{"id":823110,"date":"2025-01-30T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/our-year-in-visual-journalism\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:12:10","slug":"our-year-in-visual-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/our-year-in-visual-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Year in Visual Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2024<\/p>\n

Our Year in
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\n See the photography, illustration, graphics and filmmaking that brought ProPublica\u2019s journalism to life and helped hold power to account in 2024.
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories<\/a> as soon as they\u2019re published.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for \u201cNew Yorkers Were Choked, Beaten and Tased by NYPD Officers. The Commissioner Buried Their Cases.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Danielle Villasana for \u201cDespite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Nydia Blas for \u201cLife of the Mother<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Danielle Villasana for \u201cLife of the Mother<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Embroidery and collage by Han Cao and photography by Akilah Townsend for \u201cMaylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Design and development by Zisiga Mukulu for \u201cStill Born<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Peter DiCampo. Additional development by Jason Kao.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for \u201cUtah Bills Itself as \u2018Family-Friendly\u2019 Even as Lawmakers Have Long Neglected Child Care<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Nate Sweitzer for \u201cThe Genesis of Christian Nationalism<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo. Design and development by Anna Donlan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Dadu Shin for \u201cThe FDA Hasn\u2019t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Tony Luong for \u201cWhy I Left the Network<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni. Design by Zisiga Mukulu and Allen Tan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Hokyoung Kim for \u201c\u2018It Feels Impossible to Stay\u2019: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Adria Malcolm for \u201cRecord-Setting Blazes Are Growing More Common. Here\u2019s What Survivors of One Want You to Know.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Peter DiCampo. Design by Zisiga Mukulu.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni for \u201cWhat\u2019s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.<\/a>\u201d; \u201cEven When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families\u2019 Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse<\/a>\u201d; and \u201cMultiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Development by Chris Zubak-Skees for \u201cWhat No One Tells You About Car Loan Deferments<\/a>.\u201d Design by Lucas Waldron.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustrations by Michael Haddid for \u201cA Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause \u2018Large-Scale Disruption.\u2019 The Effects Are Already Being Felt.<\/a>\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for \u201cIn a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Video by Liz Moughon for \u201cCookie & Zo\u2019e: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After the Start of Desegregation\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Dominic Bodden for \u201cThe Unbefriended<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Haruka Sakaguchi for \u201cHow 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Peter DiCampo.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Max Guther for \u201cSelling a Mirage<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Anna Donlan. Design and development by Anna Donlan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Graphics by Lucas Waldron for \u201cSelling a Mirage<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Peter Arkle for \u201cThe American Oil Industry\u2019s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for \u201cTen Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustrations by Matt Rota and animation by Henrike Lendowski for \u201cSwept Away<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustrations by Matt Rota for \u201cSwept Away<\/a>.\u201d Design and development by Ruth Talbot and Zisiga Mukulu. Additional design and development by Al Shaw. Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Eva Redamonti for \u201cDecrepit Pipes Put Jackson, Mississippi, on the Edge of Catastrophe. State Regulators Didn\u2019t Act.<\/a>\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni for \u201cBattle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Video by Gerardo del Valle and Perla Trevizo for \u201cHow the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Louise Johns for \u201c\u2018Eat What You Kill<\/a>.\u2019\u201d Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Jake Dockins for \u201cA Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That\u2019s Just the Start.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Jonathan Djob Nkondo for \u201cNike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen.<\/a>\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Erik Carter for \u201cAfter Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying \u2014 and Polluting<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo and Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Matt Eich for \u201cThe Ghosts of John Tanton<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Collages by Vanessa Saba for \u201c\u2018I Don\u2019t Want to Die\u2019: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer\u2019s Ghost Network<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Design and development by Lucas Waldron for \u201cDocuments Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photograph by Salgu Wissmath for \u201cTrump\u2019s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Zaydee Sanchez for \u201cThe New Immigration<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Fred Ramos for \u201cHeld for Ransom in Animal Pens, Migrants Face Mass Kidnappings as U.S. and Mexico Ramp Up Enforcement<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Shuran Huang for \u201cThe U.S. Business Community Used to Be a Force for Immigration Reform. What Happened?<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Sofia Aldinio for \u201cWhat Happened in Whitewater<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photograph by Kathleen Flynn for \u201cWhen a Florida Farmer-Legislator Turned Against Immigration, the Consequences Were Severe. But Not for Him.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Edmund D. Fountain for \u201cThe Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Edel Rodriguez for \u201cWhat You Need to Know If You\u2019re Hurt While Working on a Wisconsin Dairy Farm<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Video by Gerardo del Valle for \u201c\u2018The Right Way\u2019: From Venezuela to Ju\u00e1rez and New York to Denver, One Family\u2019s Asylum Journey<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker for \u201cA 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Loren Elliot for \u201cThree Days of Tragedy: How a VA Clinic\u2019s Inability to Help Veterans in Crisis Destroyed Two Families<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Alex Bandoni and Anna Donlan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Collage by Joan Wong for \u201cWithout Knowledge or Consent.<\/a>\u201d Art direction, design and development by Anna Donlan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni for \u201cHow Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustrations by Stefano Summo for \u201cFields of Green<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Greg Kahn for \u201cMicrosoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says<\/a>.\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Lucinda Rogers for \u201cHow Much Formaldehyde Is in Your Car, Your Kitchen or Your Furniture? Here\u2019s What Our Testing Found.<\/a>\u201d Art direction by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Richard Chance for \u201cArmed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia<\/a>.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Adriana Zehbrauskas for \u201cArizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Illustration by Simon Bailly for \u201cOregon\u2019s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.<\/a>\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n Photography by Jenn Ackerman for \u201cEPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.<\/a>\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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