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1/ It's been a long year so far, but I wanted to stop for a second because I just made a list of everything @propubnerds has published so far, and it’s a wild look back.
2/ We started the year by publishing the fruits of our 2019 reporting: A searchable database of disclosures Catholic dioceses had made of "credibly accused" abusers who have served in their ranks w/ me @emsimani @katiezavadski & @LChurchilll https://projects.propublica.org/credibly-accused/
3/ Between then and the next piece we published, COVID19 had hit the US in a big way, and we were already working from home. @anniewaldman @a_l @ngusletter & @Sean_Kev set out to show how hospital systems might get overwhelmed: https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/covid-hospitals
4/ Then @lyllayounes & @a_l discovered New York City was publishing its Coronavirus cases on GitHub, so we did what we always do: We put a search box on it, and gave it context to help folks in NYC understand the numbers. https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/covid-nyc
5/ Eagle-eyed @ngusletter saw that Illinois was publishing data on ventilators and hospital beds and started tracking it in a spreadsheet. At the time, those numbers were considered key indicators, and we let readers to track them too: https://projects.propublica.org/il-hospital-resources/
6/ @emsimani & @JeffErnsthausen had been digging deep into evictions, finding that landlords were still trying to evict folks despite protections. @A_L teamed up with them to let readers see if they were protected by federal and state protections: https://projects.propublica.org/covid-evictions/
7/ As states reopened, people were drowning in COVID data. We simplified the data for readers, while also helping them understand where their state stood on reopening guidelines. @lenagroeger and @ngusletter really pushed the design envelope here: https://projects.propublica.org/reopening-america/
8/ While all of this had been going on, @derekwillis siphoned federal contracts data related to Coronavirus and created a tool for our reporters to break news and report stories they wouldn't otherwise have been able. He & @moizsyed gave that away: https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-contracts/
9/ (whew, I'm already exhausted and we're not even at the end here. In real life, I went on vacation between this and the next project. I think I need another.)
10/ When the Treasury *finally* released data on PPP loans, we had been preparing for it. By the next day, @moizsyed and @derekwillis had done it again, creating a resource to let you search companies and ZIP codes: https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/
11/ Next up, @TaliaBuford @lucaswaldron @moizsyed and @A_L published this *masterful* piece that picked apart police tactics as seen in viral protest videos. The technique here shows how powerful it is to combine video with custom story design. https://projects.propublica.org/protest-police-tactics/
12/ @lenagroeger was looking to set the new wave of unemployment numbers in context. As she did, she realized how revealing it was that Black employment numbers have been at a crisis level for a long time. Her walkthrough is stunning: https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-unemployment
13/ Continuing on the police beat, this week @derekwillis @ericuman & @moizsyed published previously secret civilian complaints against ~4,000 NYPD officers. This was perhaps the fastest news app we've ever done, and I'm incredibly proud of them. https://projects.propublica.org/nypd-ccrb/
14/ And just today, @moizsyed (who, if you're following along, may be superhuman) helped @zipporahosei @mrsimon22 & @lucaswaldron showcase the database they’d been making, which tracks what happens to police after they use force on protestors: https://projects.propublica.org/protest-police-videos/
15/ These are the standalone things we’ve published, but we’ve done much more. @lyllayounes did masterful data reporting with our LRN partners in Oregon, changing how people in the state see the logging industry & making some great maps in the process: https://features.propublica.org/oregon-timber/severance-tax-cut-wall-street-private-logging-companies/
16/ And @ngusletter has cornered the market here on amazing graphical explainers of COVID numbers:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-understand-covid-19-numbers
https://www.propublica.org/article/state-coronavirus-data-doesnt-support-trumps-misleading-testing-claims
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-understand-covid-19-numbers
https://www.propublica.org/article/state-coronavirus-data-doesnt-support-trumps-misleading-testing-claims
17/ I just wanted to reflect and publicly appreciate the work of the @propubnerds team. This has been a hell (of a) year, and their work has been incredible: holding the powerful to account, helping people understand the biggest issues of the day, and pushing the form forward.
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