K. Sophie Will
@ksophiewill.bsky.social
Investigative Data Reporter @ Bloomberg Law, Gov & Tax | BU COM, CQ Roll Call & USA Today alumna | ❤️🏜️UT🏔️❤️
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K. Sophie Will
@ksophiewill.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello world! I'm Sophie, an investigative data reporter at Bloomberg Law, Government, and Tax.
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A Bloomberg Law analysis of federal civil rights lawsuits from 2017 to 2024 found at least 54 pregnant women or their families have alleged severe mistreatment or medical neglect in jails. And it keeps happening.
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Pregnancy Behind Bars Proves Deadly for Women and Their Babies
A yearlong probe reveals dozens of pregnant women in jails face horrific conditions with limited medical care. Many are ignored when seeking help, miscarrying or giving birth on floors or in toilets. ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A Bloomberg Law analysis of federal civil rights lawsuits from 2017 to 2024 found at least 54 pregnant women or their families have alleged severe mistreatment or medical neglect in jails. And it keeps happening.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Pregnant women who are jailed, often for petty crimes, are miscarrying or giving birth in excruciating pain and into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors, according to an investigation from @bloomberglaw.com and NBC News.
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
nbcnews.to
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Pregnant women who are jailed, often for petty crimes, are miscarrying or giving birth in excruciating pain and into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors, according to an investigation from @bloomberglaw.com and NBC News.
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Accountability matters.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Accountability matters.
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I had an idea yesterday about making a word search that, when solved, would be a data visualization.
So, I coded it up... and it worked!
This shows abundance of three bird species in Brooklyn Bridge Park over a year.
It feels like there are some fun possibilities here.
📊🪶
So, I coded it up... and it worked!
This shows abundance of three bird species in Brooklyn Bridge Park over a year.
It feels like there are some fun possibilities here.
📊🪶
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I had an idea yesterday about making a word search that, when solved, would be a data visualization.
So, I coded it up... and it worked!
This shows abundance of three bird species in Brooklyn Bridge Park over a year.
It feels like there are some fun possibilities here.
📊🪶
So, I coded it up... and it worked!
This shows abundance of three bird species in Brooklyn Bridge Park over a year.
It feels like there are some fun possibilities here.
📊🪶
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Investigative Reporters and Editors joins with numerous newsrooms and journalism organizations in condemning the Pentagon's new restrictions on reporters.
Read our full statement: www.ire.org/statement-on...
Read our full statement: www.ire.org/statement-on...
IRE statement on Pentagon press freedom constraints - Investigative Reporters & Editors
Investigative Reporters and Editors joins other journalism organizations in condemning the Pentagon's new press restrictions.
www.ire.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Investigative Reporters and Editors joins with numerous newsrooms and journalism organizations in condemning the Pentagon's new restrictions on reporters.
Read our full statement: www.ire.org/statement-on...
Read our full statement: www.ire.org/statement-on...
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The idea that AI isn't being used right now in House offices is ... quaint.
Exclusive: House of Representatives will start using Microsoft Copilot in an effort to modernize the chamber and embrace AI.
Exclusive: Microsoft Copilot AI lands in the House
The House of Representatives will start using Microsoft Copilot in an effort to modernize the chamber and embrace AI.
www.axios.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The idea that AI isn't being used right now in House offices is ... quaint.
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NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
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I've updated my database of more than 530k political fundraising emails, now through Aug. 5. Check them out here:
political-emails.datasette.cloud/data/emails
political-emails.datasette.cloud/data/emails
data: emails: 10,001 rows
political-emails.datasette.cloud
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I've updated my database of more than 530k political fundraising emails, now through Aug. 5. Check them out here:
political-emails.datasette.cloud/data/emails
political-emails.datasette.cloud/data/emails
NEW – a summer take on DHS approps:
A lobbying push is underway to ensure foreign guest workers can be hired to staff the rides and games that are a staple of summer carnivals and avoid potentially bankrupting the industry. Read: www.bgov.com/news/T07FP9G... @bgov.com
A lobbying push is underway to ensure foreign guest workers can be hired to staff the rides and games that are a staple of summer carnivals and avoid potentially bankrupting the industry. Read: www.bgov.com/news/T07FP9G... @bgov.com
Bloomberg Government
News, data, and analytics for professionals interacting with—and affected by—the government.
