Cassandra Garibay

What Engagement Reporting Does — and Doesn’t — Mean at ProPublica So you’ve filled out a questionnaire, signed up for an investigation or talked with one of our engagement reporters. Here’s what to expect from this kind of journalism.

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Engagement Journalism Guides Resources to help you make your work more participatory, equitable and inclusive

Looked this up for someone but here is my roundup of engagement journalism guides if it is useful to anyone. brizzyc.medium.com/engagement-j... Need to add some new ones that have come out

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I reported on ICE detaining US citizens in SoCal for @capitalandmain.bsky.social in August.

I’m so glad to see @nicolefoy.bsky.social stayed on the story.

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"Critically, there is no way to know the complete scope of these stops since the government itself does not track them."

An astonishing amount of work that went into shining a light on the details in this remarkable void.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

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ProPublica is publishing the rule drafts in their entirety:

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Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

The rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow major changes to public housing and Section 8 vouchers:

- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally

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Natural disasters: Is your community ready? - SciLine Discover how communities can enhance disaster readiness at SciLine's media briefing with expert insights on emergency plans and evacuation behaviors.

Is your area ready for a natural disaster? Join our Tues., Sept. 30th briefing (3-4 p.m. ET) with scientific experts Dr. Claire Knox, @suttonj.bsky.social, and Dr. Jennifer Trivedi on #EmergencyPreparedness plans, warning systems & community response to find out. Register: bit.ly/4mKa6m6

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Trump Administration Prepares to Drop Seven Major Housing Discrimination Cases Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under T...

New: the Trump administration is preparing to shut down seven major housing discrimination and segregation cases — including high-profile investigations in Chicago, Houston and Flint — despite findings in some that civil rights violations occurred. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

New: four million people could be forced to leave public housing and other federally assisted housing under new plans from the Trump administration, according to experts who reviewed drafts of two unpublished rules obtained by @propublica.org.

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

NEW: One proposed rule would strip aid from families where a member is in the U.S. illegally.

Families could keep their assistance IF the ineligible member moves out.

But HUD expects many families to give up assistance out of “fear of the family being separated.”

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This Family Will Return Home After Helene. Their Onerous Journey to Rebuild Shows Why Many Others Won’t. One year after the hurricane’s devastation, the Hills are among the first in their community to almost finish rebuilding their home. They are the lucky ones who succeeded in navigating an arduous fede...

After Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina in September 2024, the Hill family fought hard for every federal aid dollar available to rebuild. They were displaced by the deadliest inland hurricane on record.

📽️ Watch their journey to return home:

This Family Will Return Home After Helene. Their Onerous Journey to Rebuild Shows Why Many Others Won’t. One year after the hurricane’s devastation, the Hills are among the first in their community to almost finish rebuilding their home. They are the lucky ones who succeeded in navigating an arduous fede...

Must watch: One North Carolina Family’s Journey to Rebuild After Hurricane Helene, by @nadiasussman.bsky.social

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

One year ago, Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina. Since then, people who lost their homes have turned to FEMA for aid. Some are still slogging through red tape.
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Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

With @theassemblync.bsky.social

Are You Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene? We Want to Hear From You. We want to hear from North Carolinians whose homes were damaged or destroyed to better understand how well the state housing recovery program, RenewNC, is working for those who need it.

@propublica.org and @theassemblync.bsky.social have been reporting on the impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, and one year later, we know recovery is far from over.

Fill out the form or email us at helenetips@propublica.org to share your story.

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Are You Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene? We Want to Hear From You. We want to hear from North Carolinians whose homes were damaged or destroyed to better understand how well the state housing recovery program, RenewNC, is working for those who need it.

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social have been reporting on the impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, and we know recovery is far from over.

If you’re in the process of rebuilding, we want to hear from you ⤵️

Here’s my latest as we watch yet another storm approach the Carolinas. Thinking about all the people devastated by Hurricane Helene one year ago today who are watching with considerable anxiety.

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Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences. Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.

102 min after Melissa brought her son--amid a psychiatric crisis--to West Springs, a nurse sent him home.

Days later, CMS said that broke the law.

But the facility never faced any consequences. Dozens like it have also gone unpunished.

My latest @propublica.org
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A searing investigation from @maxblau.bsky.social: how the H-2A visa, billed as a ticket to opportunity, has instead become a pipeline to "modern-day slavery."

Max Blau, Reporter I cover health care, the environment, agriculture and immigration for ProPublica’s South unit.

I’m continuing to report on the state of the H-2A program in the months ahead. Are you a H-2A worker? Do you employ H-2A workers? Are you a regulator? Or have another role related to the H-2A program? I’d like to hear from you. Please get in touch: propublica.org/people/max-b...

This image shows a photo of Bob Garrett promoting an Ask Me Anything event about how the Trump administration and Texas leaders are using courts to sidestep lawmakers, taking place on September 18 at 2 p.m. Central Time on the Texas subreddit.

Months before igniting Texas’ redistricting fight, the Trump admin began using courts to force favorable political outcomes.

This Thursday at 2 p.m. CT, ProPublica and Tribune contributor Bob Garrett will be hosting an AMA on r/Texas about this legal strategy:
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So excited to be working behind the scenes on this AMA. Check out this story by Bob Garrett, Texas veteran reporter, and ask him anything you want about it!
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