Hi there. I am an award-winning investigative journalist with a deep passion for accountability-driven reporting.
I have an academic background in cognitive science and sociology. Most recently, I was the full-time staff researcher and fact checker for three years at Business Insider.
I always aim to hold power to account by using my sharp data skills and fluency in navigating public records laws to uncover gaps in oversight, abuses of power, and conflicts of interest in public and private sectors.
Selected reporting
53 years after Stonewall, police dealings with transgender people are still poisoned by abuse and disrespect (December 2022)
The Fulton County Jail where Trump will be booked has seen 23 deaths in custody in less than 4 years (July 2023)
This story caught the attention of the Justice Department in 2023, contributing to a federal investigation and subsequent consent decree with the jail.
Academic celebrity Neri Oxman plagiarized from Wikipedia, scholars, a textbook, and other sources without any attribution (January 2024)
Donald Trump spent over $52 million in PAC donor money on legal fees last year. Here's where it all went (February 2024)
Selected fact-checking
A three-part award-winning investigative series on attack-trained prison patrol dogs by Hannah Beckler (2023)
A three-part award-winning investigative series on illegal evictions by Cecilia Reyes (2024)
Hidden investors took over Corizon Health, a leading prison healthcare company. Then they deployed the Texas Two-Step, by Nicole Einbinder and Dakin Campbell (2023)
How real estate’s Alexander brothers got away with decades of alleged sexual assault by Katie Warren (2024)
Selected data-driven investigative series
*Deaths in the Family, on rising homicidal violence against transgender individuals (2022)
The Predators’ Playground, on sexual abuse in public schools by education professionals and the culture of secrecy that protects predators, not students (2023)
*The Gutting of the Eighth Amendment, on the weakened constitutional protections in place against prisoner abuse (2024)
*Tallying the True Costs of AI, on the environmental, economic, and health impacts of data centers, see also: our data methodology (2025)
A star(*) indicates internal fact-checking efforts in addition to research contributions
Awards
Scripps Howard Award for “Distinguished Service to the First Amendment” Oct. 2023
Issued by the Scripps Howard Fund for research and reporting on Business Insider’s investigative series, “Deaths in the Family,” exploring 175 transgender homicide trends over five years.
Second Place for Newspapers - Daily, Investigative Reporting Dec. 2024
Issued by the Great Bay Area Journalism Awards for research on Business Insider's investigative series, "The Predators' Playground," exploring the epidemic of sexual abuse in schools.