In the first year of running our newsletter, Below the Fold, we have been blown away by how quickly it has grown in that short time period. It feels like just yesterday that our team congregated in our (not virtual) conference room to pitch stories for our first edition.
Our team works hard to dig up important articles that aren't making headlines, but this blog post is not about them – it's about the journalists who reported those stories in the first place. In other words, the reporters who's stories end up "below the fold." To those hard-working individuals listed below: Thank you so much for calling our attention to these stories!
Aasil Ahmed
Where They’ve Worked: ProPakistani
Why We’re Thankful For Aasil: For reporting on China’s plans to blacklist Apple, Boeing, Qualcomm, and other U.S. companies. The reason behind this ban? The U.S. did the exact same thing. We included Aasil’s article in Below The Fold’s 25th edition.
Abby Phillip
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, Politico, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful For Abby: Abby wrote about the RNC suing California in an effort to prevent the state from expanding its mail-in voting policies. We featured this story in our 26th edition. You might also recognize Abby from her many on-screen appearances, including the time she moderated CNN’s Democratic Primary Debate back in January.
Where to Follow: @abbydphillip
Adam Goldman & Charlie Savage
Where They’ve Worked: The Associated Press, The Economic Times, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful For Adam and Charlie: They (along with Eric Schmitt, mentioned below) reported on a significant moment in recent history. For the first time, the U.S. labeled a white supremacist group as terrorists. Why was this a big deal? We explain in more detail in Below The Fold’s 19th edition.
Where to Follow: @adamgoldmanNYT, @charliesavage
Adam Liptak
Where They’ve Worked: The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, Sun Sentinel
Why We’re Thankful For Adam: For his reporting on a Supreme Court case that would decide if adoption agencies could turn away same-sex couples. This ruling had the potential to weaken anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ+ community, a concerning possibility that we wanted our readers to know about. This article was shared in Below The Fold’s 13th edition.
Where to Follow: @adamliptak
Adrianne Jeffries
Where They’ve Worked: Businessweek, The New York Times, The Verge
Why We’re Thankful For Adrianne: For her reporting on how the podcast industry may move towards capturing listener data. Her story was included in Below The Fold’s 61st edition.
Where to Follow: @adrjeffiries
Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana & Yuddy Cahya Budiman
Where They’ve Worked: The Independent, Reuters, The Star (Malaysia), Yahoo Canada
Why We’re Thankful for Ajeng and Yuddy: For their reporting on Indonesian protests sparked by drastic law changes, which included eliminating the sectoral minimum wage and extending the work week to six days, instead of five. The story was featured in Below The Fold’s 63rd edition.
Where to Follow: @yuddycahya
Alex Landon
Where They’ve Worked: Secret London
Why We’re Thankful for Alex: Alex reported about London’s installation of artificial trees, which can absorb as many pollutants as 275 real ones. Below The Fold shared this story in its seventh edition, hoping that we could one day bring these artificial structures to our home base, Los Angeles.
Where to Follow: @AlexLandon247
Alfred Ng
Where They’ve Worked: BuzzFeed News, CBS News, CNET, Daily Mirror
Why We’re Thankful for Alfred: Alfred covered a bill intended to protect children (at the expense of individuals' online privacy), an important but lesser-known story we included in our 33rd edition.
Where to Follow: @alfredwkng
Allen Kim
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, The Mercury News, Sports Illustrated
Why We’re Thankful for Allen: Allen’s reporting has been featured in multiple editions, covering stories about
- An increase in early prison releases, as required by coronavirus safety measures (edition 16)
- The largest recorded ozone hole, which somehow closed up all on its own (edition 22)
- 2,000+ marijuana convictions overturned by Colorado’s governor (edition 58)
Where to Follow: @allenxkim
Alicia Lee
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KCNC-TV, WJZ-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Alicia: Alicia shared this absolutely delightful story about a group of penguins exploring their empty aquarium home. You can find a video linked in Below The Fold’s 16th edition. You’re welcome, readers!
Where to Follow: @byalicialee
Amina Khan
Where They’ve Worked: Forbes, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Amina: Amina covered a story about NASA’s plans for the first round-trip mission to Mars, which we were excited to feature in Below The Fold’s 13th edition. (By the way, Amina was also a writer for the series Bill Nye Saves The World, in case you needed a new Netflix recommendation.)
Where to Follow: @aminakhan
Amir Vera
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, The Progress-Index, The Virginian-Pilot,
Why We’re Thankful for Amir: Amir covered a wild story about a five-year-old boy taking his mother’s SUV for a joyride. We were just as surprised as the police officer who discovered the underaged driver, which is why we shared Amir’s article in Below The Fold’s 23rd edition.
Where to Follow: @TheAmirVera
Ann E. Marimow & Robert Barnes
Where They’ve Worked: Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald
Why We’re Thankful for Ann and Robert: For covering a story in which the Supreme Court rejected a petition to allow religious advertisements on public transit. We shared the article in Below The Fold’s 19th edition.
Where to Follow: @amarimow, @scotusreporter
Andrew Natsios, Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W Parker, & Leslie Ruyle
Where They’ve Worked: The Conversation, Texas A&M University
Why We’re Thankful for Them: These four academics highlighted a (at the time) lesser-known threat to the U.S.’s ability to combat the coronavirus – its reliance on medical supplies made in China. This was concerning news to our ears, which is why we shared the article in Below The Fold’s 11th edition.
Where to Follow: @DrGerryParker, @LeslieRuyle
Angely Mercado
Where They’ve Worked: Grist, The Nation, Teen Vogue, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Angely: For her reporting on New York’s $1 billion clean energy initiative, which Below The Fold shared in its 41st edition.
Where to Follow: @AngelyMercado
Anjali Patel
Where They’ve Worked: ABC 15 News, BuzzFeed News, Bustle
Why We’re Thankful for Anjali: Anjali’s reporting addressed some cybersecurity concerns that readers might have with the U.S. census going digital for the first time. We shared this article in Below The Fold’s 14th edition.
Where to Follow: @AnjaliPatelTV
Anna Sturla
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KQED, NBC News
Why We’re Thankful for Anna: Anna reported on a decrease in prison populations across the U.S., which was part of an effort to minimize risks for a coronavirus outbreak in those close quarters. Allen Kim (mentioned above) also helped cover this story, and it was featured in Below The Fold’s 16th edition.
Where to Follow: @anna_sturla
Ariane de Vogue
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, CNN, KCBS-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Ariana: Ariana reported two stories that were shared in Below The Fold:
- A new Supreme Court ruling might nullify the insanity plea (edition 17)
- Facebook’s advertising algorithm likely worsened racial discrimination when it came to housing. (edition 27)
Devan Cole (mentioned below) also helped cover the Supreme Court case.
Where to Follow: @Arianedevogue
Ariana Tobin
Where They’ve Worked: The Guardian, ProPublica, WNYC
Why We’re Thankful for Ariana: Ariana reported that Facebook’s advertising algorithm likely worsened racial discrimination when it came to housing. How? Below The Fold’s 27th edition, which was dedicated to stories about racial discrimination, explained the story in more detail.
Where to Follow: @Ariana_Tobin
Arielle Pardes
Where They’ve Worked: Cosmopolitan, Wired, Yahoo Lifestyle
Why We’re Thankful for Arielle: For her article about a new credit card specifically for social media influencers, which we included in Below The Fold’s 31st edition.
Where to Follow: @pardesoteric
Audrey McNamara
Where They’ve Worked: CBS, The Daily Beast, NPR
Why We’re Thankful for Audrey: Audrey reported on the Air Force removing height requirements for applicants, a minor change that they hoped would encourage more women to apply. We featured this story in edition 26 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @McNamaraAud
Avery Ellfeldt
Where They’ve Worked: Energy News Network, NPR, Scientific American, WGBH News
Why We’re Thankful for Avery: Avery reported on some good news in Arkansas. One school district found that switching to solar energy would save so much money that they could raise teachers’ salaries. We shared this story in our 62nd edition.
Where to Follow: @AEllfeldt
B. David Zarley
Where They’ve Worked: Freethink, Jezebel, Paste Magazine, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for B. David: For his reporting on how film productions can reduce their environmental footprint. We wanted to pass some of these ideas on to any readers who might be in the movie business, which is why we shared this article in Below The Fold’s 11th edition.
Where to Follow: @BDavidZarley
Barbara Rodriguez
Where They’ve Worked: 19th News, ABC News, The Associated Press
Why We’re Thankful for Barbara: For her reporting on how a Delaware state candidate was denied use of campaign funds for child care expenses. We called out this example of gender-based discrimination in the workplace in Below The Fold’s 48th edition.
Where to Follow: @bcrodriguez
Beena Raghavendran, Danielle Ohl, & Talia Buford
Where They’ve Worked: AlterNet, Capital Gazette, Politico, ProPublica, Star Tribune, USA Today
Why We’re Thankful for Them: Their year-long investigation called attention to 1,200+ court cases filed against unsuspecting renters in the city of Annapolis. We also wanted to call out this unfair treatment by including it in our 49th edition.
Where to Follow: @thebeenster, @DTOhl, @TaliaBuford
Ben Horwitz & Jeff Asher
Where They’ve Worked: Five Thirty Eight, The New York Times, The Star-Ledger
Why We’re Thankful for Ben and Jeff: Apparently, murder rates in the U.S. have increased, but other violent crime has decreased. What could be the reason behind these paradoxical statistics? Below The Fold covered some theories in its 32nd edition.
