I don’t know if he intended it to be this way, but Brian Goldstone wrote a book that every education policy person and every educator needs to read. This is why: 1) This is a book about children. They are there in nearly every scene, and every setback in their families’ quest for a home is…

Awful news this morning — one of Oregon's best reporters has passed away, all too young. His absence will be felt by the media and by the public at large. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

I have a new story out today: Pinellas sex assault victims couldn’t get rape kits overnight — for a year. After I began asking questions, that changed. Advocates are outraged calling this “a massive failure” www.tampabay.com/investigatio...

The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.

Minnesotans following and documenting ICE activity here have been detained, pulled out of their cars, hit with chemicals, had agents route them to their homes and take photos. Even after the killings of two observers, they aren't stopping. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New: Just how furious are Americans about ICE? Sewing influencers, bourbon vloggers and the mod of r/catbongos are all taking a political stand. "I refuse to wake up in five or 10 years and look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘You had a platform and did nothing,'" a golf YouTuber told me

“What are you doing?” one woman yelled. “You just shot someone and now you’re terrorizing us. What more can we take?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

When ICE came onto campus at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, high school journalist Lila Dominguez wrote about it. “Being a student in Minneapolis right now can be really scary,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Back in Oct, we tallied 20+ citizens who’ve been grabbed and held for more than a day *without being able to contact a lawyer or loved one.* These are only the cases we happened to hear about. Before Minneapolis. The admins has released no data or details. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

From before dawn to the middle of the night, here’s what it’s like on the ground in Minneapolis during this ICE surge - and how residents are fighting against it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

I live in the Twin Cities. I have been talking to observers for weeks, and a lot this week, about what they're seeing. I was on the scene after the shooting yesterday. Here's what it looks like to live here now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Reupping this, #Minnesota - my DMs are also open. Interested in how people are providing aid to neighbors, leads on where you're seeing ICE activity, stuff on the ground that you think needs more attention

ICYMI, @rachelleingang.bsky.social talks about the fatal shooting of a civilian by an ICE agent in Minneapolis and the Trump administration's focus on Minnesota: www.wnyc.org/story/minnea...

The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...

Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears. “I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files: Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996. The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

NEW INVESTIGATION: Insurance companies use hidden rules to slash disaster survivors' payouts. The @sfchronicle.com obtained hundreds of internal records showing how insurers including State Farm cut claims payments to LA fire victims. Read more (gift link): tinyurl.com/y4fpza2p 1/

This year’s #PulitzerStaffPicks feature 18 reporting projects supported through our Climate and Environment focus area. The stories feature global issues on forests, mountains, and marine ecosystems, but also hyper-local stories. Learn more! 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25

Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

During the fight to defeat amendments 3 (marijuana) and 4 (abortion) last year, Gov. DeSantis’ administration spent at least $36.2 million in taxpayer funds: www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

In the outside world, cataract surgeries are considered minor and typically take 15 minutes. In Florida prisons, inmates can spend years waiting and go blind before they ever get surgery. tampabay.com/news/health/...

Reading about smoking ban proposals before the tobacco master settlement in 1998 is always a trip: www.nytimes.com/1984/02/15/u...

Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.

Hello! Feeling so much gratitude this week for local news 🗞️🥰 We are off for the holiday but the letter will return next Sunday! As always, don’t be shy. Pitch us your great investigations!! Email [email protected] The note can be this simple: Hi! For your consideration [link] — So-and-So

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This exists! It’s called Local Matters. We are sponsored by @ire.org & @knightcolumbia.org. Local Matters is a free, weekly newsletter that is curated by myself and three other working journalists. This is our 8th year! Anyone can sign up here: visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin...

In 2000, rookie Oakland cop Aaron McFarland wrote report saying he arrested man w drugs. His probable cause for stop: the man had crossed a solid red light. The problem: At that time of night the lights blink red. Katey & I obtained new records: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

So thrilled to be joining The Post’s incredible investigations team as a deputy editor! www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/08/1...

Beyond thrilled to share that @rwoolington.bsky.social is joining The Washington Post's investigations team www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/08/1...

In rural Tennessee, 16 middle schoolers waiting for cheerleading practice to start made a TikTok video seeming to role play a school shooting. The sheriff's office charged every single one with a crime. www.propublica.org/article/soci...

New: Beryllium, a metal so toxic that breathing in a minuscule amount over time can cause a chronic & fatal illness, is being found in homes after the LA wildfires. Nobody knows where it's coming from. Few are testing for it. w/ @meganmunce.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com tinyurl.com/4pkefbfx

Passionate about doing great journalism to serve Nevadans? Join our team! Co-Editors Michelle Rindels and Riley Snyder run down the three job openings we just posted: thenevadaindependent.com/article/want...

New from me and @meganmunce.bsky.social: Three major insurance companies have been accused of systematically under-insuring LA wildfire victims via flawed software, following our @sfchronicle.com investigation into the issue. Gift link: tinyurl.com/4dmpcb25

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

I can't recommend this #ire25 class highly enough, taught by two of the best investigative storytellers in the biz!

There are still spots in our Writing The Investigative Narrative class at @ire.org! Come talk craft with me & @rwoolington.bsky.social ✨📰 Sign up here: www.ire.org/product/ire2...

Congratulations to Zachary Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru, Bethany Barnes and the whole team at the Tampa Bay Times on winning this month's Sidney for their sweeping investigation of manatee deaths in Florida and the state's declining water quality.

The Tampa Bay Times wins the May Sidney for their first-of-its-kind investigation into the water quality crisis that is killing the state’s manatees:

The story quoted here is an excellent read, and very sad. Manatees 💔

We owe these gentle creatures better: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

ecological catastrophe in florida but no worries they are focusing on the real threats: fluoridated water project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7.

"If they had deliberately set out to emotionally torture three generations of a single family — Hailey, her aunt and, most important, her infant — they couldn’t have done a more thorough, efficient job of it than they did and continue to do in this case" missouriindependent.com/2025/05/05/h...

JOURNALISTS OF BLUESKY: I'm hiring! We're looking for a talented reporter to join the Lexington Herald-Leader on the Bluegrass Politics team. This position will cover state government — the legislature, Gov. Andy Beshear, agencies, etc. — and Kentucky politics. Questions? Reach out to me.

“I’ve been doing this work for 34 years…and I don’t remember ever seeing a policy that names the principal, in writing, as the editor of the paper." www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/insi...

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...

Stories like these are only possible because of our readers and the support of the @sfchronicle.com leadership. Now more than ever, investigative reporting is needed across the U.S. — esp. at the local level. Subscribe to one (or more) local news outlets so we can keep doing this work <3