Black Boxes: How Police Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras

For ProPublica: A multi-part series. How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras (The New York Times Magazine) (Honorable Mention for 2024 John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, Medill School of Journalism) Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View When Alabama Police Kill, Surviving Family Can Fight Years to See Bodycam Footage. There’s No Guarantee They Will Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through…Continue Reading “Black Boxes: How Police Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras” →

Waiting for Water: Tribes’ Fight for a Promised Resource

For ProPublica: A multi-part series. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1908 that tribes with reservations have a right to water. But ProPublica and High Country News found that in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin they face unique obstacles: a state that aggressively opposes them, a process that sometimes doesn’t provide infrastructure to access water and growing competition from other users. How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water (Honorable mention, 2024 Best Feature Story, Indigenous Journalists Association) Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for…Continue Reading “Waiting for Water: Tribes’ Fight for a Promised Resource” →

“The Drone Problem”: How the U.S. Has Struggled to Curb Turkey, a Key Exporter of Armed Drones

For ProPublica: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was in a tough spot last August when he paid a visit to Turkey. For nearly a year, his government had been at war with rebels from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which was now pushing south from its stronghold near the Eritrean border and threatening to move on the country’s capital of Addis Ababa. Thousands had already been killed, and the United States and the United Nations had accused all the warring parties of blockading aid, committing…Continue Reading ““The Drone Problem”: How the U.S. Has Struggled to Curb Turkey, a Key Exporter of Armed Drones” →