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
Former Washington Post deputy health & science editor and race & economy reporter. Former Boston Globe national political reporter.
https://www.propublica.org/people/tracy-jan
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Tracy Jan
@tracyjan.bsky.social
· Jan 9
ProPublica Hires Tina Griego and Tracy Jan as Senior Editors for Its Local Reporting Network
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
Some happy news!
After 8 years at @washingtonpost.com as a reporter and editor, I am excited to join @propublica.org as a senior editor collaborating with local news outlets on investigative projects.
Basically, my dream job.
I will miss my Post peeps deeply.
www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
After 8 years at @washingtonpost.com as a reporter and editor, I am excited to join @propublica.org as a senior editor collaborating with local news outlets on investigative projects.
Basically, my dream job.
I will miss my Post peeps deeply.
www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
Reposted by Tracy Jan
ICE wants to hold 80,000 people in warehouses.
ICE's acting director in April: "We need to get better at treating this like a business ... Like Prime, but with human beings."
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ICE's acting director in April: "We need to get better at treating this like a business ... Like Prime, but with human beings."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @douglasmac.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ICE wants to hold 80,000 people in warehouses.
ICE's acting director in April: "We need to get better at treating this like a business ... Like Prime, but with human beings."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @douglasmac.bsky.social
ICE's acting director in April: "We need to get better at treating this like a business ... Like Prime, but with human beings."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @douglasmac.bsky.social
Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Read their stories here:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
Reposted by Tracy Jan
NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
Reposted by Tracy Jan
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
When vaccine skeptics who dismiss scientific evidence run the country amid a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases...
MUST READ @jessicamiller.bsky.social's timely reporting for @propublica.org + @sltrib.com amid a pivotal political moment in public health
MUST READ @jessicamiller.bsky.social's timely reporting for @propublica.org + @sltrib.com amid a pivotal political moment in public health
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When vaccine skeptics who dismiss scientific evidence run the country amid a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases...
MUST READ @jessicamiller.bsky.social's timely reporting for @propublica.org + @sltrib.com amid a pivotal political moment in public health
MUST READ @jessicamiller.bsky.social's timely reporting for @propublica.org + @sltrib.com amid a pivotal political moment in public health
Reposted by Tracy Jan
Reiner’s greatest contribution to the LGBTQ+ community was as cofounder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which funded the legal fight against Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that revoked marriage equality in the state. h
Rob Reiner was a fierce advocate for marriage equality
The esteemed filmmaker — who was found dead along with his wife, Michele — cofounded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which led the fight against California's Prop. 8.
19thnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reiner’s greatest contribution to the LGBTQ+ community was as cofounder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which funded the legal fight against Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that revoked marriage equality in the state. h
A 21 y.o. TA keeping it together for the freshmen he was preparing for finals when a gunman burst into the lecture hall.
One had been shot twice in the leg. The TA gave her his hand & told her to squeeze it. “I told her to put all the pain on me. I just kept telling her, ‘You’re going to be okay.’”
One had been shot twice in the leg. The TA gave her his hand & told her to squeeze it. “I told her to put all the pain on me. I just kept telling her, ‘You’re going to be okay.’”
What happened inside the Brown University classroom the gunman stormed
A teaching assistant comforted a wounded student in the chaotic aftermath of a shooting at Brown University that left two dead and nine injured.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A 21 y.o. TA keeping it together for the freshmen he was preparing for finals when a gunman burst into the lecture hall.
One had been shot twice in the leg. The TA gave her his hand & told her to squeeze it. “I told her to put all the pain on me. I just kept telling her, ‘You’re going to be okay.’”
One had been shot twice in the leg. The TA gave her his hand & told her to squeeze it. “I told her to put all the pain on me. I just kept telling her, ‘You’re going to be okay.’”
“They just threw us in the trash, you know. They hurt us a lot to be honest,” he said. “It broke my heart. Why they left us like that?”
The senior commander knew of about a dozen Afghans who’d killed themselves after fleeing to the U.S. during the withdrawal, including former Zero Unit fighters.
The senior commander knew of about a dozen Afghans who’d killed themselves after fleeing to the U.S. during the withdrawal, including former Zero Unit fighters.
Social posts, messages reveal alleged National Guard shooter’s turmoil
The CIA-trained fighter slipped deeper into isolation as he struggled to resettle with his wife and five children in the U.S.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“They just threw us in the trash, you know. They hurt us a lot to be honest,” he said. “It broke my heart. Why they left us like that?”
The senior commander knew of about a dozen Afghans who’d killed themselves after fleeing to the U.S. during the withdrawal, including former Zero Unit fighters.
The senior commander knew of about a dozen Afghans who’d killed themselves after fleeing to the U.S. during the withdrawal, including former Zero Unit fighters.
Reposted by Tracy Jan
The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country.
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country.
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
So much vital journalism published this week.
Don't miss @bostonglobe.com columnist @yabraham.bsky.social's series about what justice looks like when a mother murders her children.
Brutal, important read.
