A ProPublica worker high fives a giant inflatable rat nicknamed Scabby. Resting on the belly of Scabby is a sign that says: ProPublica workers on strike for a fair contract.

Today, you helped us show @propublica.org management that, without us, there is no ProPublica. And we’re not stopping this fight until we get the contract we deserve.

Donate to our strike fund: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...

An in-progress embroidery project with the ProPublica Guild logo and the text “FAIR CONTRACT NOW”

Now with words!

Going into zoom picket hour 7, big progress on the strike embroidery!

“We're not asking for the moon here, despite what management keeps trying to tell us.

We need a fair and transparent disciplinary system that we can trust so that we can keep speaking truth to power, whether in the Oval Office or inside our newsroom.”

— Jeff Ernsthausen, senior data reporter

Cooper, a dog with black and white fur, looks up solemnly. On his back is a "Paws for Fair Pay" cardboard sign. Behind him are ProPublica workers on strike, holding up signs that say "ProPublica workers on strike for a fair contract."

Cooper, our canine comrade, says Paws for Fair Pay!

If your pet is also standing in solidarity with us today, drop a photo below 🐾

We're in solidarity with @propublicaguild.org workers in their fight!

Our members are on the picket line today demanding a fair contract now! We want a fair disciplinary process, layoff protections & guardrails on artificial intelligence. Support us by donating to our strike fund: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...

An in-progress embroidery of the ProPublica Guild logo

Strike embroidery update!

An embroidery hoop with the ProPublica Guild logo sketched out on sticky tracing paper (you can stitch right over it, and I t dissolves when it gets wet!)

I’m sending solidarity from the virtual picket line to all my colleagues on the IRL picket lines in NY, DC and Chicago. And making this lil strike embroidery!

WE ARE ON STRIKE TODAY! As someone who regularly looks at ProPublica web traffic, today's the only day of my career I want to see low numbers. We know our readers support our union. Don't read us today. We'll be there tomorrow.

We're on strike for a fair contract today (April 8), so please honor our digital picket line and don't visit ProPublica's website. Here are some things you can do instead:

Sign our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Donate to our strike fund: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...

Promo for ProPublica news app event crossed out

If you registered to come to the event today on how to use the ProPublica Trump disclosures News app, the @propublicaguild.org is asking y’all NOT TO ATTEND in support of our strike today. We hate to do this, but management isn’t offering us a fair deal.

Please support our union’s work toward a fair contract by NOT crossing our digital picket line! That means not visiting @ProPublica.org today, April 8.

(And please resume your support of @ProPublica.org all other days, we love the journalism we do!)

We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.

Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

New pod! Live from the NICAR conference, we talk to
@andreasuozzo.com and @fresques.bsky.social from ProPublica about their project "Life of a Mother."

Get a behind-the-scenes look at their work -- and some NICAR FOMO.

Available wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Judge rejects deal that could let churches back political candidates Despite earlier expectations for IRS to allow churches to endorse candidates amid court battle, judge rejects proposal on Johnson Amendment exception.

NEW: The IRS will maintain a policy barring pastors and churches from endorsing political candidates, defying earlier expectations about a proposed exception to the Johnson Amendment. @angelelatham.bsky.social and I report on a surprising end to the NRB's lawsuit: www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

ProPublica Adds Ownership Search to Nursing Home Inspect Database Our database helps you find issues that inspectors identified in more than 14,000 U.S. nursing homes. Now you can search by owner, manager or officer name.

"To give the public more insight into who owns American nursing homes, ProPublica has added the ability to search by owner, manager or officer name to Nursing Home Inspect, our database that helps you find issues that federal inspectors have identified in more than 14,000 facilities."

I love this job. I love ProPublica. I love my editors and my coworkers. And I would love to see us get to the finish line on the best contract possible for staff, so we can get back to focusing ALL of our energy on the work we're here to do.

A graphic reads “92% of participating ProPublica Guild members voted YES to authorize our bargaining committee to call for a strike.” The “92%” is very large. A ProPublica Guild logo is under the text.

1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

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A table of habeas cases by state and court district with an icon on the far right where you can download habeas data since Jan. 2025.

Small but important update to our @propublica.org habeas tracker: By clicking on the little icon in our table, you can download all habeas cases for each state or court district since Jan. 2025, inc. case names, docket number along with Court Listener link. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...

They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

"The hospital & state attorney’s office wanted to force Doyley to undergo a cesarean section. Doyley, a professional birthing doula, didn’t want that and had been firm about it ... But the choice would not be hers. The judge would decide how she would give birth."

www.propublica.org/article/flor...

An in-progress knit sock with a colorwork broccoli pattern

What a whirlwind #nicar26 was. Sitting quietly in one place and knocking out the colorwork portion of this sock was a deeply satisfying way to pass the time on the flight(s) home.

Thanks, Jason!

I’m so proud of this work, and so impressed by all the other exceptional Phil Meyer award winners! #nicar26

Soft-launched a new Nonorofit Explorer feature just in time for #nicar26!

Hey #NICAR26: Have you ever wanted to report on maternal or infant health but weren't sure where to start?

Tomorrow at 10:15am, @sophiechou.bsky.social, @hollyhacker.bsky.social and I will run you through tons of story examples and dataset ideas that we hope will spark your next story!

What a bop

Ahh yay! See you there!

The Cloud Report — Christine Tyler Hill The Cloud Report is a printed newsletter that artist and crossing guard Christine Tyler Hill sends to subscribers every month.

I missed the cutoff for January, but got in for the February issue. Subscriptions are open for March! christinetylerhill.com/cloudreport