I’m excited to announce that a MuckRock reporting project on police disciplinary files I’m working on with Annika Grosser and Sanjana Bhambhani has been awarded a Northwestern Medill Google News Initiative Data-Driven Reporting Project grant!

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Great BBC short video by Sanjana Bhambhani highlighting our paper.
with
Yusuke Tsugawa
Anupam Jena
Lisa Rotenstein MD

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It’s “peace officers,” not policemen, who patrol some NYC homeless shelters. But when these officers assault the unsheltered people they’re tasked with protecting, most return back to work within a month. Important investigation by Sammy Sussman Annika Grosser Sanjana Bhambhani

Homeless Services We’re planning on reporting about the police files of agencies across New York State. Are you a citizen affected by your interaction with an NY police officer? Are you an officer affected by your department’s Brady/Giglio policies? Reach out here: muckrock.com/news/archives/…

✨spoiler alert✨if you’re gonna read the whole thing, but this intro/conclusion in Sammy Sussman Annika Grosser & Sanjana Bhambhani’s piece for MuckRock & New York Focus is kinda wild

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New, from me, Annika Grosser & Sanjana Bhambhani, for MuckRock and New York Focus:

(This the first in a series of articles based on tens of thousands of pages of police disciplinary files we’ve obtained):

NEW: An investigation by a team of journalists reporting for MuckRock and New York Focus offers a first-of-its-kind look at how “peace officers” assigned to New York City’s homeless shelters are held accountable — and how long their behavior can go unchecked. muckrock.com/news/archives/…

NEW: An investigation by a team reporting for MuckRock and New York Focus uncovered disciplinary files on homeless shelter 'peace officers' who abuse the residents they're supposed to protect.

Read their files, and our investigation, here:

nysfocus.com/2024/04/15/new…

Why space isn't as colourful as photos make it seem bbc.com/reel/video/p0h…

Reporting by Sammy Sussman

The history of virtual reality that led to Apple Vision Pro bbc.com/reel/video/p0h…

A year after my internship Rachel Maddow MSNBC, I finally got to meet Rachel in-person with my lovely classmate and former colleague Sanjana Bhambhani! Beyond inspired and encouraged by her brilliant work!

Two weeks before the 2023 Oscars Ceremony, I hopped on a Zoom Call with soon-to-be-two-time Academy Award winner Ruth Carter and the creators of Gold Beams and SoulfulofNoise for a conversation about community, creativity and collaboration in the arts. Check it out ⬇️

New York rolled out a policy preventing families from sending packages to incarcerated loved ones except through certain vendors. More in this piece I filmed for Columbia News Service
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