www.bgov.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NEW – a summer take on DHS approps:
A lobbying push is underway to ensure foreign guest workers can be hired to staff the rides and games that are a staple of summer carnivals and avoid potentially bankrupting the industry. Read: www.bgov.com/news/T07FP9G... @bgov.com
A lobbying push is underway to ensure foreign guest workers can be hired to staff the rides and games that are a staple of summer carnivals and avoid potentially bankrupting the industry. Read: www.bgov.com/news/T07FP9G... @bgov.com
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the state of democracy in the US keeps her up at night, building on her dissents lamenting the Trump administration’s attempts to expand presidential authority and the decisions by fellow colleagues so far backing that effort.
An Emboldened Justice Jackson Warns About State of US Democracy
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the state of democracy in the US keeps her up at night, building on her dissents lamenting the Trump administration’s attempts to expand presidential authority and the decisions by fellow colleagues so far backing that effort.
bit.ly
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the state of democracy in the US keeps her up at night, building on her dissents lamenting the Trump administration’s attempts to expand presidential authority and the decisions by fellow colleagues so far backing that effort.
TODAY: ~Half a million grad students would lose access to thousands of dollars in student loans if the reconciliation bill before Congress becomes law.
See how much these future doctors and lawyers would lose on average by your school or state here: @bgov.com news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justi...
See how much these future doctors and lawyers would lose on average by your school or state here: @bgov.com news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justi...
GOP Tax Bill Would Eliminate Grad School Loans for Half Million
Nearly half a million graduate students nationwide would each lose access to tens of thousands of dollars in school loans annually if the massive tax-and-spending bill before Congress becomes law.
news.bloomberglaw.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
TODAY: ~Half a million grad students would lose access to thousands of dollars in student loans if the reconciliation bill before Congress becomes law.
See how much these future doctors and lawyers would lose on average by your school or state here: @bgov.com news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justi...
See how much these future doctors and lawyers would lose on average by your school or state here: @bgov.com news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justi...
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The GAO report on which this is based was published in 2021. The (at least) 70 citizens were deported between 2015 and 2020.
We don't know how many citizens have been deported this year, but the key point in that GAO report is that neither does ICE.
We don't know how many citizens have been deported this year, but the key point in that GAO report is that neither does ICE.
June 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The GAO report on which this is based was published in 2021. The (at least) 70 citizens were deported between 2015 and 2020.
We don't know how many citizens have been deported this year, but the key point in that GAO report is that neither does ICE.
We don't know how many citizens have been deported this year, but the key point in that GAO report is that neither does ICE.
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My audio debut (embedded in this article) is worth a listen. Cheryl Thompson wasn't aware the state Senate had passed a law in part inspired by her horrible experience at a hospital after a man sexually assaulted her last year.
Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois’ longstanding sexual abuse survivors law in an effort to ensure patients receive critical care after sexual assault.
Reporting by @katereports.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Reporting by @katereports.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Illinois lawmakers strengthen law requiring hospital care for sexual assault survivors
The bill’s passage comes a year after APM Reports revealed that dozens of hospitals violated the 49-year-old law.
www.apmreports.org
June 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My audio debut (embedded in this article) is worth a listen. Cheryl Thompson wasn't aware the state Senate had passed a law in part inspired by her horrible experience at a hospital after a man sexually assaulted her last year.
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A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.
www.motherjones.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
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A dark but incredibly useful giveaway at the #CollaborativeJournalism Conference is a temporary tattoo with the @rcfp.org hotline number to wear at protests
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A dark but incredibly useful giveaway at the #CollaborativeJournalism Conference is a temporary tattoo with the @rcfp.org hotline number to wear at protests
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The looming May 20 sale brings back into focus the needs and criticism for New York and other cash-strapped cities and states that sell off such tax debts to private collectors.
