Susie Neilson
@susien.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @sfchronicle.com, '25 Pulitzer finalist
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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A series by @sfchronicle.com @meganmunce.bsky.social @susien.bsky.social @brontewittpenn.bsky.social uncovered how systemic use of a flawed estimator tool leaves homeowners drastically underinsured. It won a Gold prize in the 2025 Barlett & Steele Awards.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A series by @sfchronicle.com @meganmunce.bsky.social @susien.bsky.social @brontewittpenn.bsky.social uncovered how systemic use of a flawed estimator tool leaves homeowners drastically underinsured. It won a Gold prize in the 2025 Barlett & Steele Awards.
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It was an honor having @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social, Maurice Tamman, @meganmunce.bsky.social, @susien.bsky.social, A. J. Lagoe, David Leffler, Susan White, Salina Arredondo, Savanna Strott, and Alexa York join us for the awards ceremony last week! 🎉
Read more: businessjournalism.org/2025/11/2025...
Read more: businessjournalism.org/2025/11/2025...
2025 Barlett & Steele Award winners share personal paths to public impact | The Reynolds Center
If there was a theme to the night, it was curiosity. Every story honored began with a question. Learn more from these award-winning journalists.
businessjournalism.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It was an honor having @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social, Maurice Tamman, @meganmunce.bsky.social, @susien.bsky.social, A. J. Lagoe, David Leffler, Susan White, Salina Arredondo, Savanna Strott, and Alexa York join us for the awards ceremony last week! 🎉
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Read more: businessjournalism.org/2025/11/2025...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
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Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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New from me:
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Accusing Jordan Silverman
A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New from me:
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
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OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
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The lawsuit accuses State Farm and its subsidiaries of violating the law by refusing to turn over data about insurance premiums and non-renewal rates in every ZIP code in the U.S.
Illinois sues State Farm and its California subsidiary over refusal to share home insurance data
The lawsuit accuses State Farm and its subsidiaries of violating the law by refusing to turn over data about insurance premiums and non-renewal rates in every ZIP code in the U.S.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The lawsuit accuses State Farm and its subsidiaries of violating the law by refusing to turn over data about insurance premiums and non-renewal rates in every ZIP code in the U.S.
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Assembly Bill 1388 prohibits agencies like police and sheriff’s departments from issuing so-called clean-record agreements and requires that all previous deals be publicly disclosed.
Newsom signs law barring deals to bury police misconduct, after Chronicle investigation
Assembly Bill 1388 prohibits agencies like police and sheriff’s departments from issuing so-called clean-record agreements and requires that all previous deals be publicly disclosed.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Assembly Bill 1388 prohibits agencies like police and sheriff’s departments from issuing so-called clean-record agreements and requires that all previous deals be publicly disclosed.
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The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
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Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex.
Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions
The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department’s policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex.
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Why is Alameda Co. Sheriff still spending taxpayer money to send people to be trained in the junk science of computer voice stress analysis? Were there no spots left in the phrenology or visual hair comparison classes?
@susien.bsky.social @mgafni.bsky.social
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October 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Why is Alameda Co. Sheriff still spending taxpayer money to send people to be trained in the junk science of computer voice stress analysis? Were there no spots left in the phrenology or visual hair comparison classes?
@susien.bsky.social @mgafni.bsky.social
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@susien.bsky.social @mgafni.bsky.social
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian aid.
S.F. man who captained a Gaza aid vessel is now being held in an Israeli prison
A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian...
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October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian aid.
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If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news
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Congrats to my former student @susien.bsky.social for investigating how a flawed estimation tool leads to victims of California wildfires being under-insured businessjournalism.org/2025/09/2025...
Public-health focused investigations take top awards in the 19th annual Barlett and Steele Awards | The Reynolds Center
Promoting the importance of business journalism among journalism students, giving journalists tools to improve their business coverage, and helping
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September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Congrats to my former student @susien.bsky.social for investigating how a flawed estimation tool leads to victims of California wildfires being under-insured businessjournalism.org/2025/09/2025...
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"There's no other case like this right now. Mario is the only journalist in the United States jailed for his reporting." - @attorneynora.bsky.social with @kadiatubman.bsky.social of @scrippsnews.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"There's no other case like this right now. Mario is the only journalist in the United States jailed for his reporting." - @attorneynora.bsky.social with @kadiatubman.bsky.social of @scrippsnews.bsky.social
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An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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Across China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers are trapped in a digital cage by the world’s largest digital surveillance apparatus. Most of this technology came from Silicon Valley companies that have long claimed to support freedom. apnews.com/article/chin... via @apnews.com
Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
apnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Across China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers are trapped in a digital cage by the world’s largest digital surveillance apparatus. Most of this technology came from Silicon Valley companies that have long claimed to support freedom. apnews.com/article/chin... via @apnews.com
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This is EXTRAORDINARY impact, driven by the Pulitzer Prize-finalist journalism of @deldeib.bsky.social. At a time when so much is being dismantled, it is incredible to see something like this launching to improve health outcomes for moms and babies: www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce U.S. Stillbirth Rate
Clinical teams across the country are forming a five-year, $37 million consortium to research stillbirth, a long-neglected public health concern. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is EXTRAORDINARY impact, driven by the Pulitzer Prize-finalist journalism of @deldeib.bsky.social. At a time when so much is being dismantled, it is incredible to see something like this launching to improve health outcomes for moms and babies: www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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