PART 1: The Crime
Don't miss @bostonglobe.com columnist @yabraham.bsky.social's series about what justice looks like when a mother murders her children.
Brutal, important read.
PART 1: The Crime
A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing ‘the crazy card.’ - The Boston Globe
Latarsha Sanders had the kind of psychotic break that speaks for itself. Or at least it should.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So much vital journalism published this week.
Don't miss @bostonglobe.com columnist @yabraham.bsky.social's series about what justice looks like when a mother murders her children.
Brutal, important read.
PART 1: The Crime
Don't miss @bostonglobe.com columnist @yabraham.bsky.social's series about what justice looks like when a mother murders her children.
Brutal, important read.
PART 1: The Crime
EXCLUSIVE by @mariasacchetti.bsky.social & @twallack.bsky.social!
“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” she said Thursday in a video interview with @washingtonpost.com. “I made a mistake there, in trusting. … Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”
“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” she said Thursday in a video interview with @washingtonpost.com. “I made a mistake there, in trusting. … Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE by @mariasacchetti.bsky.social & @twallack.bsky.social!
“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” she said Thursday in a video interview with @washingtonpost.com. “I made a mistake there, in trusting. … Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”
“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” she said Thursday in a video interview with @washingtonpost.com. “I made a mistake there, in trusting. … Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”
This is America.
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is America.
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.
Join me at @propublica.org in one of the most rewarding jobs in journalism, guiding collaborative investigative projects in local newsrooms around the country as a senior editor with our Local Reporting Network!
We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.
We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.
Senior Editor, Local Reporting Network
Remote, United States
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November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join me at @propublica.org in one of the most rewarding jobs in journalism, guiding collaborative investigative projects in local newsrooms around the country as a senior editor with our Local Reporting Network!
We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.
We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.
Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social & Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
By @richardawebster.bsky.social & Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Louisiana Made It Nearly Impossible to Get Parole. Now It’s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them.
Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented imm...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social & Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
By @richardawebster.bsky.social & Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
In a stunning and lightning-fast reversal of policy, the U.S. Coast Guard late Thursday said the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited and have no place in the military branch.
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In a stunning and lightning-fast reversal of policy, the U.S. Coast Guard late Thursday said the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited and have no place in the military branch.
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the confederate flag as hate symbols — policy changes that one Coast Guard official called chilling.
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas.”
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the confederate flag as hate symbols — policy changes that one Coast Guard official called chilling.
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas.”
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas.”
Reposted by Tracy Jan
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
It’s always a thrill visiting @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Partners, especially when it’s @kqednews.kqed.org, my hometown public radio station that I grew up listening to while sitting in hours of Bay Area traffic on the way to and from school.
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s always a thrill visiting @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Partners, especially when it’s @kqednews.kqed.org, my hometown public radio station that I grew up listening to while sitting in hours of Bay Area traffic on the way to and from school.
They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came.
Law enforcement surge established to focus on violent crimes has ensnared innocent residents going about their everyday lives.
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social for @propublica.org @mlk50.com
Law enforcement surge established to focus on violent crimes has ensnared innocent residents going about their everyday lives.
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social for @propublica.org @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came.
Law enforcement surge established to focus on violent crimes has ensnared innocent residents going about their everyday lives.
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social for @propublica.org @mlk50.com
Law enforcement surge established to focus on violent crimes has ensnared innocent residents going about their everyday lives.
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social for @propublica.org @mlk50.com
North Carolina GOP spox tried to get
@dougbockclark.bsky.social to kill a story, citing “connections” to the Trump administration.
It’s unclear how Trump would retaliate against @propublica.org, a nonprofit newsroom that does not receive government funding & relies on private grants & donations.
@dougbockclark.bsky.social to kill a story, citing “connections” to the Trump administration.
It’s unclear how Trump would retaliate against @propublica.org, a nonprofit newsroom that does not receive government funding & relies on private grants & donations.
N.C. GOP spokesman urges reporter to drop news story, citing Trump ties
Communications director Matt Mercer later said in a social media post that Trump should “feed ProPublica to the USAID wood chipper.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
North Carolina GOP spox tried to get
@dougbockclark.bsky.social to kill a story, citing “connections” to the Trump administration.
It’s unclear how Trump would retaliate against @propublica.org, a nonprofit newsroom that does not receive government funding & relies on private grants & donations.
@dougbockclark.bsky.social to kill a story, citing “connections” to the Trump administration.
It’s unclear how Trump would retaliate against @propublica.org, a nonprofit newsroom that does not receive government funding & relies on private grants & donations.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
Reposted by Tracy Jan
The great @dtkeating.bsky.social is retiring after 25+ years as a data reporter at the Post. He published his last story today, and true to form, it was a banger. With reporting from @arianaec.bsky.social, @lmelgar.bsky.social & Jahi Chikwendiu:
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt
Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The great @dtkeating.bsky.social is retiring after 25+ years as a data reporter at the Post. He published his last story today, and true to form, it was a banger. With reporting from @arianaec.bsky.social, @lmelgar.bsky.social & Jahi Chikwendiu:
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Reposted by Tracy Jan
Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...