Where to Follow: @HorowitzBen, @crimealytics
Ben Popken
Where They’ve Worked: Business Insider, Euronews, NBC News
Why We’re Thankful for Ben: For his reporting on “Grinch bots” buying up popular products online to sell on third party sites. We wanted our readers to be prepared for a competitive holiday shopping season, which is why we featured this story in our very first edition.
Where to Follow: @bpopken
Ben Westcott
Where They’ve Worked: Canberra Times, CNN, South China Morning Post
Why We’re Thankful for Ben: For covering a PR-scandal involving a restaurant chain in China that asked customers to weigh themselves. This story was included in Below The Fold’s 44th edition.
Where to Follow: @Ben_Westcott
Beth Duff-Brown
Where They’ve Worked: The Associated Press, The New York Times, Stanford Health Policy
Why We’re Thankful for Beth: For her coverage of Taiwan’s highly effective COVID-19 response plan, a story that we featured in Below The Fold’s 15th edition.
Where to Follow: @bethduffbrown
Beth Timmins
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, The Independent, Reuters
Why We’re Thankful for Beth: Beth covered a story about the sand-extraction business and its negative impacts on the ecosystem of the Mekong River. Below The Fold has shared multiple stories about the Mekong region, but this article from our fifth edition was the first.
Where to Follow: @Beth_LeahT
Boyce Upholt
Where They’ve Worked: The Counter, Emergence Magazine, TIME Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Boyce: For reporting on a byproduct of fertilizer that, ironically, is ruining the environment. You can read more in Below The Fold’s 22nd edition.
Where to Follow: @BoyceUpholt
Bradley W. Parks
Where They’ve Worked: Brookings Institution, OPB, PBS, The Washington Post,
Why We’re Thankful for Bradley: For his reporting about the “death” of the Clark Glacier in Oregon due to rising temperatures. How does a glacier die? You can catch up on the story in Below The Fold’s 62nd edition.
Where to Follow: @Bradley_W_Parks
Branko Filipovic
Where They’ve Worked: Daily Mail, Reuters, Yahoo Singapore
Why We’re Thankful for Branko: In 1995, roughly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Twenty-five years later, nine more victims were identified and buried. Below The Fold covered this tragic historic event in its 35th edition.
Brian Resnick
Where They’ve Worked: The Atlantic, Business Insider, Vox
Why We’re Thankful for Brian: For his reporting on mass launches of commercial satellites, and how they might one day change our view of the night sky. We spotlighted this story in Below The Fold’s seventh edition.
Where to Follow: @B_resnick
Bridie Pearson-Jones
Where They’ve Worked: Daily Mail, The Independent, Press Association
Why We’re Thankful for Bridie: For their reporting on Malone Mukwende, a black medical student, who created a handbook to help doctors identify conditions on darker-skinned individuals. We also wanted to shout out Malone’s incredibly beneficial guide in Below The Fold’s 34th edition.
Where to Follow: @bridiepjones
Caitlin O’Kane
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, CBS News, NBC News
Why We’re Thankful for Caitlin: Caitlin reported on 39 missing children that were found in Georgia, a story that we included in Below The Fold’s 48th edition.
Where to Follow: @caitlin_0210
Caitlin Thompson
Where They’ve Worked: Coda Story, Foreign Policy, Here & Now
Why We’re Thankful for Caitlin: During BLM protests, participants knew that they were being closely monitored, but Caitlin’s article highlighted the extent of this surveillance. A report found that the San Francisco PD had access to 375 cameras, which were being used to gather evidence of “illegal activity.” Below The Fold included this story in edition 55.
Where to Follow: @cethompson5
Cameron Joseph
Where They’ve Worked: The Almanac of American Politics, New York Daily News, Talking Points Memo, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Cameron: For calling attention to the 20,000+ mail ballots that were rejected during Pennsylvania's primary election, which Below The Fold included in its 54th edition.
Where to Follow: @cam_joseph
Canela López
Where They’ve Worked: Business Insider, The New Orleans Advocate, NOLA
Why We’re Thankful for Canela: Canela reported that ICE detention centers were overusing disinfectant, to the point where inmates were suffering from nausea, nosebleeds, skin reactions, and fainting. Below The Fold felt a responsibility to call attention to this suffering, which is why it’s included in the 28th edition.
Where to Follow: @VCanelaLopez
Cara Lombardo & Dana Mattioli
Where They’ve Worked: The Associated Press, Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Why We’re Thankful for Cara and Dana: Their reporting highlighted Amazon’s predatory practice of investing in startups and then launching similar products for a cheaper price. Shouldn’t that be illegal? We delve into more detail in Below The Fold’s 38th edition.
Where to Follow: @CaraRLombardo, @DanaMattioli
Carl Hulse
Where They’ve Worked: The Economic Times, The Independent, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Carl: For his reporting on an ethics investigation related to the timing of a judge’s retirement. Apparently, several sources revealed that Senate Republicans may have encouraged older judges to retire so they could be replaced with other conservative appointees. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 23rd edition.
Where to Follow: @hillhulse
Carol Kuruvilla
Where They’ve Worked: HuffPost, New York Daily News
Why We’re Thankful for Carol: For her reporting on new dress codes in the U.S. Air Force, which would allow for service members to wear turbans, headscarves, or beards, as a form of religious expression. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 12th edition.
Where to Follow: @CarolKuruvilla
Caroline Haskins, Logan McDonald, & Ryan Mac
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, BuzzFeed News, Forbes, The Outline, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Them: For their reporting on a data breach at Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition app with a database of billions of individuals’ public photos. The public was already aware of Clearview’s massive pool of images, but the data breach revealed who was paying for access … a list that included 2,000+ corporations, law enforcement agencies, and “authoritarian regimes.” You can read up on the full story in Below The Fold’s 14th edition.
Where to Follow: @caro1inehaskins, @_loganmcdonald, @RMac18
Cassandra Negley
Where They’ve Worked: The Ithaca Times, The New York Times, Oneonta Daily Star, Yahoo
Why We’re Thankful for Cassandra: For her reporting about the loosening of Title IX policies, which may make it harder for students to hold sexual abusers accountable. As a woman-run company, this is an issue that hits close to home, which is why we shared the story in Below The Fold’s 24th edition.
Where to Follow: @CasNegley
Catherine E. Shoichet & Geneva Sands
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, The Associated Press, CNN, Fusion, The Hill, St. Petersburg Times
Why We’re Thankful for Catherine and Geneva: Their reporting called attention to the 500+ migrant children that were detained in hotels during the coronavirus pandemic. Below The Fold felt a responsibility to share the story in its 51st edition.
Where to Follow: @CatherineCNN, @Geneva_Sands
Catie Keck
Where They’ve Worked: Gizmodo, Inverse, Newsweek
Why We’re Thankful for Catie: Film production has picked up, but we can take comfort in knowing that at least one studio has been taking COVID-19 safety protocols very seriously. We covered Catie’s story in Below The Fold’s 37th edition.
Where to Follow: @catiekeck
Chaewon Chung
Where They’ve Worked: BUST Magazine, Coda Story, South China Morning Post
Why We’re Thankful for Chaewon: For her coverage of a social media crackdown in Cambodia, which Below The Fold called out in its 24th edition.
Where to Follow: @chaewonjrn
Chris D’Angelo
Where They’ve Worked: Grist, HuffPost, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Chris: Chris covered the passing of the Great American Outdoors Act, a nature conservation bill that would, ironically, be funded by gas and oil royalties. We needed some good news in 2020, which is why we included this story in Below The Fold’s 38th edition.
Where to Follow: @c_m_dangelo
Christian Davenport
Where They’ve Worked: Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Christian: Christian covered the launch of a new “tow truck” spacecraft that would refuel a dying satellite. We were interested in the implications of this mission, as these satellite tow-trucks could help minimize the amount of space debris orbiting our planet. You can read more in Below The Fold’s 21st edition.
Where to Follow: @wapodavenport
Christine Ro
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Christine: For her article about something we called “The breakup business in Japan.” Apparently, you can hire private agents to sabotage your romantic relationships. We were so fascinated by this story, we included it in Below The Fold’s 41st edition.
Christopher Collins
Where They’ve Worked: Civil Eats, Texas Observer, USA Today
Why We’re Thankful for Christopher: For covering the appointment of a corporate-friendly Food Safety Czar to oversee the meat production industry. This story almost eluded Below The Fold’s team, but we caught wind of it in time for our 21st edition.
Where to Follow: @collins_reports
Chun Han Wong
Where They’ve Worked: The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Chun Han: For covering China’s decision to set global standards on data security, calling for tech companies to disallow “backdoors” in their products. Below The Fold featured this story in its 51st edition.
Where to Follow: @ByChunHan
Cici Zhang
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, Popular Science, Undark Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Cici: For covering the rise (pun intended) of environmentally-friendly buildings in China. We thought some of these ideas were pretty clever, which is why we shared the story in our 29th edition.
Where to Follow: @CiciZhang15
Claire Kelloway
Where They’ve Worked: Food And Power, Open Markets, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Claire: Claire’s reporting aims to hold the big names in the food industry accountable for shady behavior. We included her story about Big Food corporations undercutting local farms for food-service contracts in Below The Fold edition 28.
Where to Follow: @clairekelloway
Costas Kantouris & Derek Gatopoulos
Where They’ve Worked: Associated Press, The Independent, Seattle Times, Times of Israel
Why We’re Thankful for Costas and Derek: The duo covered Greece’s plans to build a wall on its border with Turkey because of concerns of migrants crossing into the EU. (Sound familiar?) We included the story in Below The Fold edition 63.
Where to Follow: @CostasKantouris, @dgatopoulous
Craig Whitlock
Where They’ve Worked: The Guardian, The Independent, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Craig: Craig published a massive exposé about the botched war effort in Afghanistan. When the Afghanistan Papers were first published, they were overshadowed by Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, when it would have otherwise been a trending story. Below The Fold featured this eye-opening series in its second edition.
Where to Follow: @CraigMWhitlock
Dan Bradford
Where They’ve Worked: Fun Owl
Why We’re Thankful for Dan: Dan covered a delightful story about hundreds of thousands of olive tortoises taking back their old nesting grounds (since humans were in quarantine). We were so happy to read about animals thriving undisturbed that we shared this story in Below The Fold’s 19th edition.
Dan Goodin
Where They’ve Worked: Ars Technica, CNN, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Dan: Online ads may be siphoning off your computer’s battery life, but Dan’s article shows that Chrome has developed a way to block those sneak attacks. You can read more in Below The Fold’s 25th edition.
Where to Follow: @dangoodin001
Daniel Cole
Where They’ve Worked: AP News, Blueprint Media BV, DJBroadcast,
Why We’re Thankful for Daniel: For his reporting on the controversy surrounding Venice’s floodgate network, a project that had been under construction for almost 50 years. This story was featured in our 58th edition.
Daniel Oberhaus
Where They’ve Worked: Motherboard, Vice, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Daniel: For his coverage of a new, potentially meltdown-proof nuclear reactor, which Below The Fold featured in its 33rd edition.
Where to Follow: @dmoberhaus
Daniel Victor
Where They’ve Worked: The Independent, The New York Times, ProPublica
Why We’re Thankful for Daniel: For reporting on how toxic masculinity norms made men less likely to take precautions against COVID-19. We included the story in our 61st edition.
Where to Follow: @bydanielvictor
Darian Symoné Harvin
Where They’ve Worked: BuzzFeed News, Harper’s Bazaar, Yahoo
Why We’re Thankful for Darian: For drawing more attention to the CROWN Act, a bill that would ban discrimination against natural hair, and why it still hasn’t been passed on a federal level. You can learn more about this issue in Below The Fold’s 61st edition.
Where to Follow: @dariansymone
Dave Michaels
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, Dallas Morning News, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Dave: Dave covered a story about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new strategy for catching white-collar crime – rewarding whistleblowers with major paydays. We shared this article in Below The Fold’s 23rd edition.
Where to Follow: @davidmichaels
David Gilbert
Where They’ve Worked: Entertainment Weekly, Daily Mirror, The New Yorker, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for David: For reporting about how a Facebook disinformation campaign led to ethnically-motivated violence and the assassination of a singer in Ethiopia. How and why did this happen? You can find more information in Below The Fold’s 53rd edition.
Where to Follow: @daithalgilbert
Deanna Paul
Where They’ve Worked: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Deanna: For reporting about a Supreme Court case that would decide if “revenge porn” counted as free speech. Wait, what? You can get more context for this complicated story in Below The Fold’s fifth edition.
Where to Follow: @thedeannapaul
Declan Walsh
Where They’ve Worked: The Guardian, The Irish Times, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Declan: For reporting a new law in Sudan that outlawed female genital mutilation – which was a huge victory for women’s rights. We highlighted this good news in Below The Fold’s 23rd edition.
Where to Follow: @declanwalsh
Devan Cole, Laurie Ure, & Paul Leblanc
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, CNN, Forbes, MSNBC, NBC News, Newsweek
Why We’re Thankful for Them: The trio reported on a $60 million bribery scheme that involved at least one House speaker in Ohio. We featured the story in Below The Fold’s 39th edition.
Where to Follow: @devancole1, @LaurieUreCNN, @CNNPaul
Dharna Noor
Where They’ve Worked: Gizmodo, Jacobin Magazine, Truthout
Why We’re Thankful for Dharna: Dharna’s reporting has been included twice in Below The Fold, with articles about
- The rise of offshore wind energy in the UK and how consumers may soon be paid to use it (edition 39)
- The Mauritius oil spill and how residents used an unlikely resource to soak up the pollution – their hair (edition 42)
Where to Follow: @dharnanoor
Dustin Volz & Sadie Gurman
Where They’ve Worked: Associated Press, National Journal, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Dustin and Sadie: For their coverage of a shooting investigation that, according to the FBI, may have been delayed by Apple. What was the context? We delved into the story in Below The Fold’s 25th edition.
Where to Follow: @sgurman, @dnvolz
Ed Augustin & Frances Robles
Where They’ve Worked: Al Jazeera, The Economic Times, The Guardian, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Ed and Frances: For their coverage on how the pandemic led to a food crisis in Cuba. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 55th edition.
Where to Follow: @FranceRobles
Ed Cara
Where They’ve Worked: The Atlantic, Gizmodo, Newsweek, VICE
Why We’re Thankful for Ed: Ed’s reporting has been featured twice in Below The Fold, for articles highlighting
- FDA-approved prescription opioids that were signed off on with very little safety data (edition 57)
- Research that shows the long-term benefits of giving money to homeless individuals (edition 60)
Where to Follow: @EdCara4
Elana Lyn Gross
Where They’ve Worked: Forbes, Fortune, Monster, TIME
Why We’re Thankful for Elena: For her reporting on the passing of a California bill that requires corporate boards to include a minimum number of individuals from underrepresented groups. We shared this optimistic move for diversity in Below The Fold’s 52nd edition.
Where to Follow: @ElanaLyn
Elizabeth Shogren
Where They’ve Worked: The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Reveal News
Why We’re Thankful for Elizabeth: Elizabeth reported a story about how lobbyists and the Trump Administration pressured the EPA to downplay the toxicity of TCE … a chemical that can damage fetal hearts. Wait, what? Yeah, that’s exactly what we said after reading the headline. We called out the dangers of this widely used chemical in Below The Fold’s 14th edition.
Where to Follow: @ShogrenE
Elliott Ramos & Melissa Sanchez
Where They’ve Worked: NBC News, ProPublica, WBEZ Chicago
Why We’re Thankful for Elliott and Melissa: For their coverage of a new law in Illinois, which promised to stop suspending licenses over nonmoving violations, such as unpaid parking tickets. This was exciting news for Illinois residents, as those hindered by ticketing debt also needed to drive to work. Below The Fold shared this story in its eighth edition.
Where to Follow: @ChicagoEl, @msanchezMIA
Emiko Terazono & Jude Webber
Where They’ve Worked: CNBC, Financial Post, Los Angeles Times
Why We’re Thankful for Emiko and Jude: For their coverage of the cartel war over avocado farms in Mexico, which is a $2 billion industry. This story was featured in Below The Fold’s tenth edition.
Where to Follow: @EmikoTerazono, @jude_webber
Emma Ockerman
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, Vice, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Emma: Emma reported about a proposed rule that would remove protections for transgender homeless people. Below The Fold called attention to this story in its 32nd edition.
Where to Follow: @EOckerman
Eric Schmitt & Mark Mazzetti
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Eric and Mark: For their reporting of Trump’s plans to launch a new military campaign in Iraq, despite warnings from military experts. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 18th edition. (Eric has an additional credit in Below The Fold, for a story in our 19th edition.)
Where to Follow: @EricSchmittNYT, @MarkMazzettiNYT
Erica L. Green
Where They’ve Worked: The Baltimore Sun, The Gazette, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Erica: Erica reported on how a minor “bookkeeping change” at the Department of Education would cause 800+ rural schools to lose thousands of dollars in federal funding. How did this happen? You can read up on the story in Below The Fold’s 15th edition.
Where to Follow: @EricaLG
Eryk Bagshaw
Where They’ve Worked: The Age, Business Insider, The Sydney Morning Herald
Why We’re Thankful for Eryk: Eryk reported about how China’s government warned teachers in Hong Kong to avoid political discussions … under the threat of imprisonment. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 49th edition.
Where to Follow: @ErykBagshaw
Ezra Klein
Where They’ve Worked: Vox, MSNBC, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Ezra: Ezra Klein, founder of Vox, has an extensive list of journalistic accomplishments, but we are especially appreciative of his coverage of the Farm System Reform Act, a bill that aims to phase out factory farms by 2040. This story was featured in Below The Fold’s 35th edition.
Where to Follow: @ezraklein
Feargus O’Sullivan
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Financial Times,
Why We’re Thankful for Feargus: For covering Barcelona’s unconventional plan to repossess empty apartments and convert them into affordable public housing options. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 36th edition.
Where to Follow: @FeargusOSull
Frederik Pleitgen
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KYW-AM, ZDF
Why We’re Thankful for Frederik: Frederik shared a story about a post office that came across a suspicious smelling package. What caused the big stink? Read for yourself in Below The Fold’s 30th edition. (Rob Picheta, mentioned below, also helped report this story.)
Where to Follow: @fpleigenCNN
Gabriel Filippelli & Joseph D. Ortiz
Where They’ve Worked: The Conversation, IUPUI, Kent State University, The New York Times, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Gabriel and Joseph: For their coverage of a toxic (algae) storm brewing in the Great Lakes. We shared this article in Below The Fold’s 25th edition.
Where to Follow: @GabeFilippelli, @EarthSci_Info
Gautama Mehta
Where They’ve Worked: Coda Story, POLITICO, Rappler
Why We’re Thankful for Gautama: Gautama reported on the story of a Turkish journalist who was arrested for poking fun at a dead sultan in a tweet. Was it an overreaction or was the tweet just that scathing? We included this story in Below The Fold’s 52nd edition.
Where to Follow: @mehta_gautama
Gavin Butler
Where They’ve Worked: Daily Mail, Real Clear Science, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Gavin: Gavin reported on looser restrictions on weed usage in Queensland, Australia, a story that Below The Fold included in its 31st edition.
Where to Follow: @gav_butler
Georgi Kantchev
Where They’ve Worked: The Economist, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Georgi: For reporting on a government crackdown against protesters in Belarus, and the consequences it may have on the country’s emerging tech hub. We shared this story in Below The Fold edition 54.
Where to Follow: @georgikantchev
Georgina Berbari
Where They’ve Worked: Bustle, Considerable, Elite Daily
Why We’re Thankful for Georgina: For warning us about the bacteria that might be growing in our disposable water bottles. Bright side? At least we know that those metal flasks are worth purchasing. You can read this story in Below The Fold’s eighth edition.
Where to Follow: @GeorginaBebari
Gianluca Mezzofiore
Where They’ve Worked: International Business Times, CNN, Mashable
Why We’re Thankful for Gianluca: For writing this heartwarming article about a Florida resident who paid off his neighbors’ utility bills for the holidays. We included this bit of good news in Below The Fold’s fourth edition.
Where to Follow: @GianlucaMezzo
Gloria Dickie
Where They’ve Worked: The Counter, National Geographic, Scientific American
Why We’re Thankful for Gloria: For her piece about how rising temperatures have been slowly killing off piñon nut trees, a cultural staple in the Southwest region. We were incredibly moved by the history of the piñon nut harvest, which is why we shared this story in Below The Fold’s 11th edition.
Where to Follow: @GloriaDickie
Gene Norman, Judson Jones, & Ralph Ellis
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, Daily Mail, Daily Star, KASW-TV, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday Mirror
Why We’re Thankful for Them: For covering a tornado in Arkansas that left 22 people injured. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 18th edition, along with an article warning that more intense tornado and hurricane seasons may be coming soon.
Where to Follow: @thejudsonjones, @ralphellis56
Gregory Lemos & Leslie Perrot
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, CNN, The Mercury News, MSN, Sports Illustrated
Why We’re Thankful for Them: They, along with Allen Kim (mentioned above), covered a story about Colorado’s governor pardoning over 2,000 marijuana convictions, which was featured in Below The Fold’s 58th edition.
Where to Follow: @leslieperrot
H. Christopher Frey
Where They’ve Worked: The Conversation, North Carolina State University, Scientific American
Why We’re Thankful for H. Christopher: Even though researchers confirmed that current EPA regulations were not enough to protect the public from fine particle air pollution, those outdated standards stayed in place. The EPA didn’t listen to the scientists, but Below The Fold felt that their findings were important to share in our 25th edition.
Where to Follow: @H_C_Frey
H. Claire Brown
Where They’ve Worked: AlterNet, The Counter, The Intercept
Why We’re Thankful for H. Claire: For her reporting on three e.coli outbreaks, which had been linked to lettuce contaminated by cattle waste. We shared this article in Below The Fold edition 28. She also wrote about how Amazon’s on-site emergency care may be covering up workplace injuries, which we featured in Below The Fold’s first edition.
Where to Follow: @hclaire_brown
Hamed Aleaziz
Where They’ve Worked: BuzzFeed News, Daily Journal, San Francisco Chronicle
Why We’re Thankful for Hamed: For his reporting on ICE’s controversial billboard campaign in Pennsylvania, which showed photos of real immigrants and phrases like “Wanted by ICE.” We felt a responsibility to bring more attention to this injustice in Below The Fold’s 59th edition.
Where to Follow: @Haleaziz
Hannah Beech
Where They’ve Worked: The Economic Times, The New York Times, Time Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Hannah: Her reporting has been featured twice in Below The Fold, in
- Edition 20 – for covering China’s dam network’s role in unprecedented droughts on the Mekong River
- Edition 57 – for covering pro-democracy protests in Thailand (alongside Muktita Suhartono, mentioned below)
Where to Follow: @hkbeech
Hannes Grassegger & Julia Angwin
Where They’ve Worked: BuzzFeed News, The Markup, ProPublica, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Hannes and Julia: The duo uncovered several documents that indicated that Facebook’s algorithm was censoring Black political expression. This article is a few years old, but we still wanted to include it in our 27th edition, seeing as Facebook still has problems with its algorithm’s ability to detect hate speech.
Where to Follow: @HNSGR, @JuliaAngwin
Harrison Jacobs
Where They’ve Worked: Business Insider, The Independent, Vice News
Why We’re Thankful for Harrison: For reporting on the air pollution and health issues caused by BRESCO, a trash incinerator in South Baltimore. Residents in this area suffer from higher averages of cancer and have a lesser life expectancy than those who live just ten miles away in North Baltimore. We included Harrison’s article in Below The Fold’s 56th edition.
Where to Follow: @Harrisonxjacobs
Irene Klotz
Where They’ve Worked: Aviation Week & Space Technology, Reuters, Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Irene: For sharing an unlikely solution for a roundtrip mission to Mars: a fungus that can absorb radiation. We were fascinated by this story and wanted to share it with our readers in Below The Fold’s 38th edition.
Where to Follow: @Free_Space
Isaac Arnsdorf
Where They’ve Worked: Mother Jones, ProPublica, Politico
Why We’re Thankful for Isaac: Isaac’s reporting called out how private investors were hiking up ER bills for their own financial gain. Yeah, we were angry about this too, which is why we shared this story in Below The Fold’s 29th edition.
Where to Follow: @iarnsdorf
Isabelle Gerretsen
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, Climate Home News, CNN
Why We’re Thankful for Isabelle: The bees have thrived while we humans were in quarantine, as Isabelle highlighted in her article from Below The Fold’s 25th edition.
Where to Follow: @izzygerretsen
Isobel Cockerell
Where They’ve Worked: Coda Story, Rappler, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Isobel: Isobel covered a story about U.S. sanctions preventing Iran from accessing a coronavirus tracking map, which has been an invaluable resource for many other countries. Below The Fold shared this story in its 14th edition.
Where to Follow: @isocockerell
Jacey Fortin
Where They’ve Worked: Folha de S.Paulo, The New York Times, Terra
Why We’re Thankful for Jacey: Jacey reported a story about the FDA banning schools from using electric shock devices to discipline students. While we’re relieved that this practice has been outlawed, we were also horrified that it was legal in the first place … and that we weren’t aware of that fact. This article was shared in Below The Fold’s 15th edition.
Where to Follow: @JaceyFortin
Jackie Wattles
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KYW-TV, MSN
Why We’re Thankful for Jackie: Jackie covered a story about Microsoft suing a group of hackers who stole sensitive data. We included this story in Below The Fold’s fifth edition.
Where to Follow: @jackiewattles
Jackson Danbeck
Where They’ve Worked: NBC 15, TMJ4 News
Why We’re Thankful for Jackson: Jackson covered a story about Illinois placing a cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin refills, which Below The Fold included in its ninth edition.
Where to Follow: @JacksonDanbeck
Jacqueline Howard
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, The Huffington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Jacqueline: For covering the voluntary recall of two children’s cough medicines, which had insufficient dosing measurements on cups. This article was included in Below The Fold edition 30. Sandee LaMotte (mentioned below) was also a reporter on this story.
Where to Follow: @JacqEHoward
James Bandler & Jesse Eisinger
Where They’ve Worked: This American Life, The Boston Globe, ProPublica, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for James & Jesse: For two years, federal prosecutors compiled damning evidence that Walmart pharmacies were responsible for several opioid overdoses. Unfortunately, the corporation’s friendly relationship with Trump appointees allowed it to avoid prosecution. We featured James and Jesse’s investigation in Below The Fold’s 18th edition.
Where to Follow: @jamesBandler, @esingerj
James Fredrick
Where They’ve Worked: Financial Times, NPR, Vox, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for James: For his article about how the coronavirus pandemic led to a junk food ban in parts of Mexico. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 53rd edition.
Where to Follow: @jameslfredrick
Jane Dalton
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, The Independent, Sunday Times, Telegraph
Why We’re Thankful for Jane: Jane covered some great news – the closing of the last temporary hospital in Wuhan China! You can read the story – and catch a glimpse of these workers’ smiling faces – in Below The Fold’s 16th edition.
Where to Follow: @JournoJane
Janet Wilson
Where They’ve Worked: Desert Outlook, Detroit Free Press, ProPublica
Why We’re Thankful for Janet: Janet reported on how, despite California claiming to crack down on oil spills, the new regulations don’t seem to work. Worse still, oil companies can actually profit from these spills. This was news to our ears, which is why we shared Janet’s reporting in Below The Fold’s 57th edition.
Where to Follow: @janetwilson66
Jeff Kao & Renee Dudley
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, ProPublica, Reuters
Why We’re Thankful for Jeff and Renee: When an organization is attacked, it usually has two courses of action to get its computer access back – pay off the hackers or hire a data recovery firm to help. According to Jeff and Renee’s reporting, these two options may be one and the same. We were surprised as well, which is why we included this article in Below The Fold’s first edition.
Where to Follow: @jeffykao, @Renee_Dudley
Jennifer Jacobs & Shira Stein
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, The Des Moines Register, Durango Herald, PBS, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Jennifer and Shira: For covering a cyber-attack on the U.S. Health and Human Services Department during the COVID-19 pandemic. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 16th edition.
Where to Follow: @JenniferJJacobs, @shiramstein
Jennifer Medina
Where They’ve Worked: The New York Times, Post Gazette, WRAL
Why We’re Thankful for Jennifer: For her article on Ella Jones, the first Black mayor elected to the city of Ferguson, Missouri. We wanted to include some positive news in Below The Fold’s 27th edition.
Where to Follow: @jennymedina
Jessica Fu
Where They’ve Worked: The Counter, The New York Times, YES! Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Jessica: Jessica has two stories featured in Below The Fold, about the USDA
- Approving faster processing slaughter-houses, which could have negative impacts on quality control (edition 19)
- Introducing genetically engineered peaches that can thrive in Georgia’s warmer winters (edition 26)
Where to Follow: @JessTiaFu
Jessica Washington
Where They’ve Worked: The Fuller Project, Mother Jones, Nation Africa
Why We’re Thankful for Jessica: Jessica covered a story about how an anti-abortion clause almost made it into a coronavirus relief bill. What was the context? We explained more in Below The Fold’s 16th edition.
Where to Follow: @jessica_m_wash
Jessie Yeung
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, Observer, Time Out
Why We’re Thankful for Jessie: For sharing this scientific breakthrough – the creation of “the world’s first living, self-healing robots” – which Below The Fold featured in its seventh edition.
Where to Follow: @jessieyeung8
Joanna Slater & Niha Masih
Where They’ve Worked: The Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times, SF Gate, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Joanna and Niha: For their extensive reporting on the 100+ day internet shutdown in Kashmir, India, which was the longest ever imposed in a democracy. We included this important story in Below The Fold’s third edition.
Where to Follow: @jslaternyc, @NihaMasih
Joe Fassler
Where They’ve Worked: The Atlantic, The Counter
Why We’re Thankful for Joe: Joe reported on new research that found toxic chemicals called PFAS in food packaging from chains like Burger King, Wendy’s, and Sweetgreen. What makes PFAS so dangerous? Read more in Below The Fold’s 45th edition.
Where to Follow: @joefassler
Joe Hernandez
Where They’ve Worked: WBGO, WHYY, WNYC
Why We’re Thankful for Joe: For his reporting on an environmental justice bill that, if passed, would help regulate air pollution in low-income communities. The story was featured in Below The Fold’s 30th edition.
Where to Follow: @byjoehernandez
Joe McCarthy
Where They’ve Worked: Global Citizen
Why We’re Thankful for Joe: Joe essentially broke down the dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen, an important story that Below The Fold included in its 29th edition.
Where to Follow: @mccarthyj71
Johnathan Hettinger
Where They’ve Worked: The Counter, The Midwest Center, The News-Gazette
Why We’re Thankful for Johnathan: Johnathan covered a lawsuit to stop the sale of a toxic pesticide to black farmers. Since 2015, reports have flip-flopped between claiming that the active ingredient in this pesticide was safe and “probably carcinogenic.” Why were there conflicting reports? You can read more about this story in Below The Fold’s 50th edition.
Where to Follow: @jhett93
John Johnson
Where They’ve Worked: Newser
Why We’re Thankful for John: John covered an interesting improvement in fingerprint analysis technology, which we shared in Below The Fold’s tenth edition.
Jordan Culver
Where They’ve Worked: The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, USA Today
Why We’re Thankful for Jordan: Jordan shared a story about Australia’s plans to kill 10,000 camels as a short-term solution to conserve water. So … did it work? For more context, you can check out Below The Fold’s sixth edition.
Where to Follow: @JordanCulver
Jordan Smith
Where They’ve Worked: Crime Report, The Intercept, The Nation
Why We’re Thankful for Jordan: Jordan reported on how an anti-abortion group exploited the language of a coronavirus order in order to postpone those operations. Below The Fold shared this article in its 18th edition.
Where to Follow: @chronic_jordan
Justin Rowlatt
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, CBS News, Yahoo
Why We’re Thankful for Justin: Justin reported on a big milestone for Britain – two months without burning coal for electricity. Below The Fold highlighted this push towards clean energy in its 28th edition.
Where to Follow: @BBCJustinR
Kamala Thiagarajan
Where They’ve Worked: Al Jazeera, BBC, The Guardian
Why We’re Thankful for Kamala: Kamala’s reporting called attention to an island that is struggling to stay above water. We wanted to direct more attention (and hopefully resources) to this sinking landmass before it was too late, which is why this story was included in Below The Fold’s tenth edition.
Where to Follow: @Kamal_t
Karla Zabludovsky
Where They’ve Worked: BuzzFeed News, The Daily Beast, Newsweek
Why We’re Thankful for Karla: Karla covered a story about Bolivian mayor Patricia Arce, who returned to work one month after being violently attacked by protesters. Below The Fold shared Patricia’s story in its fourth edition.
Where to Follow: @karlazabs
Kari Lydersen
Where They’ve Worked: Chicago Reader, Energy News Network, The New York Times,
Why We’re Thankful for Kari: Kari reported about an innovative design that could make offshore wind turbines cheaper and more environmentally friendly. We were excited by the potential of this invention, which is why we included Kari’s story in our 29th edition.
Katelyn Polantz
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, PBS News, The Roanoke Times
Why We’re Thankful for Katelyn: For covering a lawsuit that demanded that the White House hire sign language interpreters for coronavirus briefings. We covered this story in edition 40 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @kpolantz
Katia Patin
Where They’ve Worked: Coda Story, Current Time TV, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Katia: For her reporting on the Polish president’s anti-LGBTQ+ stance, and what this means for that community if he wins re-election. This story was included in our 29th edition.
Where to Follow: @katia_patin
Katie Benner
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg View, The Information, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Katie: Katie covered a major push for prison reforms that may actually protect inmates from sexual assault and hold perpetrators accountable. We shared this story in edition 22 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @ktbenner
Katie Pearce
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, The DC Line, Johns Hopkins University
Why We’re Thankful for Katie: Katie reported on the development of a plasma treatment that could help slow the spread of the coronavirus. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 16th edition.
Kevin Lavery
Where They’ve Worked: Marketplace, NPR, WKAR-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Kevin: Kevin covered a story about high schoolers in Michigan who were starting school later in the day and earning better grades. We shared this article in Below The Fold’s ninth edition, hoping that, if enough school principals see it, all teens could get a full night’s sleep.
Where to Follow: @KevinLaverywkar
Khaled Abdelaziz, Nayera Abdallah, & Ulf Laessing
Where They’ve Worked: The Economic Times, The Globe and Mail, MSN, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report
Why We’re Thankful for Them: For reporting on a decade-long negotiation to build a hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile. Below The Fold included this story in its 39th edition.
Where to Follow: @UlfLaessing
Kimberley Brown
Where They’ve Worked: Al Jazeera, BBC, Reuters
Why We’re Thankful for Kimberley: Kimberley covered a story about farmers using fungi and plants to clean up oil spills, which we featured in Below The Fold’s 17th edition.
Where to Follow: @KimberleyJBrown
Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, Financial Times, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Kimiko: Kimiko reported a story about a Brooklyn apartment that had become a cultural haven for Nepalese Seke-speakers. We loved this story so much, we included it in Below The Fold’s sixth edition.
Where to Follow: @kimidefreytas
Kirsten West Savali
Where They’ve Worked: Essence, Huffington Post, Vixen, The Root
Why We’re Thankful for Kirsten: For covering the #ShutItAllDown movement in Namibia, in which protesters demanded government action against rape, sexual abuse, femicide, and child marriage. We shared this story in our 63rd edition. (By coincidence, Kirsten was also spotlighted in our blog post about incredible female journalists.)
Where to Follow: @KWestSavali
Kris Maher
Where They’ve Worked: Global Finance, The Wall Street Journal, WBUR-FM
Why We’re Thankful for Kris: Kris covered a story about toxic chemicals called PFAS and how the Defense Department has been burning millions of gallons of waste that contain these chemicals near residential areas. How is this process safe? The short answer, it’s probably not, but it is still legal. For more details on this story (because there is a lot more), you can check out Below The Fold’s 17th edition.
Where to Follow: @Kris_Maher
Krishna Pokharel & Newley Purnell
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, The New Yorker, The Toronto Star, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Krishna and Newley: For their coverage about India’s government ordering social messaging apps to save all texts, photos, and videos related to a violent protest. Whatsapp, however, clashed with the Indian government because their messages are encrypted (and supposedly inaccessible by their own team). Below The Fold featured this story in its seventh edition.
Where to Follow: @pokharelkrishna, @newley
Kyle Hopkins
Where They’ve Worked: Anchorage Daily News, Los Angeles Times, ProPublica
Why We’re Thankful for Kyle: Kyle covered a proposed bill that would stop sex offenders from being hired as police officers in Alaska. Despite the bill’s good intentions, it wasn’t perfect for several reasons, which were discussed in Below The Fold’s tenth edition.
Where to Follow: @kylehopkinsAK
Laura Sullivan
Where They’ve Worked: Frontline, NPR, Seattle Times
Why We’re Thankful for Laura: Laura reported about how the oil and gas industry had perpetuated the illusion that all plastic products were recyclable, when in actuality, most of them weren’t. We were surprised too, which is why we included this story in Below The Fold’s 52nd edition.
Where to Follow: @LauraSullivanNPR
Laura Thompson
Where They’ve Worked: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Mother Jones, New York Daily News,
Why We’re Thankful for Laura: Laura reported about a police killing that didn’t make the top headlines: Tony McDade, a Black transgender person who was shot by Tallahassee police. This article was included in Below The Fold’s 27th edition.
Where to Follow: @laura_thomp
Laurel Wamsley
Where They’ve Worked: LAist, NPR, WBUR-FM
Why We’re Thankful for Laurel: For her reporting on a plot to kill Joe Biden, that ended with the perp arrested … but not for the attempted assassination. The story was so crazy, we included it in edition 64 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @laurelwamsley
Lee Fang
Where They’ve Worked: The Intercept, The Nation, Republic Report
Why We’re Thankful for Lee: Lee’s reporting revealed that the pesticide industry had invested in a massive PR-campaign to downplay its role in killing off bee populations. We featured Lee’s article in Below The Fold’s eighth edition, in an effort to protect these tiny but important members of our ecosystem.
Where to Follow: @lhfang
Lily Hay Newman
Where They’ve Worked: Gizmodo, Slate, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Lily: For her coverage of
- A ship’s anchor that happened to drop onto Yemen’s main internet cable and cause a week-long blackout (edition 7)
- Hackers finding new ways to steal from ATMs (edition 45)
Where to Follow: @lilyhnewman
Linda Villarosa
Where They’ve Worked: Ebony, Huffington Post, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Linda: False beliefs about black individuals’ pain tolerance were used to excuse horrific medical experiments on their bodies … and those same myths influence how doctors treat patients today. Linda’s extensive reporting on this historic injustice reminds us that the U.S. has a long way to go when it comes to undoing the legacy of slavery. This story was shared in Below The Fold’s 27th edition.
Where to Follow: @lindavillarosa
Lindsay Whitehurst
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, Associated Press, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Lindsay: Apparently, it is cheaper for Utah workers to fly to Mexico for prescription refills. (Don’t worry, their employer is the one covering the tab.) We loved this story so much we included it in Below The Fold’s 12th edition.
Where to Follow: @iwhitehurst
Lisa Song & Tony Briscoe
Where They’ve Worked: Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, Inside Climate, ProPublica, Reuters
Why We’re Thankful for Lisa and Tony: Their reporting revealed that millions of homeowners may be unaware that they need flood insurance. Just in case this applied to our readers, we featured this story in Below The Fold’s 31st edition.
Where to Follow: @lisalsong, @_TonyBriscoe
Liz Sly
Where They’ve Worked: The Independent, SFGate, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Liz: For covering a series of power outages in Lebanon, brought on by the country’s economic instability. Below The Fold featured this story in edition 37.
Where to Follow: @LizSly
Liza Lin
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Lily: For covering the $1.4 billion patent-infringement lawsuit over Siri’s technology. We shared this story in our 41st edition.
Where to Follow: @lizalinwsj
Lizzie Presser
Where They’ve Worked: The California Sunday Magazine, The New Yorker, ProPublica
Why We’re Thankful for Lizzie: Lizzie’s reporting opened our eyes to a stark statistic. Black diabetes patients are three times more likely to lose a limb than others. Why? There are a few factors in play, such as unequal access to health care and racial biases. Below The Fold shared this story in its 27th edition.
Where to Follow: @lizziepresser
Lorraine King & Lucy Harvey
Where They’ve Worked: Daily Record, The Mirror, MSN, Sunday Mirror, The Scottish Sun
Why We’re Thankful for Lorraine and Lucy: Their reporting featured a heroic pack of dogs who are defending endangered rhinos from poachers in South Africa. Below The Fold was proud to feature these protective pups in its 25th edition.
Louise Gray
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian
Why We’re Thankful for Louise: For her reporting on a deadly fungus that’s destroying banana populations. In case a banana shortage was coming, we wanted our readers to be prepared with Below The Fold’s 30th edition.
Where to Follow: @loubgray
Lorenzo Tondo
Where They’ve Worked: The Guardian, The New York Times, Time Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Lorenzo: When Italy’s residents struggled to make ends meet, Mafia bosses started supplying them with food and essential goods. However, Lorenzo pointed out, these gifts came with an implicit IOU. Below The Fold shared this story in its 20th edition.
Where to Follow: @lorenzo_tondo
Maddie Stone
Where They’ve Worked: Grist, National Geographic, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Maddie: Apparently solar panels only last 20-30 years … and the U.S. doesn’t have a plan to recycle them. We were surprised too, which is why we shared Maddie’s article in our 45th edition.
Where to Follow: @themadstone
Maggie Miller
Where They’ve Worked: The Baltimore Post, The Hill, Inside Cybersecurity
Why We’re Thankful for Maggie: For her coverage on a data breach that stole personal information from 9 million airline customers. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 25th edition.
Where to Follow: @magmill95
Manisha Krishnan
Where They’ve Worked: Calgary Herald, The Toronto Star, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Manisha: 2019 was the deadliest year on record for overdose deaths, which was a fact that we might not have heard of without Manisha’s reporting. Below The Fold featured these findings in its 37th edition.
Where to Follow: @ManishaKrishnan
Marcie Grabowski
Where They’ve Worked: ECO Magazine, Phys.org, Science Daily
Why We’re Thankful for Marcie: For highlighting a study that says 40% of beaches in O’ahu, Hawaii could be submerged by 2050. We felt strongly compelled to alert our readers to this concerning glimpse into our future in Below The Fold’s 54th edition.
Maria Aspan
Where They’ve Worked: Fortune, Inc., The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Maria: Maria wrote about 700+ cancer diagnoses that had been linked to breast implants, a story that we featured in Below The Fold edition 46.
Where to Follow: @mariaaspan
Mark Landler
Where They’ve Worked: Boston Globe, The Economic Times, The New York Times,
Why We’re Thankful for Mark: Mark covered the signing of the Abraham Accords, a new diplomatic agreement between Israel, Bahrain, and the U.A.E. Why was this a big deal? You can read more in Below The Fold edition 53.
Where to Follow: @MarkLandler
Mark Olalde
Where They’ve Worked: Climate Point, The Desert Sun, USA Today
Why We’re Thankful for Mark: Mark reported an executive order that gives the U.S. permission to pursue mining expeditions on the moon and “other celestial bodies.” Can the U.S. claim dibs on business ventures in outer space? Technically yes, but the legality is a bit complicated. If you’re curious, you can read more in Below The Fold’s 20th edition.
Where to Follow: @MarkOlalde
Martha Bebinger
Where They’ve Worked: NPR, WBUR, WHYY
Why We’re Thankful for Martha: For her reporting on health conditions that have become more prevalent because of climate change and how doctors are addressing those changes. This story was featured in Below The Fold edition 60.
Where to Follow: @mbebinger
Mary Beth Sheridan
Where They’ve Worked: The Independent, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Mary Beth: Mary Beth’s reporting called attention to the 60,000+ people who have gone missing during Mexico’s decade-long drug war. We included this article in Below The Fold’s sixth edition.
Where to Follow: @marybsheridan
Matthew Barakat
Where They’ve Worked: The Associated Press, Channel 7, Fox News
Why We’re Thankful for Matthew: Matthew reported about a drug dealer who stood trial for attempting to bomb a pharmacy in Nebraska (aka his competition). We thought this story was too crazy to keep to ourselves, which is why it’s in Below The Fold’s 20th edition.
Where to Follow: @MattBarakat
Matt Burgess
Where They’ve Worked: The Conversation, The Guardian, Wired UK
Why We’re Thankful for Matt: For informing readers about a porn bot that had created thousands of fake nude images with real women’s faces, a story that was featured in our 64th edition.
Where to Follow: @mattburgess1
Matthew Cappucci
Where They’ve Worked: WAMU 88.5, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Matthew: Matthew’s article highlighted an unexpected culprit for a summer heatwave. No, it wasn’t climate change – it was “corn sweats.” Wait, what? We featured this surprising story in edition 36 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @MatthewCappucci
Matt Simon
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, Forbes, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Matt: For his coverage of a “deadly heat dome” that was predicted during the summer of 2020. We wanted our readers to be prepared for these scorching temperatures with Below The Fold’s 35th edition.
Where to Follow: @mrMattSimon
Max Horberry
Where They’ve Worked: Al Jazeera News, The Economist, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Max: Max reported about the 2020 wildfires that poisoned local drinking water, a story we featured in Below The Fold’s 59th edition.
Where to Follow: @MaxHorberry
Melissa Eddy
Where They’ve Worked: Folha de S. Paulo, The New York Times, O Globo,
Why We’re Thankful for Melissa: Melissa reported on rent freezes in Berlin, a move that the lawmakers hoped would slow down gentrification in the city. We thought this was an interesting story for Below The Fold’s tenth edition.
Where to Follow: @meddynyt
Melissa Jeltsen
Where They’ve Worked: AOL, HuffPost, Time Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Melissa: Melissa reported on a domestic violence organization that lost $25,000 in government funding after showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. This article was included in our 62nd edition.
Where to Follow: @quasimado
Melody Gutierrez
Where They’ve Worked: The Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle
Why We’re Thankful for Melody: Melody reported on a new, unconventional burial practice – composting! In reading about this concept, we became excited by the potential cost-saving and ecological benefits. If you’re also curious, you can read more in Below The Fold’s 13th edition.
Where to Follow: @MelodyGutierrez
Michael Shear
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Michael: Michael reported about two officials at the Department of Homeland Security who were serving illegally.
Where to Follow: @shearm
Michelle Roberts
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, Época, Real Clear Science
Why We’re Thankful for Michelle: Michelle has two articles featured in Below The Fold, covering
- The story of the second patient in history to be cured of HIV, an exciting development for the medical field and other patients living with the disease (edition 15)
- A blood test that can detect 50+ types of cancer (edition 18)
Where to Follow: @michroberts
Miguel Trancozo Trevino
Where They’ve Worked: BBC, Real Clear Science, Terra
Why We’re Thankful for Miguel: Miguel’s reporting has been featured twice in Below The Fold, for spotlighting
- A Peruvian small business that had created fog-catching nets to collect freshwater in arid climates (edition 15)
- A Mexican company that made biodegradable fuel out of prickly pears (edition 26)
We were impressed by these two environmentally friendly businesses, which is why their stories were included in Below The Fold.
Mike Cherney
Where They’ve Worked: Fox News, The Toronto Star, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Mike: Mike wrote about Australia’s plan to force tech giants like Google and Facebook to pay local news publishers for their content. We included this story in Below The Fold’s 40th edition.
Where to Follow: @Mike_Cherney
Mneesha Gellman
Where They’ve Worked: The Conversation, Emerson College
Why We’re Thankful for Mneesha: For her article about deported asylum seekers who were murdered soon after being turned away from the U.S. border. This story was one of many that showed the failings of the U.S. immigration system, and we felt compelled to call attention to this injustice in Below The Fold’s 11th edition.
Where to Follow: @mneesha_gellman
Mujib Mashal & Najim Rahim
Where They’ve Worked: The Atlantic, Associated Press, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, O Globo, Time Magazine,
Why We’re Thankful for Mujib and Najim: The duo covered the #WhereIsMyName movement in Afghanistan, a campaign to include mothers’ names on their children’s birth certificates. We wanted to honor this small victory for women’s rights in Below The Fold’s 51st edition.
Where to Follow: @MujMash, @NajimRah
Muktita Suhartono
Where They’ve Worked: The Economic Times, The Independent, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Muktita: Muktita (and Hannah Beech, mentioned above) covered the rise of pro-democracy protests in Thailand, which we included in our 57th edition.
Where to Follow: @bonimygi
Nat Ives
Where They’ve Worked: Advertising Age, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Nat: For reporting on AT&T’s misleading “5G” ad campaign, which implied to consumers that the company actually had 5G speeds. So, what exactly is the difference between 5G and 4G? We break it down in Below The Fold’s 26th edition.
Where to Follow: @natives
Natalie Chang
Where They’ve Worked: The Atlantic, The Harvard Crimson
Why We’re Thankful for Natalie: For reporting on a historic massacre of Black Americans that is not talked about in history books. Almost a century ago, white mobs burned down over 1,000 houses in Tulsa Oklahoma, a financially thriving Black community. We didn’t hear about this shameful event in U.S. History class, which is why we shared it in Below The Fold’s 27th edition.
Natasha Turak
Where They’ve Worked: CNBC, The Financial Times, Food And Drink Magazine
Why We’re Thankful for Natasha: For covering the approval of plans for the first nuclear power plant in the UAE – an application process that took 12 years. This story was shared in edition 12 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @NatashaTurak
Nelson Oliveira
Where They’ve Worked: The Correspondent, Latin American News Dispatch, New York Daily News
Why We’re Thankful for Nelson: For his heartwarming article about a kindergartener who brought his class to witness his adoption hearing. We shared this youngster’s big moment in Below The Fold’s second edition.
Where to Follow: @olivnelson
Nick Charles
Where They’ve Worked: NBC News, New York Daily News, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Nick: For reporting on how Black entrepreneurs have struggled to succeed in the legal weed industry, a story that we included in Below The Fold’s 27th edition.
Nick Visser
Where They’ve Worked: The Guardian, HuffPost, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Nick: Nick reported on the passing of a Tennessee bill that made some acts of protest a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Below The Fold included this story in its 45th edition in case we had any Tennessee-activists on our e-list.
Where to Follow: @nvisser
Nick Turse
Where They’ve Worked: Columbia Journalism Review, Harper’s Magazine, The Intercept
Why We’re Thankful for Nick: The U.S. sent over $100 million in medical aid to countries in need, but they also may have been responsible for their suffering. Nick’s reporting called out the U.S. for
- Launching a record number of airstrikes in Somalia (edition 22)
- Conducting two intense military campaigns in Libya and Somalia, while also sending those same countries the least amount in medical aid compared to other countries (edition 26)
Where to Follow: @nickturse
Nicholas Casey
Where They’ve Worked: The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Nicholas: For calling out Florida’s restrictive voting laws for former felons, which make it almost impossible for them to exercise this constitutional right. We wanted to get more eyes on this story, which is why we posted it in Below The Fold’s 27th edition.
Where to Follow: @caseysjournal
Nicole Narea
Where They’ve Worked: Houston Chronicle, RealClearPolitics, Vox
Why We’re Thankful for Nicole: For her reporting on the Trump administration’s attempts to
- Create a discriminatory “wealth test” for immigrants applying to enter the U.S. (edition 13)
- End counting for the 2020 census a month early (edition 56)
Where to Follow: @nicolenaera
Nina Misuraca Ignaczak
Where They’ve Worked: Belt Magazine, Crain’s Detroit Business, HuffPost
Why We’re Thankful for Nina: Nina reported on an 11-year battle over wind turbines and bird conservation in Lake Erie, a story included in Below The Fold’s 24th edition.
Where to Follow: @ninaignaczak
Nithin Coca
Where They’ve Worked: Coda Story, Foreign Policy, Quartz
Why We’re Thankful for Nithin: For covering the surveillance of Malay Muslims in Thailand. Discrimination against Malay Muslims isn’t new, but the tech being used to target them is. We wanted to bring more attention to this story in Below The Fold’s 33rd edition.
Where to Follow: @excinit
Oona Goodin-Smith
Where They’ve Worked: The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Flint Journal, USA Today
Why We’re Thankful for Oona: Oona covered the story of an injured Uber passenger who might have signed away her right to a jury trial. We shared this article in Below The Fold’s ninth edition because we wanted our rideshare-using readers to be aware of this possibility.
Where to Follow: @oonagoodinsmith
Oscar Holland
Where They’ve Worked: Blueprint Magazine, CNN, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Oscar: The U.S. has a fraught history with immortalizing colonizers and slaveowners as stone statues. Oscar reported about a Russian billionaire who was interested in buying two of them. What was the appeal? Read more in Below The Fold edition 32.
Where to Follow: @oscarholland
Patricia Callahan & Sebastian Rotella
Where They’ve Worked: Chicago Tribune, Frontline, Los Angeles Times, ProPublica, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Patricia and Sebastian: Their investigative reporting revealed that the U.S. government had overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars for ventilators. This story was featured in Below The Fold’s 50th edition.
Where to Follow: @SheInvestigates
Paula Newton
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KDKA-TV, KSL-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Paula: For reporting on a cyberattack that hit the Canadian government. How did the hackers infiltrate government defenses? We covered this story in edition 44 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @paulanewtonCNN
Paulo Victor Ribeiro, Sam Biddle, Tatiana Dias
Where They’ve Worked: Estadão, Galileu, Gawker, The Intercept, Valleywag
Why We’re Thankful for Them: The Chinese app TikTok has been criticized for censoring posts in the past, but this time, the reasons are superficial. Paulo, Sam, and Tatiana’s reporting revealed that TikTok moderators were told to suppress posts by users who were deemed too unattractive for the platform. We were a little angry about this story too, which is why we featured it in Below The Fold’s 17th edition.
Where to Follow: @manifesterio, @samfbiddle, @tatikmd
Rebecca Heilweil
Where They’ve Worked: Fortune, Vox, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Rebecca: Rebecca’s tech reporting has been featured twice in Below The Fold, for articles about
- A faulty background-checking software that linked job applicants to crimes they didn’t commit (edition 25)
- Facebook Messenger’s new AI tool, which can spot scammers in your DMs without actually reading them (edition 26)
By the way: Protection from scammers without compromising our online privacy? Sign us up.
Where to Follow: @rebheilweil
Rebecca Nathanson
Where They’ve Worked: The Intercept, The New Yorker, The Rolling Stone
Why We’re Thankful for Rebecca: For her coverage of the ongoing lead crisis in Newark, New Jersey, which was featured in Below The Fold’s 17th edition.
Where to Follow: @beckynathanson
Richard Luscombe
Where They’ve Worked: The Guardian
Why We’re Thankful for Richard: Richard covered the signing of three progressive laws in Virginia, which signified a more Democratic turn for the historically Republican state. This story can be found in Below The Fold’s 20th edition.
Where to Follow: @richlusc
Rob Picheta
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KCNC-TV, WBZ-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Rob: Rob’s reporting called attention to the statistic that, in the U.S., black newborns were three times more likely to die than white newborns when looked after by a white doctor. This story was shared Below The Fold’s 47th edition.
Where to Follow: @robpicheta
Rosie Perper
Where They’ve Worked: Business Insider, The Jerusalem Post, Vice
Why We’re Thankful for Rosie: Rosie’s reported on the sudden death of a big player in the cryptocurrency world … and how some investors think he might still be alive. We shared this wild story in Below The Fold’s third edition.
Where to Follow: @RosiePerper
Sam Bloch
Where They’ve Worked: The Counter, L.A. Weekly, The New York Times,
Why We’re Thankful for Sam: For covering
- A bill that would give over one million undocumented immigrants a path to legal status (edition 3)
- A new law that makes corporations responsible for employee liability suits (edition 55)
Where to Follow: @samkbloch
Sandee LaMotte
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, KPIX-TV, WJZ-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Sandee: For covering new research that showed that women who used marijuana during their pregnancy were 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism. Below The Fold shared these findings in its 42nd edition.
Where to Follow: @LaMotteSandee
Sara Burrows
Where They’ve Worked: Return To Now
Why We’re Thankful for Sara: Sara shared a delightful story about Minnesota homeowners turning their front lawns into bee-friendly habitats. At Below The Fold, we love stories about nurturing wildlife, which is why we included this article in our 12th edition.
Where to Follow: @ReturnToNow
Sara Castellanos
Where They’ve Worked: Boston Business Journal, The Boston Economy, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Sara: Sara covered a story about how Blockchain technology could be used to streamline hospital operations – especially as coronavirus cases spike. Below The Fold included this story in its 22nd edition.
Where to Follow: @SCastellWSJ
Sara Morrison
Where They’ve Worked: Jezebel, Nieman Reports, ProPublica, Vox
Why We’re Thankful for Sara: For her story about states finally embracing coronavirus-tracking technology, which we featured in edition 59 of Below The Fold.
Where to Follow: @SaraMorrison
Sara Sneath
Where They’ve Worked: The Advocate, ProPublica, The Times-Picayune
Why We’re Thankful for Sara: For her reporting about how Louisiana oil companies have been given free reign to dominate and contaminate coastal wetlands. Below The Fold featured Sara’s in-depth reporting in its 12th edition.
Where to Follow: @SaraSneath
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Where They’ve Worked: National Geographic, The New York Times, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Sarah: For her reporting about how researchers at the Scripps Institution found creative ways to collect and study microfibers in our environment. Apparently, these tiny fibers are everywhere: in our oceans, tapwater, even the air we breathe. Below The Fold shared this story in its 19th edition.
Where to Follow: @SarahE_Richards
Scott Thistle
Where They’ve Worked: Central Maine, Press Herald, Sun Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Scott: Scott covered an unforeseen consequence of cutbacks for the USPS – thousands of baby chicks dying due to delays in shipments. Below The Fold shared this morbid and shocking story in its 46th edition.
Where to Follow: @thisdog
Shannon Liao
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, The Verge, WBZ-TV
Why We’re Thankful for Shannon: For her reporting on Trump’s lesser-known ban on the Chinese messaging app WeChat, a story we featured in Below The Fold’s 42nd edition.
Where to Follow: @Shannon_Liao
Shirin Ghaffary
Where They’ve Worked: KQED, RealClearPolitics, Vox
Why We’re Thankful for Shirin: Shirin reported on Facebook’s new plans for promoting news literacy on their platform – especially when it comes to coronavirus misinformation. We included this story in our 21st edition.
Where to Follow: @shiringhaffary
Shola Lawal
Where They’ve Worked: Boston Globe, Coda Story, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Shola: For covering two stories featured in Below The Fold,
- Bright street lights interfering with fireflies’ mating rituals (edition 10)
- The harsh discrimination that African individuals experienced while living in China (edition 22)
Where to Follow: @Shollytupe
Spencer Soper
Where They’ve Worked: Bloomberg, The Morning Call, The Press Democrat
Why We’re Thankful for Spencer: For his reporting on how some Amazon drivers had rigged the system in order to get more orders. How? By literally hanging their phones from trees. Read more in our 49th edition.
Where to Follow: @spencersoper
Stephanie Wykstra
Where They’ve Worked: The Atlantic, Undark Magazine, Vox
Why We’re Thankful for Stephanie: For her coverage of an automated computer program that falsely accused and charged 40,000 people for fraud. We featured this story in Below The Fold’s 28th edition.
Where to Follow: @Swykstr
Steven Overly
Where They’ve Worked: CBS, Politico, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Steven: Steven reported a story about Zoom terminating meetings hosted by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong – which the company actually apologized for. We included this story in our 29th edition.
Where to Follow: @StevenOverly
Suzanne Vranica
Where They’ve Worked: Market Watch, The Toronto Star, The Wall Street Journal
Why We’re Thankful for Suzanne: For her article covering rollbacks in TV advertising, something that would likely disrupt the financial state of the entertainment business. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 24th edition.
Where to Follow: @VranicaWSJ
Theodore Schleifer
Where They’ve Worked: CNN, Houston Chronicle, Vox
Why We’re Thankful for Theodore: For his reporting on an increased property tax proposition in California, which happens to be supported by one of the state’s richest residents: Mark Zuckerberg. Wait – big business supporting higher tax rates? How does that happen? You can read up on the story in Below The Fold’s 60th edition.
Where to Follow: @teddyschleifer
Theresa Crimmins
Where They’ve Worked: The Conversation, University of Arizona
Why We’re Thankful for Theresa: Spring weather is arriving earlier each year and Theresa explains why we should be concerned. We shared her reporting in Below The Fold’s 18th edition.
Where to Follow: @TheresaCrimmins
Tim Hepher
Where They’ve Worked: Business Insider, Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald
Why We’re Thankful for Tim: For covering Airbus’s intent to build a hydrogen-powered plane by 2035, a story we featured in Below The Fold’s 58th edition.
Where to Follow: @timhepher
Tom Karst
Where They’ve Worked: The Packer
Why We’re Thankful for Tom: Tom covered a story about the USDA relaxing qualifications for certifying produce as organic, which is a label that true organic farmers take very seriously. Why is it a big deal? Below The Fold breaks it down in its 15th edition.
Tom Philpott
Where They’ve Worked: Grist, Mother Jones, The New York Times
Why We’re Thankful for Tom: For his reporting on the banning of a controversial herbicide, dicamba. It’s pretty rare to see a court rule against an EPA-approved product, which is why Below The Fold included this story in edition 28.
Where to Follow: @tomphilpott
Tom Simonite
Where They’ve Worked: Ars Technica, New Scientist, Wired
Why We’re Thankful for Tom: Tom covered a more professional application for “deepfake” technology – creating training videos during the coronavirus pandemic. Curious about the other “safe for work” uses for this technology? We discussed the subject in more detail in Below The Fold’s 36th edition.
Where to Follow: @tsimonite
Tony Rhodin
Where They’ve Worked: The Expressive-Times, Lehigh Valley Live
Why We’re Thankful for Tony: Tony reported on an incident in which a man shot a store clerk after being told to wear a mask. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 40th edition.
Where to Follow: @TonyRhodin
Tony Romm
Where They’ve Worked: Politico, Vox, The Washington Post
Why We’re Thankful for Tony: Tony covered a bipartisan bill that would regulate contact-tracing coronavirus tools and protect users’ privacy. For more details on the bill’s proposal and whether or not it’ll actually protect users’ data, check out Below The Fold’s 28th edition.
Where to Follow: @TonyRomm
Vladimir Isachenkov
Where They’ve Worked: ABC News, The Associated Press, Business Insider
Why We’re Thankful for Vladimir: It seemed that Vladimir Putin (not the journalist) wanted to rewrite Russia’s constitution in order to extend his rule after his presidency. Would this be possible? Vladimir (the journalist) gave more context in Below The Fold’s eighth edition.
Where to Follow: @visachenkov
Will Wade
Where They’ve Worked: American Banker, Bloomberg, Union Leader
Why We’re Thankful for Will: Six U.S. power plants extended work shifts to 12-hours a day, which Will noted as involving several safety risks. We shared this story in Below The Fold’s 21st edition.
Where to Follow: @willwwade
Yessenia Funes
Where They’ve Worked: Atmos, Business Insider, Gizmodo
Why We’re Thankful for Yessenia: Yessenia covered a story about plants absorbing tiny plastics … which means we are too. This article was featured in Below The Fold edition 30.
Where to Follow: @yessfun
Zoe Kleinman
Where They’ve Worked: BBC
Why We’re Thankful for Zoe: Zoe reported a story about a small 3D-printing company that produced 100 respirator valves for COVID-19 patients in Italy. This story was one of the few that gave us hope during the pandemic, which is why we featured it in Below The Fold’s 16th edition.
Where to Follow: @zsk
