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
Today’s headlines.
China?
Or the United States 2025?
China?
Or the United States 2025?
September 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Today’s headlines.
China?
Or the United States 2025?
China?
Or the United States 2025?
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Montgomery County Public Schools
I’m here for this 8th grade American Studies syllabus.
Bravo to all teachers who refuse to whitewash American history as they teach kids to connect the past to the present.
💪🏾 ✊🏾
I’m here for this 8th grade American Studies syllabus.
Bravo to all teachers who refuse to whitewash American history as they teach kids to connect the past to the present.
💪🏾 ✊🏾
September 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Montgomery County Public Schools
I’m here for this 8th grade American Studies syllabus.
Bravo to all teachers who refuse to whitewash American history as they teach kids to connect the past to the present.
💪🏾 ✊🏾
I’m here for this 8th grade American Studies syllabus.
Bravo to all teachers who refuse to whitewash American history as they teach kids to connect the past to the present.
💪🏾 ✊🏾
Thoughtful bipartisan lunch convo at @pressclubdc.bsky.social between Maryland's @govwesmoore.bsky.social & Utah Governor Spencer Cox
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thoughtful bipartisan lunch convo at @pressclubdc.bsky.social between Maryland's @govwesmoore.bsky.social & Utah Governor Spencer Cox
Pandemic learning. Washington, DC. August 2020.
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Such dark times. But filled with so much possibility for change.
And yet . . .
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Such dark times. But filled with so much possibility for change.
And yet . . .
August 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Pandemic learning. Washington, DC. August 2020.
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Such dark times. But filled with so much possibility for change.
And yet . . .
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Such dark times. But filled with so much possibility for change.
And yet . . .
Wrapping up an inspiring visit to @mlk50.com’s newsroom, launched by The Great @wendicthomas.bsky.social who I’m so lucky to work with in @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Network! 💪🏾
Until next time, Memphis!
Until next time, Memphis!
July 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wrapping up an inspiring visit to @mlk50.com’s newsroom, launched by The Great @wendicthomas.bsky.social who I’m so lucky to work with in @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Network! 💪🏾
Until next time, Memphis!
Until next time, Memphis!
Beer + Old Fashioneds + Crawfish. That’s how Local Reporting Partnerships are cemented!
Thank you @richardawebster.bsky.social @charles-maldonado.bsky.social & @veritenews.org for your hospitality in New Orleans!
Thank you @richardawebster.bsky.social @charles-maldonado.bsky.social & @veritenews.org for your hospitality in New Orleans!
June 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Beer + Old Fashioneds + Crawfish. That’s how Local Reporting Partnerships are cemented!
Thank you @richardawebster.bsky.social @charles-maldonado.bsky.social & @veritenews.org for your hospitality in New Orleans!
Thank you @richardawebster.bsky.social @charles-maldonado.bsky.social & @veritenews.org for your hospitality in New Orleans!
Ok, Salt Lake City, you’re gorgeous!
Was a short, fun and productive visit to see @sltrib.com’s @jessicamiller.bsky.social.
Always a joy to finally meet @propublica.org’s local reporting partners on their home turf!
Was a short, fun and productive visit to see @sltrib.com’s @jessicamiller.bsky.social.
Always a joy to finally meet @propublica.org’s local reporting partners on their home turf!
May 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ok, Salt Lake City, you’re gorgeous!
Was a short, fun and productive visit to see @sltrib.com’s @jessicamiller.bsky.social.
Always a joy to finally meet @propublica.org’s local reporting partners on their home turf!
Was a short, fun and productive visit to see @sltrib.com’s @jessicamiller.bsky.social.
Always a joy to finally meet @propublica.org’s local reporting partners on their home turf!
How quickly 9 years go by.
I’d give anything to pick that little boy up right now.
In hindsight, I wish I weren’t always rushing him when walking to & from daycare when all he wanted to do was literally smell the roses & examine bugs.
Son, 3: Ur an adult & I’m a kid. Ur legs r longer than mine.
I’d give anything to pick that little boy up right now.
In hindsight, I wish I weren’t always rushing him when walking to & from daycare when all he wanted to do was literally smell the roses & examine bugs.
Son, 3: Ur an adult & I’m a kid. Ur legs r longer than mine.
May 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How quickly 9 years go by.
I’d give anything to pick that little boy up right now.
In hindsight, I wish I weren’t always rushing him when walking to & from daycare when all he wanted to do was literally smell the roses & examine bugs.
Son, 3: Ur an adult & I’m a kid. Ur legs r longer than mine.
I’d give anything to pick that little boy up right now.
In hindsight, I wish I weren’t always rushing him when walking to & from daycare when all he wanted to do was literally smell the roses & examine bugs.
Son, 3: Ur an adult & I’m a kid. Ur legs r longer than mine.
Music to my ears: “Just so you know, Mommy, if you have some friends over, I’ll be perfectly fine making you guys mocktails instead of playing video games.”
April 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Music to my ears: “Just so you know, Mommy, if you have some friends over, I’ll be perfectly fine making you guys mocktails instead of playing video games.”
Around the same time that footage of Noem’s visit was released, news networks began broadcasting footage of another chilling event:
March 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Around the same time that footage of Noem’s visit was released, news networks began broadcasting footage of another chilling event:
One of the best parts of being an editor with @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Network — other than the journalism — is visiting our partners.
Meet Margaret Coker + Susan Catron, co-founders of The Current, a Savannah-based accountability journalism nonprofit covering coastal Georgia communities.
Meet Margaret Coker + Susan Catron, co-founders of The Current, a Savannah-based accountability journalism nonprofit covering coastal Georgia communities.
