Tracy Jan
@tracyjan.bsky.social
Senior editor @propublica.org. Former Washington Post deputy health & science editor and race & economy reporter. Former Boston Globe national political reporter. https://www.propublica.org/people/tracy-jan
The ACLU has just detailed hundreds of cases of misconduct by immig agents: -kneeling on necks 52x -Agents choking people 10x -smashing car windows 47x -ramming cars 14x -Hit people w/ car 6x Report repeatedly cites ProPublica's reporting B/c transparency takes a village--when the govt blocks it
Incredibly important reporting by @propublica.org's @jsmithrichards.bsky.social + @jodiscohen.bsky.social on how Arkansas taxpayers are funding private "schools" that abuse children instead of educating them.
This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...
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Good for editors to dive back into deadline reporting! Don't miss @propublica.org + @kqednews.kqed.org's investigation cited by the Trump administration as it launches a national crackdown on how school districts handle accusations of sexual misconduct by teachers. www.propublica.org/article/cali...
He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway.
Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the state allowed him — and dozens of other educators found to have committed sexual harassment ...
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Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: Trump Administration Launches Crackdown on Teacher Sexual Misconduct Following KQED-ProPublica Investigation, by @tracyjan.bsky.social and Holly McDede w/ @kqednews.kqed.org
MUST READ @byelliesilverman.bsky.social's powerful story about the woman who the entire world thought it knew
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
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MUST READ @richardawebster.bsky.social’s incredible coverage about Jimmie Duncan’s case for @propublica.org + @veritenews.org The former death row prisoner was recently freed by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
@richardawebster.bsky.social · 3w ago1–In January 2025, I first started to report on Jimmie “Chris” Duncan. His story was shocking on its face: In 1998 he was sentenced to death for killing Haley Oliveaux, his former girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter. But there was more to the story … 🧵 @propublica.org @veritenews.org
AmeriKKKa 250. This is the scene in DC today. July 4, 2026. How will Trump address this… Will Trump address this?
Masked men with Confederate flags seen chanting, marching, riding Metro in DC
Masked men, some carrying white supremacist flags, were seen marching in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July.
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Even though injection wells are banned within a half-mile of public water wells in Oklahoma, we found 114 of them across the state, within public water districts more than 300k people rely on.
ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Oklahomans: Does YOUR water supply draw from a well located near an oil field wastewater injection operation? You can find out using our look up map. Just plug in your address, zip code or water system in the @propublica.org tool in this link: www.propublica.org/article/enid...
Tracy Jan@tracyjan.bsky.social · last mo.Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells to protect against pollution. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social identified at least 114 injection wells in OK located that close to a public water well.
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells to protect against pollution. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social identified at least 114 injection wells in OK located that close to a public water well.
To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
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In overturning Duncan's death row conviction, the chief justice of LA's Supreme Court compared the bite mark evidence used to prosecute him to “trial by water” tests used by witch-hunters in the 17th c. If they floated, they were considered witches. Those who “passed” by sinking often drowned.
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”
The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded ...
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Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is officially FREE following his 1998 murder conviction based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded as junk science. Today's Louisiana Supreme Court decision follows a 2025 @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation by @richardawebster.bsky.social
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”
The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded ...
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Wonderful meeting so many local reporters + editors at #IRE26. I enjoyed hearing about your work & potential project ideas at @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network breakfast and look forward to reading your proposals soon. Our next DEADLINE is July 27! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
Deadline Approaching for ProPublica’s 50 State Initiative — Fall 2026 Cohort
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Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House By @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social
Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House
The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.
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@kqednews.kqed.org reporter Holly McDede has been investigating teacher misconduct in California as a @propublica.org Local Reporting Network fellow. This is how she was able to obtain hundreds of misconduct complaints for insight into a teacher disciplinary system that's shrouded in secrecy.
I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too
In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to kno...
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When my co-reporter Andy Mannix and I investigated a tip last year about child sexual abuse in an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota, we had to ask — was this just an isolated incident? Today, Andy and @jeremykohler.bsky.social have some answers: www.propublica.org/article/old-...
In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
The church's culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the country.
