“Looking Up an NYPD Officer’s Discipline Record? Many Are There One Day, Gone the Next”
ProPublica, May 9, 2024
An investigation into how disciplinary records quietly disappeared from the NYPD’s public database, undermining transparency reforms and public accountability.

“Supreme Connections”
ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2023
An interactive database mapping the financial networks of U.S. Supreme Court justices.

“Supreme Risk”
ProPublica, June 1, 2023
An interactive analysis of constitutional rights that Supreme Court justices have signaled a willingness to revisit, narrow, or overturn.

“Tracking Covid-19’s global spread”
CNN, 2021–2023
A suite of interactive trackers monitoring COVID-19 cases, deaths, and vaccinations by country and U.S. state, built on continuously updated public-health data and used across CNN platofrms.

“Gambling ‘America’s Amazon’”
CNN, Dec 5, 2021
A multimedia investigation into coal-ash waste near a major power plant, examining how utilities and regulators have allowed long-term environmental and health risks to be borne by nearby communities.

“Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors”
CNN, Feb. 5, 2021
An interactive analysis of Fortune 500 companies’ political donations following the January 6 certification vote, tracking which firms pledged to halt giving.

“A landfill in their backyard”
CNN, Sept. 11, 2020
An investigation into cancer rates in communities near the Fresh Kills landfill, examining long-term environmental exposure linked to 9/11 debris and the government’s response to public health concerns.

“Where did $380B in PPP money go?”
CNN, July 20, 2020
A searchable database of Paycheck Protection Program loan recipients and amounts, published after a coalition FOIA lawsuit forced the federal government to release the data.

“Destroyed: How the trashing of rape kits failed victims and jeopardizes public safety”
CNN, Nov. 29, 2018
A national investigation into the widespread destruction of untested rape kits, revealing how systemic failures by police and prosecutors denied justice to survivors and undermined public safety.

“The poisoning of a city”
Mashable, Jan. 24, 2016
An explanatory investigation into the Flint water crisis and the public-health failures that led to widespread lead exposure.

“Congresswoman reveals prominent astronomy professor's history of sexual harassment”
Mashable, Jan. 12, 2016
A reported account detailing allegations of sexual harassment within a major university science department.

“Sex, Lies and HIV: When What You Don’t Tell Your Partner Is a Crime”
ProPublica, Dec. 1, 2013
An investigation into HIV criminalization laws and their impact on public health, disclosure, and stigma.

“Intern vs. Mayor: Battle Bares Bloomberg’s Argument for Secrecy”
ProPublica, May 6, 2013
A first-person account of a two-year public-records lawsuit against New York City over emails related to the mayor’s selection of a controversial schools chancellor, examining the administration’s push to extend secrecy and its implications for transparency law.

“Out of Order: Who Polices Prosecutors Who Abuse Their Authority? Usually Nobody”
ProPublica, April 3, 2013
A series examining systemic prosecutorial misconduct in New York City and the lack of meaningful oversight.

“The NRA Wants to Keep Gun Records Secret From Everyone Except the NRA”
Gawker, Feb. 27, 2013
A reported look at efforts to restrict public access to gun-ownership records while preserving private access for interest groups.

“Helter shelter: A peek inside the shadowy world of offshore tax havens”
The Daily, Sept. 22, 2012
A records-based investigation into offshore shell companies used in abusive tax-avoidance schemes, tracing how billions in tax liability are obscured through front men and defunct corporations.