brilliant @LaurenWeberHP last year!
Announcing the 2026 Livingston Award Finalists for National Reporting šļø
These outstanding journalists under 35 are reporting stories that define the moment, from policy to people, demonstrating remarkable journalism.
Read their work here: bit.ly/4vJt8ib
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Mar 31
Congratulations to our finalists @LeverNews @nytimes @washingtonpost @statnews. Covering series on FDA drug approval pitfalls, abuse and fraud impacting veterans, reforms in the US organ transplantation system, Medicare Advantage research, and C-section overuse. Learn more about these stories here: bit.ly/NIHCM2026IGRFinalists
#NIHCMAwardsJournalism
@ShannonBrownlee @brianmrosenthal @danielle_ivory @gr_ashford @gebeloffnyt @sarahkliff @biancapallaro @caitlinsgilbert @CraigMWhitlock @FedGirlWaPo @aaronjschaffer @caseymross @TaraBannow
Mar 31
Announcing the finalists for #NIHCMs 32nd Annual Investigative and General Reporting Award. Many thanks to our independent panel of judges and congratulations to our finalists! Read more about their outstanding work here: bit.ly/NIHCM2026IGRFinalists
#NICHMAwardsJournalism
@guardian @KFFHealthNews @nytimes @NPR @business @LeverNews @washingtonpost @statnews
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So so cool to have won the @SABEW data journalism award for our TikTok series powered by real user data donated by our incredible TT audience! Extremely proud of this collab š
Read the stories here:
-wapo.st/4db7QDb
-wapo.st/41usuXK
-wapo.st/40TIT88
In the Data Journalism category, large division, the 2025 Best in Business Award winner is @washingtonpost for āMeasuring the TikTok User Experience through Crowdsourced Data.ā #BIB25
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Mar 19
Congratulations to @CraigMWhitlock, @FedGirlWaPo and @caitlinsgilbert, finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! Thank you @ShorensteinCtr for honoring their work on fraud and abuse in the fed gov's disability $ system for veterans shorensteincenter.org/articlā¦
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After decimating the organization, we are bargaining per our contract with management. We have featured testimonials from Post employees. Hereās some of them had to say. Hereās what these layoffs have done to us. #SaveThePost š§µ
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Feb 10
More jumps, more difficulty: Olympic figure skating keeps upping the stakes
An analysis of every men's and women's figure skating element performed at the Olympics since 2006 ā and how Ilia Malinin's free skate compares:
wapo.st/4asxnVy
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I was laid off from The Washington Post today. My feeds are full of other Post journalists ā great reporters and editors, and really good humans ā who are in the same situation, and my heart aches for every one. Some work I'm proud of:
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Feb 5
Still working to hold power to account here @washingtonpost on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday.
Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.
Feb 5
We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Postās new focus.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
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