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Jessica Lussenhop@jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9mo agoReporter Andy Mannix from the @startribune.com and I have been speaking to women all over the country about allegations of child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. This is the story of how one perpetrator in Minnesota escaped consequences for years: www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
About half of all Oklahomans live within a mile of an oil and gas site. A new documentary from @readfrontier.bsky.social + @propublica.org exposes the failure of state regulators to protect residents from a massive underground pollution crisis. Based on reporting by @nickbowlin.bsky.social
Toxic Ground: Inside Oklahoma’s Massive Oil Field Wastewater Crisis
Watch how a legacy of oil drilling and regulatory failure destroyed one Oklahoma family’s dream home and contaminated another family’s drinking water.
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“Pro life.” Except when it comes to the life of the mother. MUST READ this @propublica.org dive into how Arkansas’ abortion ban — not best practices or medical training — guided these doctors’ choices.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo ago1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
NEW: Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.
U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray
A ProPublica investigation found that scores of children were hurt by these chemicals during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Lawmakers say the findings show more restrictions are neede...
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IMPACT: Within days of @propublica.org + @kqednews.kqed.org's investigation on how a California teacher fired for sexual harassment & deemed "unfit to teach" was allowed to keep teaching at 2 more schools, Redwood City has replaced Jason Agan & launched a 3rd party review of its hiring practices.
California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints
A KQED-ProPublica report revealed how Redwood City teacher Jason Agan was allowed to keep his credentials despite being deemed “unfit to teach.” Now he’s been replaced by a substitute for the remainde...
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CALIFORNIA! ProPublica is hiring a SENIOR EDITOR to head up our 6th regional bureau. Apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Senior Editor, California
California, United States
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As Louisiana lawmakers weigh spending more on prisons & less on education, @propublica.org + @veritenews.org show how Gov. Landry's tough-on-crime policies have changed the prison population & budget since he took office 2 yrs ago By @richardawebster.bsky.social + @charles-maldonado.bsky.social
Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come
The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies h...
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It’s happening! Tulsa screening of “Toxic Ground,” a @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social documentary, tonight! Featuring the Meredith family and other Oklahomans impacted by oil and gas pollution. www.propublica.org/article/okla...
Sad to be out of town & missing BOTH @tab-delete.bsky.social's DC book party for the release of his first book, "How To Rule The World," as well as @vanessahua.bsky.social's Baltimore reading for her third novel, "Coyoteland," TONIGHT. Theo & Vanessa are Stanford Daily alumni, decades apart.
Black, oily goo drove this Oklahoma family from their dream home. @propublica.org & @readfrontier.bsky.social show you what happened next. AND coming soon: A film featuring the Merediths & other Oklahomans living with the environmental impacts of oil & gas pollution. Screening in Tulsa May 20.
Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...
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You won’t be able to put down Orlin and his mother’s story, by @mariasacchetti.bsky.social
She was deported without her toddler. Then ICE blamed her for his killing.
ICE accused Wendy Hernandez Reyes of leaving her child with a violent uncle, but she says her son would still be alive if officers hadn’t detained and deported her.
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@propublica.org is expanding our regional coverage to CALIFORNIA, a hub for many of the issues we care most about: technology, climate change, immigration, homelessness, affordable housing & water! Now hiring a California-based investigative editor who will lead a team of 4 reporters + 1 fellow.
ProPublica to Launch Investigative Reporting Hub in California
New team will bring accountability journalism to the nation’s most populous state as part of a broader expansion.
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A reporting tour de force by @kqednews.kqed.org's Holly McDede + @propublica.org's @mrsimon22.bsky.social reveals how California allowed this math teacher — and dozens of other educators found to have committed sexual harassment or misconduct — to keep their credentials. More investigations to come
He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway.
Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the state allowed him — and dozens of other educators found to have committed sexual harassment ...
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“Investigative journalism is an act of optimism & it’s all we do at @propublica.org.” “We look under rocks for secrets, what’s not being told.” “When the public knows the truth… things change.” Paper Trail dropping May 14. For now,👂to this 🔥 audio trailer with host @jlussenhop.bsky.social
Jessica Lussenhop@jlussenhop.bsky.social · 3mo ago👋Hi! I’m Jessica Lussenhop, and for the last 4 years, I served as ProPublica’s first Minnesota-based reporter. But now I’ve got big news: On May 14, ProPublica is launching a brand new podcast! It’s called “Paper Trail,” and I’ll be your host. Thread 🧵
It’s coming!! Paper Trail drops May 14. Listen to the audio trailer of @propublica.org’s new podcast, hosted by @jlussenhop.bsky.social
ProPublica Launches Flagship Podcast “Paper Trail”
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