ProPublica reporter covering the economy, labor, immigration & trade. Stories in the New Yorker, NYT & NPR. Two-time Pulitzer finalist. Poet.
New York
Joined August 2009
- Tweets8K
- Following3K
- Followers5.1K
- Likes2.4K
Pinned Tweet
Such an honor to edit this project! Congrats to Dave Altimari, Ginny Monk, Sophie Chou, Haru Coryne and everyone who worked on this series!
pulitzer.org/winners/dave-al…
Michael Grabell retweeted
I cannot believe I'm saying this, but I am a Pulitzer Prize winner.
BREAKING: CT Mirror and @ProPublica have won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for "On the Hook," an investigation into how Connecticut's towing practices had come to favor tow companies at the expense of low-income residents.
More here: ctmirror.org/series/on-the-h…
New details on Madison & Nashville school shooters: Both appear to have crossed paths in the same online networks that glorify shooters. Story by Phoebe Petrovic @WisconsinWatch @ProPublica. propublica.org/article/madis…
Michael Grabell retweeted
Vital reporting from @WisconsinWatch and @propublica. The Madison and Nashville shooters are connected to an online network spreading terror through teens.
Madison and Nashville school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist communities wisconsinwatch.org/2025/01/m…
Did you know that tow companies can sell your car after it's towed? Connecticut has one of the shortest windows in the country at just 15 days. Some low-income people were towed from their own apartment complexes. propublica.org/article/conne…
Michael Grabell retweeted
Connecticut allows towing companies to sell some people’s cars after just 15 days — one of the shortest windows in the country.
The sales have particularly affected low-income people, who have lost jobs after they were unable to get their cars back.
propublica.org/article/conne…
Michael Grabell retweeted
A story two years in the making and co-published with Pro Publica: Connecticut allows tow companies to seek permission to sell your car 15 days after they tow it, one of the shortest in the country that impacts low income families. ctmirror.org/2025/01/05/conn…
Michael Grabell retweeted
.@propublica is hiring a Climate Reporter to hold the powerful accountable for the effects of climate change.
🌎 5+ years experience, track record of accountability reporting required
📌 Remote friendly in the United States
💰 $95K-$170K
Apply: grnh.se/7c2cf0166us
Michael Grabell retweeted
Calgary stopped adding fluoride to its water in 2011.
What happened?
"The need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700% at the Alberta Children’s Hospital." - Dr. James Dickinson @ University of Calgary
calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s…
Michael Grabell retweeted
Work in government? Get in touch with us if you have info we should know.
Spread this far and wide.
Our contact info is below.
Are you a current or former government employee?
Sign up to be a source for our reporters. We may contact you with questions related to your area of experience.
Your insights will be incredibly important to our work post-election. propublica.org/tips/federal-…
Michael Grabell retweeted
It’s Election Day! ProPublica reporters live & work in 26 states. Today, our reporters are on the ground, on the lookout for what’s going right and what isn’t. Got a tip? Contact us at propublica.org/tips.
You can also text, call or Signal message us:
917-512-0201
Michael Grabell retweeted
We have reporters out and about across the country today.
What ProPublica Reporters Will Be Watching on Election Day propublica.org/article/elect…
The group calls itself Follow the Law. But it's suggesting that election officials do something that courts have found to be illegal for over a century. by @PhoebePetrovic & @DougBockClark propublica.org/article/2024-…
Michael Grabell retweeted
Over the last few months, @AliyyaSwaby and I have been investigating a TN law that makes threats of mass violence at school a felony, even for kids. We've found the law casts a wide net, entangling children in the justice system over rumors and jokes: propublica.org/article/tenne… 🧵
Michael Grabell retweeted
The idea Christians should be in positions of power is central to today’s Christian right, but it took root decades ago.
“We should be taking over every area of life,” one leader said in 1985.
projects.propublica.org/chri…
The Genesis of Christian Nationalism projects.propublica.org/chri…
A worker was found dead with welding equipment in a ship he was helping to build. Yet the govt contractor paid nothing to his family. The staffing co. claimed he was an independent contractor & “wasn’t working at the time of his death.” by @nicoleMfoy propublica.org/article/immig…
Michael Grabell retweeted
Ahead of the 2024 election, activists who have promoted debunked claims about election fraud are recruiting poll workers to serve in swing states and report concerns. propublica.org/article/poll-… by partner @PhoebePetrovic @WisconsinWatch
Michael Grabell retweeted
. @propublica is extending the deadline for our D.C. reporter job application to Monday, Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. ET. So if you're interested, you've got a few more days to apply!
Application: grnh.se/ed4db3d56us
.@propublica is hiring 3 reporters to cover politics and power in our DC office.
🚨Applications will close Friday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. ET
👩💻 Minimum 5 years investigative experience, track record covering Washington
📌 DC based
💰 $130K-$170K
Apply: grnh.se/ed4db3d56us
WINNER! Knight Award for Public Service: State of Disrepair: Inside Idaho’s Crumbling Schools by @propublica and @idahostatesman. awards.journalists.org/entri… #OJA24