March 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
One of the best parts of being an editor with @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Network — other than the journalism — is visiting our partners.
Meet Margaret Coker + Susan Catron, co-founders of The Current, a Savannah-based accountability journalism nonprofit covering coastal Georgia communities.
Meet Margaret Coker + Susan Catron, co-founders of The Current, a Savannah-based accountability journalism nonprofit covering coastal Georgia communities.
One of my son’s main anxieties these days — among many — is that his friends will be deported.
I’m happy to see his middle school newspaper, The Paw Print, include this piece of service journalism in the latest issue.
I’m happy to see his middle school newspaper, The Paw Print, include this piece of service journalism in the latest issue.
March 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
One of my son’s main anxieties these days — among many — is that his friends will be deported.
I’m happy to see his middle school newspaper, The Paw Print, include this piece of service journalism in the latest issue.
I’m happy to see his middle school newspaper, The Paw Print, include this piece of service journalism in the latest issue.
The Pulse’s state data for homosexual men & women correlates strongly with census data on same-sex households. Both show that gay & lesbian Americans are most common on the West Coast, Southwest, Northeast, & in places such as Florida & Hawaii, but rarer in the Plains, Midwest & Deep South.
February 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Pulse’s state data for homosexual men & women correlates strongly with census data on same-sex households. Both show that gay & lesbian Americans are most common on the West Coast, Southwest, Northeast, & in places such as Florida & Hawaii, but rarer in the Plains, Midwest & Deep South.
A similar effect emerges when we turn our focus to gender identity. Young people assigned female at birth are more likely to identify as transgender, while the gap closes or reverses for older Americans.
February 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A similar effect emerges when we turn our focus to gender identity. Young people assigned female at birth are more likely to identify as transgender, while the gap closes or reverses for older Americans.
The pattern changes when we focus only on homosexuality. Regardless of their sex assigned at birth, college-age folks are about equally likely to describe themselves as homosexual. But starting in their mid- to late 20s, gay men outnumber lesbians by about 2 to 1.
February 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The pattern changes when we focus only on homosexuality. Regardless of their sex assigned at birth, college-age folks are about equally likely to describe themselves as homosexual. But starting in their mid- to late 20s, gay men outnumber lesbians by about 2 to 1.
When we do that, the data cleaves wide open: Fewer than half of those under age 20 who were assigned female at birth currently identify as female and straight. This compares with about 77% of their peers who were assigned male at birth.
February 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When we do that, the data cleaves wide open: Fewer than half of those under age 20 who were assigned female at birth currently identify as female and straight. This compares with about 77% of their peers who were assigned male at birth.
For patients in Texas hospitals who lost a pregnancy, about half were not diagnosed with fetal demise when they were admitted, meaning that their fetus may still have had a heartbeat at that time. Those patients saw a dramatic increase in sepsis after the state banned abortion.
February 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
For patients in Texas hospitals who lost a pregnancy, about half were not diagnosed with fetal demise when they were admitted, meaning that their fetus may still have had a heartbeat at that time. Those patients saw a dramatic increase in sepsis after the state banned abortion.
When abortion was legal in Texas, the rate of sepsis for women hospitalized during second-trimester pregnancy loss was relatively steady. Then the state’s first abortion ban went into effect and the rate of sepsis spiked.
February 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
When abortion was legal in Texas, the rate of sepsis for women hospitalized during second-trimester pregnancy loss was relatively steady. Then the state’s first abortion ban went into effect and the rate of sepsis spiked.
Highlight of my morning: finding a note from my former @washingtonpost.com colleague @bethreinhard.bsky.social at my new @propublica.org desk!
A sign that Beth is a fab investigative reporter who can worm her way into unexpected places! 💪🏾
A sign that Beth is a fab investigative reporter who can worm her way into unexpected places! 💪🏾
February 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Highlight of my morning: finding a note from my former @washingtonpost.com colleague @bethreinhard.bsky.social at my new @propublica.org desk!
A sign that Beth is a fab investigative reporter who can worm her way into unexpected places! 💪🏾
A sign that Beth is a fab investigative reporter who can worm her way into unexpected places! 💪🏾
In other news, my son made his first flan for a Spanish class assignment. (Supervised by dad.) And it’s delicious! 😋
February 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
In other news, my son made his first flan for a Spanish class assignment. (Supervised by dad.) And it’s delicious! 😋
10 years ago, during my Knight Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, a photographer stopped us on the streets of Ann Arbor and asked us questions.
Not much has changed in the last decade. Except we got married.
Not much has changed in the last decade. Except we got married.
February 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
10 years ago, during my Knight Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, a photographer stopped us on the streets of Ann Arbor and asked us questions.
Not much has changed in the last decade. Except we got married.
Not much has changed in the last decade. Except we got married.
Bidding adieu to the best Health & Science team. Will always be rooting for the success of @washingtonpost.com!
January 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bidding adieu to the best Health & Science team. Will always be rooting for the success of @washingtonpost.com!
This cousins pic is five years old. But always relevant.
December 27, 2024 at 6:32 PM
This cousins pic is five years old. But always relevant.
In other news, the tree is up!
December 1, 2024 at 4:54 PM
In other news, the tree is up!
Oktoberfest in November: WaPo financial reporters (circa 2016) bidding @jimtankersley.bsky.social auf wiedersehen in his backyard biergarten as he heads off to become The New York Times’ Berlin bureau chief! @daniellepaquette.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Oktoberfest in November: WaPo financial reporters (circa 2016) bidding @jimtankersley.bsky.social auf wiedersehen in his backyard biergarten as he heads off to become The New York Times’ Berlin bureau chief! @daniellepaquette.bsky.social