Finally a job that’s AI proof: Professional thief www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

Child abuse pediatrics is a subject of particular interest to me, so I'm VERY excited for this three-episode podcast series from Serial: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

The new Cheap Fix single is out today! Get your copy of Soul Tune b/w Dead Mouth at your local record store or download it from our Bandcamp. Beautiful colored vinyl with an original cover from the esteemed @olaf-jens.bsky.social, every copy is one of a kind! cheapfixatx.bandcamp.com/album/soul-t...

Texas public schools are closing because of insufficient funding, yet the state still has $775,000 to spend on execution drugs. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The state’s highest criminal court granted Robert Roberson III a stay Thursday morning — exactly one week before his third execution date.

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

An expert witness at the trial of Robert Roberson said he was a psychopath "and compared him to Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein" writes @mauricechammah.bsky.social Roberson, who's almost certainly innocent, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Oct. 16 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/06/r...

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

Exciting news! The second @propublica.org metro ad on @wmata.com has been spotted in the wild on a metro car! There are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. Share yours. propublica.org/tips

The men wrongfully accused of the Yogurt Shop Murders--two of whom were convicted, and one of whom was sent to death row--should've been exonerated long ago. Glad to see our D.A. doing the right thing. But we need a top-to-bottom review of police + prosecutor conduct. www.kvue.com/article/news...

Sarah just put into words the significance of the Yogurt Shop Murders—and the subsequent wrongful convictions, and the ongoing fallout from those injustices—for Austin.

I had to pick my jaw off the floor after reading this lede in @rachelmonroe.bsky.social on self-defense insurance. Like out of an Elmore Leonard novel. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Earth-shattering news here in Austin: the crime that has haunted this city for more than three decades and sent innocent men to prison, including one to death row, has been solved with genetic genealogy. www.kvue.com/article/news...

Earthshattering news here in Austin. I'm at a loss for words. www.kvue.com/article/news...

A stunning trailer. Please take the time to watch. deadline.com/2025/09/the-...

“Impressive … Lennon’s ambition is not to turn human suffering into spectacle, but to restore complexity to his own story and those of the men around him.“ @pamelacolloff.bsky.social’s sensitive and admiring review of THE TRAGEDY OF TRUE CRIME.

It is true!!! Can confirm!! I am thrilled to be joining @propublica.org next month. (Pam has all the best sources 🖤)

BREAKING: @keribla.bsky.social is joining @propublica.org!!! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

interviewing someone today who yelled at me when i cold called them months ago. Persistence!

What happens when there is no meaningful oversight of crime labs? In Illinois, innocent people are convicted of driving high. A really important investigative deep dive by @mdoukmas.bsky.social www.injusticewatch.org/project/fore...

As a media witness to the last two executions, Tuesday's was different. Whether it was the Pentobarbitol causing pulmonary edema or the defibrillator that courts ruled did not have to be turned off, Byron Black was in obvious pain. “Oh, it’s hurting so bad,” he said minutes before dying.

NEW bombshell allegations from the Texas Legislature today. The author of Texas’ abortion “trigger ban” has been accused by a former exotic dancer of paying for abortions. He has denied the claims and threatened to sue the outlet that ran them. More: thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/25/t...

No shackles, no cuffs: Texas death row loosens solitary confinement for first time in years. Kudos to @tdcj.bsky.social for this new initiative. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...

Roberson's conviction rested on a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. An appeals court recently called SBS “junk science," and the diagnosis has resulted in wrongful convictions across the country. But the state of Texas has decided to put Roberson to death. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/16/t...

"When the water finally began to ebb, hours later, it receded so quickly that it left fish flopping and gasping on the highway. Pool kicked them back into the water with his boot. 'If I can’t save people now, I’ll save fish,' he said." By @rachelmonroe.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

In Kerr County, I was struck by two things -- the extent of the devastation (it's hard to fathom) and people's incredible desire to help one another www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

This is a tough story to get right, but @timesdan.bsky.social did a masterful job, bringing deep reporting and care to the assignment: www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

A year ago, I got a tip from a source: there was an influential child abuse pediatrician in Minneapolis whose judgment on diagnoses of child abuse had been called into question: Dr. Nancy Harper. So I started digging… 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/chil...

“I just talk to people and listen carefully and respond to what they’re saying and try to give of myself as much as I’m asking them to give of themselves, so that a true conversation can develop. These conversations typically will go on for weeks, on and off.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...

Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.

Robert Kaiser--an innocent father who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned thanks to the flawed theory of shaken baby syndrome--has been added to the National Registry of Exonerations. Kaiser is the 41st person on the registry cleared of SBS accusations. exonerationregistry.org/cases/14212

🚨Cool job alert: @propublica.org is looking for a host to help us launch a new weekly podcast — could it be you? 🎙️ pay range: $150,000 to $175,000 🎙️ open to remote candidates 🎙️ 2-year role with the possibility of extension job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

6/ At a hearing, the student explained why he posted the screenshot: “I just wanted to let people know, feel heroic. I didn’t want more people to get hurt.” www.propublica.org/article/tenn...

One of the giants of Texas journalism is gone. A beautiful remembrance for @texasobserver.org by the great Joe Holley. www.texasobserver.org/ronnie-dugge...

From @michellepitcher.bsky.social in our magazine: A jury declared that Clinton Young was too dangerous to be allowed to live. His time out on bond raises serious questions about who gets a "second chance" at living and rehabilitation.

My deepest thanks to @rfkhumanrights.bsky.social for recognizing my reporting on how shaken baby syndrome lives on in the courts under a new name as mounting exonerations and new science raise grave questions about the diagnosis. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/m... www.propublica.org/article/shak...

"In 2014, prosecutors convinced a jury that the child’s head injuries could only be explained by shaken baby syndrome... Eventually, a slate of evolving medical literature offering alternative diagnoses prompted a judge to overturn the conviction." www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Unreal. The Brox DA's office found this man innocent but "the presiding judge refused to dismiss the conviction, arguing that it would set a precedent to undo scores of other convictions. [He indicated] that if he did, the floodgates of other appeals would open." www.amny.com/new-york/bro...

As he faces death, Hillsborough killer's troubled youth is an untold story www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

Two days late saying I am so so so so so proud to know and work with these brilliant journalists www.propublica.org/article/prop...

The great @mariahblake.bsky.social has written a powerful new book about the campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals. The Washington Post called it “riveting,” a “deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time,” and “a book that none of us can afford to miss.”

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

An absolutely incredible interview and a rollercoaster of a conversation. The audio version is even better, and includes more -- including thoughts at the end about the importance of writing "alongside" people, rather than "about" them: "That feels truer." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/m...

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void." Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...

The best mail I've received from prison in a while--from a source who was checking up on me after a reporting trip: HOW DID YOUR TRIP GO ?? I DO WORRY WHEN YOU DO TAKE THE TRIPS PAM, YOU FLY ALOT PAM. THE NEWS WE SEE HERE IS ALWAYS SHOWING JETS DROPING ALL THE TIME SO YOU BE CAREFUL

Just registered for the “Reporting and Writing for Scene” master class with @pamelacolloff.bsky.social and @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social who are the best in the business. Figure it’s about time someone got paid for the wisdom I’ve plied from these two. Glad it’s @ire.org www.ire.org/product/ire2...