Mollie Simon
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“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism,” said Jack Keane, a retired U.S. Army general and Fox News analyst, said on Hegseth’s former network.
Via @apnews.com
Via @apnews.com
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism,” said Jack Keane, a retired U.S. Army general and Fox News analyst, said on Hegseth’s former network.
Via @apnews.com
Via @apnews.com
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Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
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Let's get clickbait out of local news.
We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.
THREAD
We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.
THREAD
September 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Let's get clickbait out of local news.
We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.
THREAD
We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.
THREAD
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NEW: ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our workplace as well as the journalism community more broadly, while ensuring equal opportunities for all.
Each year we publish a report on those efforts. This is the report for 2025.
Each year we publish a report on those efforts. This is the report for 2025.
What ProPublica Is Doing to Build a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our workplace and our industry, while ensuring equal opportunities for all. Read our annual report detailing these efforts.
www.propublica.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our workplace as well as the journalism community more broadly, while ensuring equal opportunities for all.
Each year we publish a report on those efforts. This is the report for 2025.
Each year we publish a report on those efforts. This is the report for 2025.
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Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.
August 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.
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I love working at ProPublica. I would love it more if it could guarantee us just cause protections. Go union.
Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.
August 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I love working at ProPublica. I would love it more if it could guarantee us just cause protections. Go union.
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We want a fair and equitable process with robust just cause. We deserve no less than our peers in other unionized newsrooms. I’m not in NY but still lunching out in support.
Our New York members took their lunch outside today to demand that @propublica.org management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system ✊
August 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We want a fair and equitable process with robust just cause. We deserve no less than our peers in other unionized newsrooms. I’m not in NY but still lunching out in support.
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ProPubli-paws love Just Cause 🐾
August 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ProPubli-paws love Just Cause 🐾
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Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.
August 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.
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While reporting this story about Hurricane Helene in NC, I was struck by how many people were asleep near creeks and rivers largely unaware of the coming danger.
They were left to swim from homes. Or worse. 100+ died
Texas is sounding so tragically similar.
www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
They were left to swim from homes. Or worse. 100+ died
Texas is sounding so tragically similar.
www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
While reporting this story about Hurricane Helene in NC, I was struck by how many people were asleep near creeks and rivers largely unaware of the coming danger.
They were left to swim from homes. Or worse. 100+ died
Texas is sounding so tragically similar.
www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
They were left to swim from homes. Or worse. 100+ died
Texas is sounding so tragically similar.
www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
More than a dozen borrowers told us that Advance Financial has encouraged them through emails and notifications to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made, tearing a hole in the safety net the law tried to put in place. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
Tennessee Lawmakers and Lenders Said This Law Would Protect Borrowers. Instead It Trapped Them in Debt.
Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made, tearing a hole in the safety net the law tried to create.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The best teachers leave the biggest legacies. decaturish.com/2025/05/go-d...
‘Go Do Good’: Oakhurst mourns beloved teacher and community member
Thomas Benefield was an optimistic person who made custom stickers bearing his signature motto: “Go Do Good.”
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June 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The best teachers leave the biggest legacies. decaturish.com/2025/05/go-d...
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NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social
Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million
Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors a...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social
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NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise owner Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence.
The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.
The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.
Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million
Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors a...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise owner Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence.
The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.
The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.
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🧵NEW: In 2023, I wrote about Tamara Lanier’s quest to get daguerreotypes taken of nude enslaved people at the behest of a @harvard.edu scientist - and still housed at its Peabody Museum - moved.
She wanted them sent to @iaamuseum.bsky.social
It would mark a "homecoming," she told me then.
She wanted them sent to @iaamuseum.bsky.social
It would mark a "homecoming," she told me then.
A Racist Harvard Scientist Commissioned Photos of Enslaved People. One Possible Descendant Wants to Reclaim Their Story.
The images are among the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in America. Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to repatriate remains of captive ...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🧵NEW: In 2023, I wrote about Tamara Lanier’s quest to get daguerreotypes taken of nude enslaved people at the behest of a @harvard.edu scientist - and still housed at its Peabody Museum - moved.
She wanted them sent to @iaamuseum.bsky.social
It would mark a "homecoming," she told me then.
She wanted them sent to @iaamuseum.bsky.social
It would mark a "homecoming," she told me then.
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1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
May 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
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NEW: After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate.
Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social @cgaribay.bsky.social
Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social @cgaribay.bsky.social
Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way. Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane.
After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm c...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NEW: After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate.
Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social @cgaribay.bsky.social
Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social @cgaribay.bsky.social
Appreciate @marksimon.bsky.social’s efforts to highlight the work of all types of journalists!
My latest journalist interview is with Mollie Simon (@mrsimon22.bsky.social ) a research reporter at Pro Publica (@propublica.org).
If you're interested in what goes into the behind-the-scenes on stories for a prominent news outlet, this is a good one for you
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If you're interested in what goes into the behind-the-scenes on stories for a prominent news outlet, this is a good one for you
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May 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Appreciate @marksimon.bsky.social’s efforts to highlight the work of all types of journalists!
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Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.
1/4 UPDATE: This week, @propublica.org management informed a third bargaining unit member that they will be placed on a performance improvement plan and denied steward representation at the meeting where it is discussed. Our full statement 👇
May 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.
Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.
1/4 UPDATE: This week, @propublica.org management informed a third bargaining unit member that they will be placed on a performance improvement plan and denied steward representation at the meeting where it is discussed. Our full statement 👇
May 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.
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1/4 UPDATE: This week, @propublica.org management informed a third bargaining unit member that they will be placed on a performance improvement plan and denied steward representation at the meeting where it is discussed. Our full statement 👇
May 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1/4 UPDATE: This week, @propublica.org management informed a third bargaining unit member that they will be placed on a performance improvement plan and denied steward representation at the meeting where it is discussed. Our full statement 👇
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A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors.
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas
Charles Carrier is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes. Despite signs of trouble, Ho...
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May 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors.
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
“‘I never imagined the No. 1 franchisee with a fast-growing franchise company, HomeVestors,’ would defraud investors, he said.”
NEW: A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors.
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas
Charles Carrier is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes. Despite signs of trouble, Ho...
www.propublica.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“‘I never imagined the No. 1 franchisee with a fast-growing franchise company, HomeVestors,’ would defraud investors, he said.”
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1/ 🚨 Yesterday, @propublica.org management confirmed that it will again deny steward representation at disciplinary meetings. Our full statement 👇
May 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
1/ 🚨 Yesterday, @propublica.org management confirmed that it will again deny steward representation at disciplinary meetings. Our full statement 👇
This story is enraging + heartbreaking...& hopeful about what research has the potential to do.
The art is also...smashing.
Please give this a read.
My favorite line: "I’ve never been more scared of a spouse of a patient than I was of her.”
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The art is also...smashing.
Please give this a read.
My favorite line: "I’ve never been more scared of a spouse of a patient than I was of her.”
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This story is enraging + heartbreaking...& hopeful about what research has the potential to do.
The art is also...smashing.
Please give this a read.
My favorite line: "I’ve never been more scared of a spouse of a patient than I was of her.”
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The art is also...smashing.
Please give this a read.
My favorite line: "I’ve never been more scared of a spouse of a patient than I was of her.”
www.propublica.org/article/revl...