Insider and Reveal. September 24, 2021.

One day, when Ali N’Simbo was a boy, the he was listening to went dead. He looked up to see missiles flying in his direction. His family quickly gathered what they could–some food, blankets, a few photos–and fled their home in Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He remembers jumping over dead bodies as he ran through the streets.

Reveal and Insider. September 25, 2021.

For decades, Doctors Without Borders has been admired for bringing desperately needed medical care to crises around the globe and pioneering modern-day humanitarian aid. It’s an organization with radical roots, promising to do whatever it takes to deliver lifesaving care to people in need. But now, it’s struggling to address institutional racism.

ProPublica and The News & Observer. January 8, 2021

In early April, before COVID-19 hit her state hard, Palestine Howze was in a Durham, North Carolina, nursing home, living in pain. Palestine Howze didn’t have COVID-19, but a law enacted to protect health providers during the pandemic derailed her family’s wrongful death suit. The story was later covered nationally by WYNC/NPR, and given the Excellence in Journalism Award by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

ProPublica. August 13, 2020.

CareOne struck a deal to take COVID-19 patients from hospitals during the height of the pandemic and made “COVID-capable” part of its branding. Then, it came to have the highest rate of COVID-related deaths among large long-term care companies in New Jersey. This story influenced state lawmakers in drafting new legislation, and some of the nursing homes highlighted in this piece were later fined by OSHA. We also published a data analysis companion piece, and NPR later published a related investigation.

ProPublica. May 22, 2020.

Secretaries worked as contact tracers. The person normally in charge of pet shops and tattoo parlors was monitoring nursing homes. And as the state reopened, workers worried their duties would increase. Our reporting on the structure of New Jersey’s local health departments and public health structure led to lawmakers introducing a state bill.

The Verge and The Trace. January 16, 2020.

This story takes the reader inside Armslist, the online ‘gun show that never ends.’ This investigation was later cited as the basis for a lawsuit filed against Armlist.com.

The Trace, Measure of America, and THE CITY. October 17, 2019.

A bullet wound in Queens is more likely to be fatal than anywhere else in the city. A single trauma center serves the borough’s southern reaches, and it’s struggling to keep up. This investigation sparked conversations about trauma care in Queens, promises for action from local politicians, and discussion within the data journalism community on combining gun violence and health reporting. It was selected as one of the best political investigations of 2019 by City & State New York, and an editor of a medical journal based out of Columbia University asked us to consider publishing our analysis with his journal.

The Trace. May 17, 2019.

The platforms say they don’t allow users to post blueprints or how-tos for building ghost guns. But the files continue to circulate. After this reporting, Twitter retroactively began banning users and changed its policy on sharing gun files.

The Trace and BuzzFeed News. January 24, 2019.

We also included a brief data companion with this piece showing five takeaways readers could quickly learn from our analysis. This investigation won a Sidney Award from the Hillman Foundation, influenced Baltimore politicians, helped free a man from prison, and the series won 2020 Les Payne Award for Coverage on Communities of Color from the Deadline Club.

The Trace and FiveThirtyEight. October 4, 2018.

The agency has more confidence in its estimates of BB gun injuries than firearms. This investigation, and a follow-up article, prompted official inquiry of the Department of Health and Human Services by 11 senators, including Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Robert Menendez. After my third article on the issue, the CDC committed resources to fixing its data. The work has been cited in academic publications and policy briefs, and my methodology for analyzing gunshot injuries has been adopted by advocacy groups.

The Trace and Flint Beat. October 25, 2018.

Tapped out by its battles over lead-tainted water, the Michigan city is grappling with another public health crisis: It’s losing kids to guns at nearly twice the rate of Chicago and Detroit.

The Trace and BuzzFeed News. March 23, 2018.

At least 47 times since 2015, a person has shot a friend, family member, or emergency responder they mistook for an intruder.

The Trace. August 20, 2017.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program's signature event is a haven for self-described ‘gun nerds.‘here

ProPublica, Investigative Post and The Times Union of Albany. March 27, 2017.

New York hands out tax breaks and other benefits to companies that have run afoul of federal regulators. Ran nationally and was published in multiple local outlet in Upstate New York.