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Amy Brittain

@AmyJBrittain

Investigative reporter for The Washington Post. Contact: [email protected]

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linkhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/canary calendar_today03-11-2010 21:05:49

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New Orleans police officer Rodney Vicknair sexually abused a teen girl he met on the job.

He is one of hundreds of officers arrested for child sexual abuse, a Post investigation found. wapo.st/4ctqT9d

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee(@myhlee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For the past year, Julie Yoon & I have been digging into gender inequality in South Korea and the factors underlying its superlatives on gender/family issues among all major economies (biggest gender wage gap, lowest in glass-ceiling index, lowest fertility rate, etc).

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Ryan Tracy(@ryanjtracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday I saw my name on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, a privilege that never got old over 13+ years. Hours later I was laid off. Today I grieve, but I am also grateful. I reported with brilliant colleagues who do the job with integrity and warmth. We strode the halls of power …

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'Just say something.' My friend and colleague Julie Z. Weil writes about the loss of her son Ezra and what she has learned over the past year about talking to people who are grieving. Gift link below. wapo.st/3tWU2Ie

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Just about everyday in America, a resident wanders away from an assisted living facility. In nearly 100 instances since 2018, these incidents have been deadly. My colleagues and I wanted to understand why and shed light on this industry wapo.st/3TtuwVn

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The Wizards are on the front page of the Washington Post’s sports section tomorrow, but my byline is not.

That’s because I’m one of more than 700+ of wapo staffers walking off the job Thursday because our company is bargaining in bad faith.

The Wizards are on the front page of the Washington Post’s sports section tomorrow, but my byline is not. That’s because I’m one of more than 700+ of wapo staffers walking off the job Thursday because our company is bargaining in bad faith.
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Ashley Parker(@AshleyRParker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As a young woman starting in journalism, I was regularly underpaid and undervalued, and I know what it’s like to fight for your worth.

That’s why, today, I am joining more than 700 of my colleagues, and walking out for 24 hours. Everyone deserves a fair contract w fair wages.

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Once I opened this story, I did not stop until I watched every video. Just a remarkable, devastating investigation into the effects of CTE on young adults. Kassie Bracken John Branch nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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Tori DiVincenzo and her husband, Anthony, had tried for years to have a baby. She envisioned delivering her daughter at home, with her husband and her mother nearby.

She pushed for hours under the watch of a veteran midwife, only to deliver her daughter silent and still.

“I…

Tori DiVincenzo and her husband, Anthony, had tried for years to have a baby. She envisioned delivering her daughter at home, with her husband and her mother nearby. She pushed for hours under the watch of a veteran midwife, only to deliver her daughter silent and still. “I…
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Infants are twice as likely to die after planned home births compared with hospital deliveries, a Post investigation found.

Inconsistent laws and limited accountability make it difficult to evaluate a home birth midwife’s record. wapo.st/3FW3DSb

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In Sept, ProPublica New York Magazine exposed how Columbia protected a doctor/predator

Now the school is
—notifying ~6,500 former patients
—setting up $100 million settlement fund
—committing to external investigation

Huge impact from work by Bianca Laura Beil
propublica.org/article/columb…

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Supervisors invited employees to strip clubs. A supervisor had sex with his employee & said he wanted to reassign her. Bank examiners sent women dick pics.

Inside the toxic work environment at the FDIC that for years has caused women to leave the agency: wsj.com/us-news/fdic-t…

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A first-time mom, Tori, wrote to me after her baby died during a home birth. After digging into her midwife’s past, she wondered if her baby should be alive today. This is a story about life and death within the U.S. home-birthing movement. The Washington Post wapo.st/3MJE0aW

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A question has haunted a Caribbean nation for 40 years: What happened to the body of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop? My colleagues spent two years investigating this mystery, and this is what we found. It's an incredible story. Listen here: washingtonpost.com/podcasts/the-e…

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I just went through one of those copy edits that every good writer loves. Catching a couple titles that weren’t quite right. A triple check of numbers/facts.
So thorough.

All on a day my news org’s leaders announced deep cuts, particularly to copy desk.
They save us so much.

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