ProPublica seeks a senior editor for business

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. We are seeking an investigative editor to help launch, oversee and elevate a new team on ProPublica’s national staff that will focus exclusively on digging out revelatory accountability journalism in the world of business. The need for deep scrutiny of the machinations […]

ProPublica promotes Eisinger to assistant ME

ProPublica editor-in-chief Steven Engleberg and managing editor Tracy Weber sent out the following to the staff: It is our great pleasure to announce that we are promoting Jesse Eisinger, veteran reporter and editor, to assistant managing editor. In his new role, Eisinger will build and oversee a new team devoted to business investigations — a […]

ProPublica, STAT News among the Barlett & Steele winners

The winners of the 19th Annual Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism highlighted the variety of ways and the extent to which the public’s health is impacted – oftentimes negatively – by companies’ pursuit to maximize profits. Each award-winning investigation shed light on a systematic abuse that has left Americans disadvantaged in the […]

ProPublica hires Wired’s Kelly as senior editor

ProPublica announced Monday that Caitlin Kelly has been hired as a senior editor. She’ll start on Sept. 29. In her previous role as a features editor at Wired, she edited an investigation into the Titan submersible disaster and “Priscilla, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia,” a finalist for the 2025 National Magazine Award for feature writing. Other […]

ProPublica reporter Silverman departs

ProPublica investigative reporter Craig Silverman has left the news organization after nearly four years. He has been focused on platforms, disinformation, cyberfraud and other forms of online manipulation. His work earned two SABEW Best in Business Awards. Silverman previously worked at BuzzFeed News, where he held the title of media editor and produced a string […]

Turton, formerly with Bloomberg and Wired, joins ProPublica

William Turton has joined ProPublica to cover the Department of Government Efficiency. He previously was a senior writer at Wired and also worked at Bloomberg News covering hackers and cybersecurity. Turton also worked as a reporter at VICE News Tonight on HBO. Turton has also worked as a staff reporter for The Outline from May 2017 to October […]

ProPublica hires Clarke from Bloomberg Industry Group

ProPublica has hired Ashley Clarke for its crowdsourcing and engagement reporting team. Clarke plans to cover issues that impact low-income individuals and families, particularly those living in urban communities, focusing on topics like housing insecurity and homelessness, education, transportation and environment. She comes to ProPublica from Bloomberg Industry Group, where she covered law firms and worked with […]

ProPublica hires Asher-Schapiro

Avi Asher-Schapiro, a tech correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation in Los Angeles, has been hired by ProPublica as a reporter in Washington. He anchored the foundation’s global tech coverage, leading investigations on multiple continents into major platforms from Amazon to Facebook to Uber. Before joining the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Asher-Schapiro was a tech correspondent […]

ProPublica hires Bing from Reuters

ProPublica has hired Reuters cybersecurity reporter Christopher Bing as a reporter in its Washington bureau. He will start in December. Bing, a cybersecurity and intelligence reporter for Reuters in Washington, has explored how digital espionage impacts national security and foreign affairs. Bing joined Reuters in 2018 and became team leader for its cyber investigations unit in […]

ProPublica hires Rosenberg of Reuters to cover immigration

ProPublica announced Friday that it hired Mica Rosenberg as an immigration reporter. Rosenberg comes from Reuters, where she most recently led its immigration team as both a reporter and editor and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in national reporting with colleagues for a series of stories about companies employing immigrant children. Rosenberg began her time […]