Audience, communications and growth strategist. Dad, photographer and runner. Past @ProPublica @MediaNewsGroup @denverpost.
Denver, CO
Joined June 2009
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"A common trait I’ve found among repeat champions is a prominent chip on their shoulder, from slights both real and imagined, often nurtured for decades. When what you seek is not wealth or fame but vindication, you can never get enough." wsj.com/arts-culture/books/b…
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A panel at the @ISOJ2026 discussed the impacts of AI traffic on news websites on Friday at the Texas Union. Jill Nicholson, chief marketing officer of @Chartbeat, and @danielpetty, former director of audience strategy at @propublica, emphasized the importance of reaching human readers directly while AI traffic floods news websites.
thedailytexan.com/2026/09/22…
ALT The image shows the Texas Union building at UT Austin on a normal school day with the UT Tower in the back right corner. Photo by Samantha Melvin.
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woah. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Premium credit cards have created a payment system that:
- Taxes cash and debit users to fund credit card rewards
- Encourages consumers toward high-interest debt
- Shifts $9.2 billion annually from households earning <$150k to those earning more
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NEW: In the term ending last year, the Supreme Court passed a troubling milestone: The Shadow Docket overtook the normal process.
That means more unsigned decisions with no reasoning and secret votes from the highest court.
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We’ve been advertising our tip line in workplaces of interest to our reporters across the country. If you’ve seen it, let us know. Insider information fuels our investigations.
And to our readers: Consider this our elevator pitch. Where would you put our tips line next?
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3/ Audiences see creators as more entertaining, easier to understand, and more relatable than traditional media, even if they rate them lower on trust. But those that consume content from news creators – often younger groups – rate them higher on all attributes including trust.
".@propublica's reporting on the Vulcan loan represents the first time the awarding of a contract from a federal agency has been directly linked to White House intervention." propublica.org/article/donal…
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NEW: NASA just made a flurry of announcements about its plan to build a Moon base. They also revealed that they will take not just one, but TWO futuristic rovers to the lunar surface.
And last summer, for NatGeo, I got to take them both for a test drive. nationalgeographic.com/scien…
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New: We’re thrilled to introduce the 2026 cohort of the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program. Meet the journalists: propub.li/4ueP6Ix
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NEW: We just launched a new podcast! It’s called “Paper Trail,” and for our first episode, we’re taking you behind the scenes of a Pulitzer finalist investigation.
This is what the FDA won’t tell you about the generic drugs in your medicine cabinet: propublica.org/podcast/what-…
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HUGE NEWS: ProPublica is launching a new investigative reporting hub in California, our sixth regional unit. Read more: propublica.org/atpropublica/…
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hello! i've been working on a thing (behind the scenes this time) that I'm very excited for you all to hear. Paper Trail - a new podcast showcasing @propublica's badass investigations. it's going to be really good. come along with us? propub.li/4d59Lcd
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NEW: Introducing “Paper Trail,” ProPublica’s new podcast.
Each episode, we’ll take you inside an investigation, uncovering hidden facts and secrets — and doing what we do best: showing you the receipts.
▶️ Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: propub.li/4d59Lcd
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NEW: You may have noticed things look a little different on our website and social media.
We’ve updated our logo and our typefaces, and we made improvements to the design and functionality of our homepage and how we present our work.
Here’s why.
propublica.org/article/why-p…
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JUST IN: ProPublica and @CTMirror’s “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.
ALT The Pulitzer Prizes Local Reporting Winner: Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk of The Connecticut Mirror and Sophie Chou and Haru Coryne of ProPublica. Image (right) displays an illustration of a white tow truck and a headline that reads: Gone in 15 days: How the Connecticut DMV allows tow companies to sell people's cars.
The nominee for ambassador to Hungary co-owns a nursing home that’s suing the Trump administration over Medicare payments: propub.li/4uM3MQ1
Wary of federal intrusion, Idaho passed a law three decades ago allowing it to sidestep so-called motor-voter laws.
The exemption and the sentiment behind it are fueling resistance to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. propub.li/4bEwSIq
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🚨 We've seen instances of people impersonating ProPublica reporters on Signal and over email.
Reminder: Our reporters have their Signal handles listed on their bio pages. They will always have an active @propublica.org email address.
➡️ How to verify: propublica.org/staff#news-st…
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ALT Screenshot of the bio page for ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi. Below a "Contact Me" button, a highlighted pop-up window shows his email ([email protected]), Signal handle (rfatruechi.40), and phone number (917-512-0216).