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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 30

NEW: A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team.

Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.

By @jlussenhop.bsky.social, photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.

A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · May 1

"As many as 15 people a month typically became too weak to work in May and June."

Because it's 100 degrees. And there's no air conditioning.

@robwdavis.bsky.social on a factory that makes Nike clothing, with photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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Decades After Nike Promised Sweatshop Reforms, Workers in This Factory Were Still Fainting

Workers have been fainting for years in Cambodia’s garment factories, where more than 57,000 people now produce Nike goods. A former medical worker at one of the company’s suppliers blamed overtime ho...

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · Apr 27

Grateful to The @oregonian.com for featuring our reporting on Nike in Cambodia so prominently today.

Story: www.propublica.org/article/nike...

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Sarahbeth Maney @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social · Apr 25

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Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.

Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one ...

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Sarahbeth Maney @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social · Apr 25

Nike claims they pay workers 1.9 times the local livable wage. Workers’ pay stubs tell a different story.

Spend time with this investigation by @robwdavis.bsky.social and the stories of women I photographed in Cambodia, who worked grueling hours — still not earning enough to make ends meet.

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · Apr 25

NEW: Nike says most of the 1.1M people making its products earn 1.9X their local minimum wage. We obtained a payroll ledger for a Cambodian factory that supplied Nike for two years.

1% of the workforce earned that much.

Team effort with @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/nike...

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.

Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one ...

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · Apr 11

"Not only have vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella fallen, but federal data shows that so have those for pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B and polio."

by @deldeib.bsky.social + @sheinvestigates.bsky.social / @lucaswaldron.bsky.social + @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline

While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...

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Sarahbeth Maney @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social · Apr 12

How the reality crime show “The First48” painted “a wholly inaccurate picture” that led to a wrongful conviction.

Read the full @propublica.org investigation by @jlussenhop.bsky.social 📸 by me ~ www.propublica.org/article/firs...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jan 20

ProPublica's @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social moved back to her native California on Jan. 4. Three days later, the LA wildfires began.

As an investigative newsroom, ProPublica doesn't usually cover breaking news, but SB knew she had to document what was going on.

Her first stop was Altadena.

Text: Kim and Wendell Hood’s home in Altadena, California, was destroyed by the fires. Kim lived in the home for 30 years, and it was passed down to her by her parents. Image: Kim and Wendell Hood embrace against the backdrop of their burned down home.

Text: “Fire comes in and it sweeps through, then nothing — you have to pick up the pieces of your life.” -Kim Hood. Image: The remains of the Hood family home. Broken, burned debris litters the ground. One charred support structure is still standing.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · Dec 31

Featured images include these, from our photo-rich story on the long tail of the Flint water crisis:

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📸: @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

Still wary of the quality of the water, Pastor Robert McCathern uses a filtration system to fill a tub for baptisms at Joy Tabernacle Church in Flint, Michigan. Following the water crisis and coronavirus pandemic, he said, fewer people are getting baptized.

Jacquinne Reynolds, 73, prepares for her care routine, which involves washing, brushing and moisturizing her scalp multiple times per week.

Expired water bottles are scattered throughout the abandoned Northwestern High School in Flint.

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David Calvert @calvertphoto.bsky.social · Nov 21

After a two-week break, the NPPA newsletter is back. I penned this week’s reading list.

There are photos from Election Day, Ukraine, data from Women Photograph on freelance editorial rates, a wonderful essay by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social, and more.

🔗: nppa.org/news/730

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Sarahbeth Maney @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social · Nov 20

My job is to make photographs, but a big part of the fulfillment I get is from making connections 💙 read the full story I wrote for @propublica that goes behind the scenes into the why & how of telling visual stories. www.propublica.org/article/tips...

Finding Focus: How a Visual Storyteller Gets the Right Image — and the Right Tone

Photography is a powerful journalistic tool, providing visual evidence and evoking emotions that urge us to understand the experiences of others. Here, ProPublica’s Sarahbeth Maney offers suggestions ...

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