The City appoints ProPublica’s Klein as chief product officer
Nonprofit investigative news outlet The City has named Scott Klein its chief product officer. Recently, Klein was deputy managing editor at ProPublica, where he worked for more than 14 years. There, he also served as senior editor for news applications and assistant managing editor. He co-founded DocumentCloud in 2009 with colleagues from ProPublica and from […]
ProPublica reporter Smith departs
Sarah Smith, a reporter covering housing, poverty, mental health, and religion for ProPublica has left. Smith’s tweet reads: “I’ve so enjoyed getting to work with the generous, brilliant reporters here, especially my colleagues on the South team. I am very excited for the next adventure, but first: A small break.” Previously, Smith was a metro […]
Smith re-joins Houston Chronicle as a senior enterprise reporter
The Houston Chronicle has hired Sarah Smith as a senior enterprise reporter. Smith worked at the Chronicle from December 2018 to June 2021 as a metro reporter covering housing and homelessness. Since June 2021, Smith has covered housing, poverty, mental health, and religion for ProPublica, where she previously was a fellow and freelancer. She was […]
Lerner swaps the Intercept for ProPublica
Sharon Lerner, an investigative reporter covering health, science and the environment at The Intercept, will leave to join ProPublica, where she will divide her time between the international health team and the national desk. Lerner begins in September. She worked for The Village Voice, the public radio show “The Infinite Mind,” and the New School, […]
Lerner swaps the Intercept for ProPublica
Sharon Lerner, an investigative reporter covering health, science and the environment at The Intercept, will leave to join ProPublica, where she will divide her time between the international health team and the national desk. Lerner begins in September. She worked for The Village Voice, the public radio show “The Infinite Mind,” and the New School, […]
Surana swaps BuzzFeed News for ProPublica
Kavitha Surana will join ProPublica as a reporter on National, effective Aug. 1. Previously, Surana was a staff reporter at BuzzFeed News and an enterprise reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. She served as a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica from January 2018 to April 2019. She was an editorial fellow at Foreign Policy Magazine […]
ProPublica appoints Sandoval research reporter
Gabriel L. Sandoval has joined ProPublica as a research reporter. Recently, Sandoval was a reporter at The City, where he previously interned. He is part of the adjunct faculty at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He interned at WNYC Radio, Chico News & Review and The Chronicle of Higher Education. […]
ProPublica wins business and finance Scripps Howard Award
ProPublica’s “The Secret IRS Files” was named the winner in the business and financial category of the 69th annual Scripps Howard Awards. The series ignited a worldwide debate about wealth and inequality. The judges wrote, “If you were not outraged by the U.S. tax system before reading this series, you will be when you are […]
Evans named chief product and brand officer at ProPublica
The following excerpt was sent out: ProPublica announced Wednesday that Tyson Evans will join its staff as the organization’s first chief product and brand officer. In this position, he will use his extensive newsroom experience on both the business and editorial sides to oversee the vision and execution of ProPublica’s publishing platforms, including its websites, […]
Washington Post hires Arnsdorf as national political reporter
The Washington Post has hired Isaac Arnsdorf as a national political reporter. Recently, he was working as a national politics investigative reporter at ProPublica. Before that, he was covering money in politics, lobbying and influence for Politico. He is also a former Politico Influence newsletter writer. He has also worked at Bloomberg as a reporter […]
