Amy Brittain
@AmyJBrittain
Investigative reporter for The Washington Post. Contact: [email protected]
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/canary 03-11-2010 21:05:49
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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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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 …
'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
Some of your WaPo national security team here, advocating for fair pay at The Washington Post — Dan Lamothe Michael Birnbaum Alex Horton and yours truly
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…
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…
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