Fresh Start, Old Questions: New York City Resumes Tax Lien Sale
The looming May 20 sale brings back into focus the needs and criticism for New York and other cash-strapped cities and states that sell off such tax debts to private collectors. Despite promises to reform and limit the impact on poor and nonwhite neighborhoods, this year’s delinquency rate and debtor details mirror New York’s last lien sale in 2021.
bit.ly
May 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The looming May 20 sale brings back into focus the needs and criticism for New York and other cash-strapped cities and states that sell off such tax debts to private collectors.
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making a spreadsheet with no actual values in it, just colors that mean something to me that i'm not gonna write down
May 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
making a spreadsheet with no actual values in it, just colors that mean something to me that i'm not gonna write down
NEW: When NYC agreed to restart its property tax and water debt sale, officials pledged to enact reforms to limit the disproportionate impact on poor and non-white New Yorkers. But days before the sale, are the reforms working? Maybe not... @bloombergtax.com news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-re...
Fresh Start, Old Questions: New York City Resumes Tax Lien Sale
The looming May 20 sale brings back into focus the needs and criticism for New York and other cash-strapped cities and states that sell off such tax debts to private collectors. Despite promises to re...
news.bloomberglaw.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
NEW: When NYC agreed to restart its property tax and water debt sale, officials pledged to enact reforms to limit the disproportionate impact on poor and non-white New Yorkers. But days before the sale, are the reforms working? Maybe not... @bloombergtax.com news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-re...
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Exciting news! We were just named a 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Explanatory Reporting alongside The Center for Public Integrity and @revealnews.org for our “40 Acres and a Lie” investigation into how formerly enslaved people were given land—only to have it taken back: 40acresandalie.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Exciting news! We were just named a 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Explanatory Reporting alongside The Center for Public Integrity and @revealnews.org for our “40 Acres and a Lie” investigation into how formerly enslaved people were given land—only to have it taken back: 40acresandalie.com
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We are so proud to have been named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting today alongside our partners at the Center for Public Integrity and @motherjones.com.
Read the whole project and listen to our three-part podcast series, 40 Acres and a Lie: 40acresandalie.com
Read the whole project and listen to our three-part podcast series, 40 Acres and a Lie: 40acresandalie.com
40 Acres and a Lie
www.motherjones.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are so proud to have been named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting today alongside our partners at the Center for Public Integrity and @motherjones.com.
Read the whole project and listen to our three-part podcast series, 40 Acres and a Lie: 40acresandalie.com
Read the whole project and listen to our three-part podcast series, 40 Acres and a Lie: 40acresandalie.com
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We’re Pulitzer finalists, it’s true!
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We’re Pulitzer finalists, it’s true!
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Mike Miner was a giant of Chicago journalism, the heart and soul of the Reader, the conscience of the city's vibrant media scene. His work was incisive, rigorous, and funny. He was a kind and gracious mentor to those of us lucky enough to know him. He will be missed
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Michael Miner, columnist and editor once called "rock" of the Chicago Reader, dies at 81
In a 2011 column, fellow Chicago Reader writer Steve Bogira characterized Miner as "the conscience of Chicago journalism."
www.cbsnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Mike Miner was a giant of Chicago journalism, the heart and soul of the Reader, the conscience of the city's vibrant media scene. His work was incisive, rigorous, and funny. He was a kind and gracious mentor to those of us lucky enough to know him. He will be missed
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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“What stood out in all these conversations is how investigative reporting demands creativity and persistence. When the trail goes cold, how do you keep digging? That's the kind of thinking we hope to inspire.” www.ire.org/new-student-...
IRE launches pilot program on college campuses - Investigative Reporters & Editors
IRE is introducing student chapters at colleges., including Boston University, Arizona State University, Northwestern and CUNY.
www.ire.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“What stood out in all these conversations is how investigative reporting demands creativity and persistence. When the trail goes cold, how do you keep digging? That's the kind of thinking we hope to inspire.” www.ire.org/new-student-...
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I am so proud of my colleagues at @thebaltimorebanner.com who just won a frigging @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social .
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I am so proud of my colleagues at @thebaltimorebanner.com who just won a frigging @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social .
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...