The Breakthrough

The Breakthrough: Hopelessness and Exploitation Inside Homes for Mentally Ill

ProPublica — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0000

A reporter finds that homes meant to replace New York’s troubled psychiatric hospitals might be just as bad.

The Breakthrough: Behind the Scenes of Hillary Clinton’s Failed Bid for President

ProPublica — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes didn’t know their book would be called ‘Shattered,’ or that their extraordinary access would let them chronicle the mounting signs of a doomed campaign.

The Breakthrough: How a Small News Outlet Brought Down the State Hero

ProPublica — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

VTDigger’s Anne Galloway was suspicious the moment she heard about a too-good-to-be-true development. She didn’t know how right she was.

The Breakthrough: Reporting on Life and Death in the Delivery Room

ProPublica — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000

ProPublica reporter Nina Martin and her team used social media and old-fashioned shoe leather to show how the U.S. has the worst maternal death rate in the developed world.

The Breakthrough: How an ICIJ Reporter Dug Up the World Bank’s Best Kept Secret

ProPublica — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Sasha Chavkin chased it down across three continents, and into places he was warned weren't safe.

The Breakthrough: A Reporter Crosses Borders to Uncover Labor Abuse

ProPublica — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000

ProPublica’s Michael Grabell travels from the heart of Ohio to the mountains of Guatemala to track down immigrant workers harmed in American poultry plants.

The Breakthrough: Uncovering NYC Cops Making Millions in Suspicious Deals

ProPublica — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000

On our first episode of this season’s The Breakthrough, we talk with WNYC’s Robert Lewis tells us how his reporting triggered an internal investigation of suspicious dealings made by active-duty New York police officers.

Our Podcast, The Breakthrough, Is Back

ProPublica — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000

In January, we launched The Breakthrough, which tells the stories behind investigative reporting. And we’re about to start a new season, on June 16.

We Want Your Thoughts on Our Podcast

ProPublica — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:54:00 +0000

We recently relaunched our podcast, in which journalists tell us how they nailed their biggest stories. Now we want to hear from you.

The Breakthrough: How Reporters Really Use Unnamed Sources

ProPublica — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:00:00 +0000

The Breakthrough: Uncovering the FBI’s Secret Rules

ProPublica — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:40:57 +0000

The Breakthrough: Reporters Examine Murder Where Cops Struggle to Curb It

ProPublica — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:25:36 +0000

The Breakthrough: What American Journalists Can Learn From Reporting Under Putin

ProPublica — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:00:40 +0000

The Breakthrough: Uncovering Danger at the Pharmacy Counter

ProPublica — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:03:24 +0000

The Breakthrough: How a Reporter Solved a Decades-Old Murder

ProPublica — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:00:14 +0000

The Breakthrough: Meet the Reporter Who Went Undercover in the Hermit Kingdom

ProPublica — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:00:24 +0000

The Breakthrough: The $2 Drug Test

ProPublica — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:22:00 +0000

Introducing Our New Podcast: The Breakthrough

ProPublica — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:21:18 +0000

Renewable Energy: An Exxon Investigation Given Second Life as Trump Taps Exec for Cabinet

ProPublica — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:57:02 +0000

How We Found a Pro-Trump Group Blew Past Campaign Finance Laws

ProPublica — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:45:08 +0000