Ashley Cleek
acleek.bsky.social
Ashley Cleek
@acleek.bsky.social
Journalist with Reveal / Mother Jones. Formerly: VICE, Latino USA, NPR.
Reposted by Ashley Cleek
Allow us to interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you our newest series:

✨Inconsequential Investigations ✨

This week, our reporters are tackling three personal mysteries: A mysterious midnight phone call, a missing film, and a doppelganger 🧵
Serious investigations into deeply unserious questions
Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”
revealnews.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Ashley Cleek
Sometimes people will ask how I unwind after working on stories that are depressing and infuriating. Listening to stories like this one from @acleek.bsky.social is one method. I love when a journalist's insatiable curiosity is used for something unexpected and sweet. 🥰
Reveal’s smallest, most personal investigations yet
Serious investigations into deeply Unserious questions. Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”
revealnews.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Ashley Cleek
While hospitals across the country were falling apart, leaving patients in crisis and facilities severely understaffed, a shocking campaign to silence and surveil critics was underway.

Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Ashley Cleek
This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.

Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM