Kevin Uhrmacher
@kevinuhrm.bsky.social
ProPublica deputy news apps editor
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Kevin Uhrmacher
@kevinuhrm.bsky.social
· Aug 15
ProPublica Hires Ryan Little and Kevin Uhrmacher as Deputy Editors
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Life news: Thrilled to be joining @propublica.org as deputy news applications editor! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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We updated the @propublica.org DOGE roster with 5 more names: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We updated the @propublica.org DOGE roster with 5 more names: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. @natlash.bsky.social did. www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. @natlash.bsky.social did. www.propublica.org/article/bird...
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👀👀👀 "Emails from UCLA’s fundraising department, obtained by FOIAball, show the school is steering money to the charity, with explicit notes that it be earmarked for football NIL."
The day Nico Iamaleava's NIL contract dispute broke, UCLA got $60,000 from donors.
But the school didn't have them send the money to its collective, Bruins for Life.
Instead, it had them give it to a local charity for at-risk youth.
Which is run by the founder of Bruins for Life.
But the school didn't have them send the money to its collective, Bruins for Life.
Instead, it had them give it to a local charity for at-risk youth.
Which is run by the founder of Bruins for Life.
How UCLA used a friendly charity to get tax-free NIL money
The school sent donors to a 501c3, but flagged the money for its football team.
www.foiaball.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
👀👀👀 "Emails from UCLA’s fundraising department, obtained by FOIAball, show the school is steering money to the charity, with explicit notes that it be earmarked for football NIL."
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This bird flu investigation is well worth your time. I got a little peek behind the curtain into the data analysis and it's truly impressive work from @natlash.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This bird flu investigation is well worth your time. I got a little peek behind the curtain into the data analysis and it's truly impressive work from @natlash.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/bird...
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Tracking the spread of bird flu using genetic markers, satellite imagery, property records, and more reminds me of John Snow’s Cholera investigation/map. Howe’s Hens is the modern day Broad Street Pump. Amazing work from @natlash.bsky.social & @chrisalcantara.com. www.propublica.org/article/meth...
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tracking the spread of bird flu using genetic markers, satellite imagery, property records, and more reminds me of John Snow’s Cholera investigation/map. Howe’s Hens is the modern day Broad Street Pump. Amazing work from @natlash.bsky.social & @chrisalcantara.com. www.propublica.org/article/meth...
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Spanberger ran up wild margins in the DC/Richmond suburbs, flipped 6 Trump counties, and cut her losses in the rest of the state — some SWVA counties moved 15-20 points to her compared to 2021 gov's race. My first election results for @washingtonpost.com ! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Spanberger ran up wild margins in the DC/Richmond suburbs, flipped 6 Trump counties, and cut her losses in the rest of the state — some SWVA counties moved 15-20 points to her compared to 2021 gov's race. My first election results for @washingtonpost.com ! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows. Via @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org www.propublica.org/article/fore...
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows. Via @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org www.propublica.org/article/fore...
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Want to attend #NICAR26 in Indianapolis?
We're offering fellowships with complimentary registration, IRE membership, hotel nights and a travel stipend.
🗓️ Get details and apply by Jan. 5, 2026. https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2026/fellowships-and-scholarships/
We're offering fellowships with complimentary registration, IRE membership, hotel nights and a travel stipend.
🗓️ Get details and apply by Jan. 5, 2026. https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2026/fellowships-and-scholarships/
NICAR26 Fellowships and Scholarships - Investigative Reporters & Editors
The 2026 NICAR Conference will take place March 5-8, 2026 in Indianapolis. Fellowships are avaiable to all journalists.
www.ire.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Want to attend #NICAR26 in Indianapolis?
We're offering fellowships with complimentary registration, IRE membership, hotel nights and a travel stipend.
🗓️ Get details and apply by Jan. 5, 2026. https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2026/fellowships-and-scholarships/
We're offering fellowships with complimentary registration, IRE membership, hotel nights and a travel stipend.
🗓️ Get details and apply by Jan. 5, 2026. https://www.ire.org/training/conferences/nicar-2026/fellowships-and-scholarships/
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If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica
As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...
projects.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
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This is what great, fact-based, investigative reporting can do. Please subscribe to your local paper or non-profit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/lawm...
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is what great, fact-based, investigative reporting can do. Please subscribe to your local paper or non-profit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/lawm...
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🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
Photojournalism Fellowship
New York City, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
Attention, emerging photojournalists!
@propublica.org is looking for our latest photojournalism fellow. It's a two-year deal with full salary and benefits. Deadline to apply is Dec. 1.
All the details and application here👇
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WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
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We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
October 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
Food banks had scheduled 94mil(!) pounds of food deliveries through a government program that buys meat, dairy, eggs and produce from American farmers and sends them to help people in need.
Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Food banks had scheduled 94mil(!) pounds of food deliveries through a government program that buys meat, dairy, eggs and produce from American farmers and sends them to help people in need.
Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries.
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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"The readers are telling us sometimes pretty directly, we don’t want to use these tools, we don’t have an interest in them. But there continues to be this impulse from organizations to build them anyway." @andrewdeck.bsky.social ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/09/18/n...
Nieman Lab’s Andrew Deck Has Been Tracking AI Use in the Journalism Industry for Years. Here’s What He Says We Need to Know. - Ethics and Journalism
Since the public launch of ChatGPT nearly three years ago, the media industry has cycled through many phases of AI adoption and experimentation.
ethicsandjournalism.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The readers are telling us sometimes pretty directly, we don’t want to use these tools, we don’t have an interest in them. But there continues to be this impulse from organizations to build them anyway." @andrewdeck.bsky.social ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/09/18/n...
There are less than 3 weeks left to apply!
Join @propublica.org's team of news apps developers who imagine and build interactive databases and stories that hold power to account grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
Join @propublica.org's team of news apps developers who imagine and build interactive databases and stories that hold power to account grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
News Applications Developer
Remote, United States
grnh.se
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
There are less than 3 weeks left to apply!
Join @propublica.org's team of news apps developers who imagine and build interactive databases and stories that hold power to account grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
Join @propublica.org's team of news apps developers who imagine and build interactive databases and stories that hold power to account grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
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Two exciting new roles on @propublica.org's audio team:
audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
senior audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
senior audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Two exciting new roles on @propublica.org's audio team:
audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
senior audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
senior audio producer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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We’re looking for a developer-journalist to join @propublica.org’s News Applications team. You would write code, analyze data, build interactives — all in the service of public interest journalism.
Check it out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Check it out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
News Applications Developer
Remote, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
September 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We’re looking for a developer-journalist to join @propublica.org’s News Applications team. You would write code, analyze data, build interactives — all in the service of public interest journalism.
Check it out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Check it out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
We are hiring a News Applications Developer @propublica.org.
Members of the news apps team pitch, design and develop interactive stories and databases that hold the powerful accountable and have real-world impact.
grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
Members of the news apps team pitch, design and develop interactive stories and databases that hold the powerful accountable and have real-world impact.
grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
News Applications Developer
Remote, United States
grnh.se
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We are hiring a News Applications Developer @propublica.org.
Members of the news apps team pitch, design and develop interactive stories and databases that hold the powerful accountable and have real-world impact.
grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
Members of the news apps team pitch, design and develop interactive stories and databases that hold the powerful accountable and have real-world impact.
grnh.se/bwyr9f056us
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August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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We dug deep to answer this important question: How Many Federal Health Workers Have RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration Cut? @bxroberts.org @anniewaldman.bsky.social @pratheekrebala.bsky.social
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
projects.propublica.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We dug deep to answer this important question: How Many Federal Health Workers Have RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration Cut? @bxroberts.org @anniewaldman.bsky.social @pratheekrebala.bsky.social
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NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
August 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found.
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
projects.propublica.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found.
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...