Jennifer Mascia
@jenmascia.bsky.social
Miami-born, California-bred New Yorker
Alum: Columbia Journalism School, Hunter College, Mission Viejo H.S.
Senior news writer: The Trace
Contributor: CNN
Past: NYT
Alum: Columbia Journalism School, Hunter College, Mission Viejo H.S.
Senior news writer: The Trace
Contributor: CNN
Past: NYT
Claim: President Trump says Portland is "war-ravaged" and "on fire."
Fact-check: Gun violence in Portland has been plummeting since the pandemic — and shootings in the neighborhood around the ICE facility are rare
Fact-check: Gun violence in Portland has been plummeting since the pandemic — and shootings in the neighborhood around the ICE facility are rare
October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Claim: President Trump says Portland is "war-ravaged" and "on fire."
Fact-check: Gun violence in Portland has been plummeting since the pandemic — and shootings in the neighborhood around the ICE facility are rare
Fact-check: Gun violence in Portland has been plummeting since the pandemic — and shootings in the neighborhood around the ICE facility are rare
Today also marks 28 years since a 16-year-old fatally shot 2 students and injured 7 others at Pearl High School in Mississippi
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today also marks 28 years since a 16-year-old fatally shot 2 students and injured 7 others at Pearl High School in Mississippi
10 years ago today a student at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon opened fire in a writing class, killing 9 people and wounding 8 others
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
10 years ago today a student at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon opened fire in a writing class, killing 9 people and wounding 8 others
8 years ago today someone fired into a crowd of concertgoers from a hotel in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding 422 others. 2 other people have since died from their injuries.
It is the deadliest shooting in modern American history
It is the deadliest shooting in modern American history
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
8 years ago today someone fired into a crowd of concertgoers from a hotel in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding 422 others. 2 other people have since died from their injuries.
It is the deadliest shooting in modern American history
It is the deadliest shooting in modern American history
Mass shootings you may have missed this weekend:
3 killed, 8 wounded in N.C.
2 killed, 8 wounded in Michigan
2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas
1 killed, 3 wounded in New Orleans
4 wounded in Louisiana
4 wounded in N.C.
via Gun Violence Archive
3 killed, 8 wounded in N.C.
2 killed, 8 wounded in Michigan
2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas
1 killed, 3 wounded in New Orleans
4 wounded in Louisiana
4 wounded in N.C.
via Gun Violence Archive
September 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mass shootings you may have missed this weekend:
3 killed, 8 wounded in N.C.
2 killed, 8 wounded in Michigan
2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas
1 killed, 3 wounded in New Orleans
4 wounded in Louisiana
4 wounded in N.C.
via Gun Violence Archive
3 killed, 8 wounded in N.C.
2 killed, 8 wounded in Michigan
2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas
1 killed, 3 wounded in New Orleans
4 wounded in Louisiana
4 wounded in N.C.
via Gun Violence Archive
The finger-pointing appears to have begun at the dawn of the Trump era, according to one expert I spoke to:
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The finger-pointing appears to have begun at the dawn of the Trump era, according to one expert I spoke to:
According to texts surfaced during the investigation of the Kirk shooting, the engravings on the bullets are "mostly a big meme"
Initial reports said the engravings were "transgender and antifascist ideology"
Initial reports said the engravings were "transgender and antifascist ideology"
September 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
According to texts surfaced during the investigation of the Kirk shooting, the engravings on the bullets are "mostly a big meme"
Initial reports said the engravings were "transgender and antifascist ideology"
Initial reports said the engravings were "transgender and antifascist ideology"
Washington D.C.'s 12-day murder-free streak ended early this morning with the shooting death of a man just after midnight www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...
August 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Washington D.C.'s 12-day murder-free streak ended early this morning with the shooting death of a man just after midnight www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...
Claim: Washington D.C. hasn't had a murder since Trump sent in the troops on August 11.
Fact: There was a murder on August 13.
No murders since then — but there have been 7 shootings. A total of 8 people were wounded
www.gunviolencearchive.org/query/3378d4...
Fact: There was a murder on August 13.
No murders since then — but there have been 7 shootings. A total of 8 people were wounded
www.gunviolencearchive.org/query/3378d4...
August 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Claim: Washington D.C. hasn't had a murder since Trump sent in the troops on August 11.
Fact: There was a murder on August 13.
No murders since then — but there have been 7 shootings. A total of 8 people were wounded
www.gunviolencearchive.org/query/3378d4...
