Chris Hacker
@chrishacker.me
Computational Journalist at The Washington Post
I've started a new role at the Washington Post!! I'll be working as a computational journalist, helping out with big data challenges and contributing data reporting to the national desk. Many thanks to Meghan and the whole Post data team for the warm welcome
So so excited to welcome the very talented @chrishacker.me to @wpdatateam.bsky.social!! Chris is our team's newest hire, joining us as a computational journalist embedded on the national desk. 🙌
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I've started a new role at the Washington Post!! I'll be working as a computational journalist, helping out with big data challenges and contributing data reporting to the national desk. Many thanks to Meghan and the whole Post data team for the warm welcome
Reposted by Chris Hacker
An absolutely harrowing and important story -- ChatGPT and other chatbots are becoming deeply enmeshed in many people's personal and social lives to an incredible degree, and the consequences can be devastating.
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
An absolutely harrowing and important story -- ChatGPT and other chatbots are becoming deeply enmeshed in many people's personal and social lives to an incredible degree, and the consequences can be devastating.
A year after @thetrace.org and I co-published our investigation into the resale of used police guns, departments across the country are stopping the practice or reconsidering their policies
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-agencies-stop-reselling-guns-crimes/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-agencies-stop-reselling-guns-crimes/
More law enforcement agencies stop reselling guns to prevent use in crimes - CBS News
The shift comes after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting linked former police guns to crimes.
www.cbsnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A year after @thetrace.org and I co-published our investigation into the resale of used police guns, departments across the country are stopping the practice or reconsidering their policies
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-agencies-stop-reselling-guns-crimes/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-agencies-stop-reselling-guns-crimes/
Reposted by Chris Hacker
Almost 3 years after we published video of a transgender man being beaten by a sheriff's deputy in a 7-Eleven parking lot, the deputy has pleaded guilty to a federal felony.
FWIW... this is after the sheriff's department reviewed the case and found the force was... all within policy.
FWIW... this is after the sheriff's department reviewed the case and found the force was... all within policy.
December 18, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Almost 3 years after we published video of a transgender man being beaten by a sheriff's deputy in a 7-Eleven parking lot, the deputy has pleaded guilty to a federal felony.
FWIW... this is after the sheriff's department reviewed the case and found the force was... all within policy.
FWIW... this is after the sheriff's department reviewed the case and found the force was... all within policy.