ProPublica hires WSJ’s Schectman
ProPublica has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Joel Schectman for its Washington bureau. Schectman is an investigative reporter who has spent more than 10 years writing exposés on espionage, covert surveillance and U.S. psychological and influence operations. At The Wall Street Journal, he investigated Chevron’s relationship with the CIA in Venezuela, the spy agency’s secret role in a historic […]
ProPublica hires Kliegman as copy editor
ProPublica announced the hiring of Julie Kliegman, who joins the newsroom’s copy desk. With more than a decade of experience, Kliegman has overseen copy operations and editorial standards at a variety of media, including The Ringer, Sports Illustrated and Apple News. They have also written for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post […]
ProPublica hires Business Insider’s Beckler
ProPublica announced that Hannah Beckler has been hired as a data reporter. She started on July 1. Beckler was most recently a reporter on Business Insider’s enterprise desk, where she was part of a team honored with a George Polk Award for “The True Cost of Data Centers,” a data-driven investigation of the data center […]
ProPublica hires three to expand business news coverage
ProPublica has hired three reporters — Caroline O’Donovan, Ben Foldy and Kendall Taggart — to join the new business desk. The team, led by assistant managing editor Jesse Eisinger and Senior Editor Jake Swearingen, will pursue accountability journalism focused on corporate power, financial crimes and the ways business decisions shape everyday life. O’Donovan starts on […]
Reuters wins two Pulitzers; SF Chronicle and Bloomberg also win
Reuters has won a Pulitzer Prize in the beat reporting category for its series on Meta, the parent of Facebook. Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham of Reuters received the award for inventive and revelatory reporting on Meta that detailed the technology company’s willingness to expose users, including children, to scams and AI manipulation. Reuters also won a […]
ProPublica hires Swearingen to run business investigations team
Jake Swearingen has been hired as a senior editor to lead a new team investigating the business world. “I’m excited to welcome Jake’s combination of rigor, imagination and verve as we form a team to go after the abuses of the wealthiest and most powerful people and companies,” assistant managing editor Jesse Eisinger said in […]
ProPublica seeks a business reporter
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Come join us as we assemble for the first time a crack team of reporters that will hold the rich and powerful accountable at this crucial juncture in world history. The need for deep scrutiny of the machinations of the wealthiest people […]
Bing departs ProPublica for new opportunity
ProPublica reporter Chris Bing has left the news organization for a new opportunity. He had been there for a year in the Washington bureau. Bing was previously a cybersecurity and intelligence reporter for Reuters in Washington.. Bing joined Reuters in 2018 and became team leader for its cyber investigations unit in 2022. His past work exposed how former National […]
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 […]
