Food companies are exploiting "anti-diet" trends to promote sugary and ultra-processed products and fight regulations. My latest with Sasha Chavkin, Caitlin Gilbert and anahad oconnor with The Washington Post. Come for the 🛝📷and stay for the story 👇 theexamination.org/articles/as-ob…

NEW: While many U.S. Black women abandon hair relaxers linked to cancer, sales of chemical hair straighteners continue to climb in African countries as regulation varies vastly around the world, a global deep dive by The Examination found. 🌍theexamination.org/articles/while…

“The price of Black women’s beauty should never be Black women’s health." Outstanding work by susan s. richardson A.Gichana The Examination Raquel Rutledge

I am absolutely devastated and shocked to hear that my former colleague and friend ⁦Marshall Allen⁩ died. There are not enough words to describe what a wonderful, wonderful person Marshall was. This is beyond crushing. Please help his family. gofundme.com/f/support-for-…

I will share some of my favorite ⁦Marshall Allen⁩ stories today but this one is at or near the top of the list. How Marshall’s deep Christian faith and his time in ministry made him a better investigative reporter. RIP to one of the good guys. propublica.org/article/from-m…

Marshall saw "a natural progression from the ministry to muckraking." "Both are valid ways of serving a higher cause." "God calls us to publish the truth, not propaganda." In this 2018 essay, he plumbed the biblical basis for investigative reporting: propublica.org/article/from-m…

"It's important for us to have a better mental health and suicide prevention plan — as part of the plan of gun ownership." Watch the replay of this important panel on mental health for gun owners, hosted by John Diedrich, here: jsonline.com/story/news/spe…

For those at #IRE24 (there are SO MANY PEOPLE here -- big kudos to Investigative Reporters & Editors and its wonderful staff), Raquel Rutledge and I will be gabbing from 5-6 today in Platinum Salon 6. So come see what a Platinum Salon is. (And could there possibly be 6?)

Dunno, but I'm gonna bet this is the first time an Australian-Cameroonian-Ghanaian reporting trio has been a finalist for the Loeb Awards. I've spent my career making sure reporters outside the US are recognized for their work so this nomination means a lot. Thanks Gerald Loeb Awards

1 year since Ben Hallman Asraa Mustufa + others launched a news outlet doing things differently. Long way to go, but I've realized a dream working with Raquel Rutledge + amazing reporters. (And my story is a finalist Gerald Loeb Awards alongside my old employer ICIJ. Kinda cool)

How can journalists cover controversial issues in a way that doesn't automatically turn people off, but instead, invites people to learn and be curious about different viewpoints? Here are some pointers from John Diedrich. ⬇️ trustingnews.org/how-a-local-re…

This session will give you what you need to go to your editor and say I want to write 14,000 words with no nut graph. Which is exactly what every editor wants to hear. Investigative Reporters & Editors Raquel Rutledge

Wow. This piece is just a wow. Raquel Rutledge

Deeply honored to receive the National Press Foundation WWP award for jsonline.com/BehindtheGun, sharing stories of gun-owning vets and their efforts to reduce suicide; Such a privilege to share their stories. Tnx to eds Greg Borowski + Daphne Chen Big congrats to Long Lead for their work.

Congrats to Will Fitzgibbon Christian Locka Emmanuel K. Dogbevi for this well-deserved recognition for their investigation into dangerous battery recycling operations in Africa, theexamination.org/articles/india… Raquel Rutledge

How are major polluters racking in billions in green loans? (incl Enbridge btw, which just had a $1 million oil spill in Wisconsin). Read this excellent report w/nifty lookup tool Sasha Chavkin The Examination mago torres Raquel Rutledge w/ Mississippi Today Toronto Star AP News

Congrats to semifinalists for Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting shorensteincenter.org/announcing-sem… Journal Sentinel Cleo Krejci for examination of assisted living crisis & Will Evans The Examination exposing risk from hydrogen sulfide. Raquel Rutledge

🎉to The Examination for a General Excellence SABEW award + a best in Health/Science & a nod for best data journalism for an investigation w/Houston Chronicle on H2S gas. Will Evans Raquel Rutledge Asraa Mustufa Ben Hallman Impressive and well-deserved!sabew.org/2025/03/2024-b… @

Collaborations among journalists from news outlets in 10 countries is not easy. This team functioned as a well-oiled machine. Thanks to all, especially madlen davies Hristio Boytchev and Rafael Cabrera, for the outstanding work. theexamination.org/articles/gruen…

“We have to convince the consumer that this sugar is good for you' ... Fasicinating look at conflicts of interest in the maple syrup promotion world by Will Evans Ellen Gabler The New York Times Anjali Tsui Raquel Rutledge