Local investigations fellow @nytimes / originally from Denver
Joined July 2015
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Excited to work on a long-term project through the NYT Local Investigations Fellowship. And grateful to my wonderful @chicagotribune colleagues for all the help and guidance over the past 2.5 years.
The Local Investigations Fellowship is thrilled to welcome @nellbsalzman to its 2025-26 class. Nell joins @Amari_Clare, @Sammy_Sussman, @kristianreports, @yanqixu_ and Alicia Inez Guzmán in producing ambitious local investigative journalism. nytco.com/press/introducing-…
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NEWS: Mayor Brandon Johnson voluntarily returned tens of millions of dollars in COVID grants to the federal government months before expiration — funds that could have gone to disease surveillance or racial equity programming. Story by @byaliceyin chicagotribune.com/2026/05/1…
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CPS cut ~500 private custodian jobs last year to save money and move away from privatized services.
Then CPS surveyed custodians + principals. Most weren't happy.
“I have never experienced anything like this in my 14 years in CPS,” one principal said.
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Swelling with pride! I am biased, but Chicago reporters — at the Trib, Sun-Times, Block Club, South Side Weekly, I could go on — covered the impact of this immigration enforcement campaign with such remarkable precision, bravery and care. They deserve all of the praise.
So happy my friends @chicagotribune won the Pulitzer for their great work work on Operation Midway Blitz!
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Today is a special day for the @chicagotribune. But I also want to say how much I admire our city’s entire journalism community. Block Club in particular did fantastic work. So did our pals at the Sun-Times/WBEZ. Support local journalism, always
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Court battles hit taxpayer wallets. Chicago’s legal strategy on reversed-conviction suits — private attorneys, drawn-out fights — adds millions to costs. Reporting from @joemahr @jmetr22b dream team chicagotribune.com/2026/03/2…
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NEWS: The Trump administration is reviewing DACA renewals so slowly that the delays are causing people to lose their jobs, licenses, and deportation protection. It’s happening across the country. Our Sunday story with @LAURA_N_ROD chicagotribune.com/2026/03/1…
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Congrats to @_andrewcarter, @royalpratt, @LAURA_N_ROD, @jmetr22b and Caroline Kubzansky on the Toner Prize for Excellence in Local Political Reporting! newhouse.syracuse.edu/news/t…
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State law allows CTA/Metra to suspend riders accused of violence or threatening behavior. Cook County PD's office says it has "concern over how this law is being applied in practice, particularly given the explicit racial bias the data shows.”
gift🔗: chicagotribune.com/2026/02/2…
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Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez is running for Congress as an independent.
The Democratic Socialist — a City Council progressive firebrand — aims to beat Patty Garcia, the only Democrat running, after Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia resigned hours before a filing deadline, clearing her way.
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We went to Greg Bovino’s Appalachian hometown and his last posting along the Mexico-California border — and also traced his roots to Calabria.
Here’s the American story of an immigrant coal miner’s great-grandson turned scourge of foreigners chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…
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We are hiring: Come work with me and be @sammie_smylie's successor in covering state education efforts with some assists on covering CPS. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/…
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Given recent raids on rideshare drivers at O'Hare, interesting to read about Chicago cooperating w/ immigration raids on cab drivers in the '80s, then deciding to stop, under Mayor Washington
@rumormill @fotomather
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Street vendors and shop owners in Little Village told us they're seeing early signs of a rebound after months of slow sales during Border Patrol sweeps.
“There’s feeling of a brotherhood now, of people coming out to the community to be supportive."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11…
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As Trump focuses on hunting down undocumented immigrants, DHS agents have been diverted from investigating sex crimes against children, human smuggling and Iranian black market oil sales used to fund terrorism, @nytimes investigation finds. nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/po…
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I interviewed Greg Bovino (@CMDROpAtLargeCA) the man empowered to oversee Pres. Trump's immigration crackdown:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Photos of the Feds with weapons out taken by @chicagotribune photographers yesterday @briancassella @mandophotos
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Ruben Torres reunites with his wife in Indiana after being detained by ICE for nearly two weeks. He is headed back to his daughter Ofelia
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Longtime Border Patrol official Matt Hudak on the difference, in tactics and style, between ICE and Border Patrol — and why the Trump administration is expanding the role the latter agency plays in its immigration crackdown.
NEWS: Internal DHS data shows Border Patrol agents have carried out more arrests in the Chicago area than their counterparts at ICE, illustrating the expanded role they are playing far away from US borders under the Trump administration.
More on @CBSNews.
cbsnews.com/news/border-patr…
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Immigration officials have been increasingly detaining people in small, secretive holding facilities for days or even weeks at a time in violation of federal policy, a Guardian investigation has found. theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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NEWS: Ruben Torres Maldonado is coming home to his wife, sick daughter and four-year old son.
An immigration judge granted the 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment. Story coming