Fact: There was a murder on August 13.
No murders since then — but there have been 7 shootings. A total of 8 people were wounded
www.gunviolencearchive.org/query/3378d4...
President Trump took over D.C.'s police force — and suggested other cities could be next — because of "out of control" crime.
But crime in these cities is decreasing. @bychipbrownlee.com and I crunched the numbers:
But crime in these cities is decreasing. @bychipbrownlee.com and I crunched the numbers:
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
President Trump took over D.C.'s police force — and suggested other cities could be next — because of "out of control" crime.
But crime in these cities is decreasing. @bychipbrownlee.com and I crunched the numbers:
But crime in these cities is decreasing. @bychipbrownlee.com and I crunched the numbers:
10 years ago when we launched @thetrace.org, 86 people died every day from gunshot wounds in the U.S.
Today it’s 128
Today it’s 128
June 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
10 years ago when we launched @thetrace.org, 86 people died every day from gunshot wounds in the U.S.
Today it’s 128
Today it’s 128
10 years ago today, a white supremacist opened fire at a bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, killing 9 people, including a state senator, and wounding 1 www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chu...
June 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
10 years ago today, a white supremacist opened fire at a bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, killing 9 people, including a state senator, and wounding 1 www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chu...
Today's shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses fall on the anniversary of 4 other U.S. mass shootings — including another shooting of lawmakers.
Only in America
Only in America
June 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Today's shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses fall on the anniversary of 4 other U.S. mass shootings — including another shooting of lawmakers.
Only in America
Only in America
Also on this day: In 1963, Medgar Evers, WWII veteran and civil rights activist, was fatally shot by an avowed white supremacist in the driveway of his Mississippi home. He was 37 www.mec.cuny.edu/about/histor...
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Also on this day: In 1963, Medgar Evers, WWII veteran and civil rights activist, was fatally shot by an avowed white supremacist in the driveway of his Mississippi home. He was 37 www.mec.cuny.edu/about/histor...
Nine years ago today, 49 people were killed and 58 others were injured in a shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida www.cnn.com/2016/06/13/u...
June 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Nine years ago today, 49 people were killed and 58 others were injured in a shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida www.cnn.com/2016/06/13/u...
26 years ago today, 12 students and a teacher were killed and 21 others were wounded when two students opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
April 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
26 years ago today, 12 students and a teacher were killed and 21 others were wounded when two students opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
The Florida State University shooting suspect was quoted in a January story in the student paper about an anti-Trump protest on campus. He's described as a poli-sci major: www.fsunews.com/story/news/2...
April 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Florida State University shooting suspect was quoted in a January story in the student paper about an anti-Trump protest on campus. He's described as a poli-sci major: www.fsunews.com/story/news/2...
See where your generation ranks: www.thetrace.org/2025/04/gen-...
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
See where your generation ranks: www.thetrace.org/2025/04/gen-...
Gun violence is the No. 1 cause of death for Gen Z, according to CDC data.
The first entry in our relaunched Ask The Trace series looks at the disproportionate burden borne by Zoomers:
The first entry in our relaunched Ask The Trace series looks at the disproportionate burden borne by Zoomers:
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Gun violence is the No. 1 cause of death for Gen Z, according to CDC data.
The first entry in our relaunched Ask The Trace series looks at the disproportionate burden borne by Zoomers:
The first entry in our relaunched Ask The Trace series looks at the disproportionate burden borne by Zoomers:
And on Oct. 12, 2024 he reposted a story with Boris Johnson saying "Trump would have stopped Putin from invading Ukraine"
Wonder what's changed?
Wonder what's changed?
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
And on Oct. 12, 2024 he reposted a story with Boris Johnson saying "Trump would have stopped Putin from invading Ukraine"
Wonder what's changed?
Wonder what's changed?
And he knocked Biden for handing Ukraine over to Putin on Mar 7, 2024
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
And he knocked Biden for handing Ukraine over to Putin on Mar 7, 2024
And he said on Sept 17, 2024 that if he'd been president "you would not have had Ukraine being attacked by Russia"
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
And he said on Sept 17, 2024 that if he'd been president "you would not have had Ukraine being attacked by Russia"
And he referenced the "attack on Ukraine" on Oct. 8, 2023
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
And he referenced the "attack on Ukraine" on Oct. 8, 2023
Trump won't say that Putin invaded Ukraine — but he did on May 7, 2024
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump won't say that Putin invaded Ukraine — but he did on May 7, 2024
