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The Making of a “Shooter” AbuseCrimeGunsIncarceration

The Making of a “Shooter”

One Man’s Story Highlights the Elements that Create – and Prevent – Killers

Writer Kim Whiting recounts the story of her friend, Tay Ramey. Once a gifted child, Tay was shaped by abuse, community violence, and a sense that he did not belong in the wider world. Tay was serving a life sentence for murder in California before his death in 2020. His story illustrates, Whiting says, how traumatic experiences and low self-worth can lead people toward violence. It also shows, she argues, that the alternative--being seen and loved--can foster healing. It's a Reporters Inc. Original.

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Kim Whiting
August 12, 2026
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Bearing Witness

How one survivor reframes recovery and healing from sexual violence

For JoDee Neil, the sexual violence she experienced didn't change her life goals--she still became an attorney and mother of two--but it did change the way she functioned. In her new book Outcry Witness, Neil uses her own personal experience and professional knowledge to help other survivors. She claims "being witnessed is the beginning of healing," and urges other women to share their own stories.

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Olivia Hines
May 28, 2026
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Rehabilitation Through Art

Out on probation, they photograph their lives to counter stereotypes

The documentary In a Whole New Way: Undoing Mass Incarceration by a Path Untraveled clears up the confusion and misconceptions about probation, and counters negative stereotypes. Creators Jonathan Fisher and George Carrano do so in a truly innovative way—they hand out cameras to people in the New York City probation system, as well as their neighbors and other allies, and have them capture images of their everyday lives.

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Mark Saxenmeyer
September 18, 2023
Yes, YOU Might Go to Prison Book ReviewsCrimeWrongful Convictions

Yes, YOU Might Go to Prison

California Innocence Project director describes horrifying real-life scenarios in new book

In his new book You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re Innocent, Justin Brooks, the director of the California Innocence Project, describes horrifying real-life stories of people who were convicted and imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. We've got exclusive excerpts and reporter Lynn Moller talks with Brooks who makes it crystal clear---if it can happen to them, it can happen to you.

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Lynn Moller
March 10, 2023
A Challenge to Wisconsin’s Governor CrimeWhistleblowersWisconsin

A Challenge to Wisconsin’s Governor

Whistleblower wants state to investigate Census' accuracy

In a Reporters Inc. exclusive, journalist Jerry Huffman reveals he’s one of three whistleblowers accusing the U.S. Census Bureau of "systematic cheating." Huffman refuses to back down from his claims and is now challenging Wisconsin leaders to take a hard, second look at the validity of the Census results in his home state.

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Jerry Huffman
October 29, 2022
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Census Whistleblower Goes Public

What happens when you blow the whistle, but nobody listens

"Yet in my mind, questions still remain whether it all was done honestly and ethically." As a Partnership Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, Jerry Huffman personally recruited hundreds of new Partners. Then, he claims he was instructed to create hundreds of phony Partners. He filed a complaint, but says nothing has happened.

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Jerry Huffman
September 8, 2022
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Reporters Inc. Continues Investigation of U.S. Census

U.S. Census Bureau denies whistleblower's claims of fraud in 88-page document

A year after The Reporters Inc. began investigating claims by three whistleblowers that the validity of the 2020 U.S. Census may have been compromised by “systematic cheating,” the Census has responded with 88 pages of documents refuting the allegations.

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Mark Saxenmeyer
September 8, 2022
Reclaiming Lives, Round Two CrimeInvestigativeWrongful Convictions

Reclaiming Lives, Round Two

Justice advocate brings new hope to Wisconsin men convicted of murder

When Joan Treppa learned about “an egregious miscarriage of justice” a few years ago, the case so enthralled her that she just had to get involved. She detailed her quest to reveal the truth about six men she firmly believes are innocent in her 2017 book: Reclaiming Lives: Pursuing Justice for Six Innocent Men—and she’s now revised and updated it in a just-released second edition. The Reporters Inc. offers an exclusive Q&A.

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December 5, 2021
A Grand Old Party CrimePoliticsTerrorism

A Grand Old Party

GOP’s January 6th revisionism proves the party is over

Writer Tim Munkeby argues Republicans' revision of the January 6th insurrection proves the Grand Old Party is officially over. "Remarkably, some will no doubt stomach every poison pill Trump and his ilk offer up," Munkeby writes. "But those who don’t, or won’t, have come to realize that the once respected GOP party, the [not so] grand old lemmings, are bumbling over an historical abyss."

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Tim Munkeby
July 15, 2021
Confronting Racial Injustice CrimeGeorge FloydMurderPolicePublic SafetyRace Relations

Confronting Racial Injustice

'It's time to get comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations'

"My White privilege carved an easy-to-traverse path," writes Reporters Inc. Executive Director Mark Saxenmeyer. After being confronted for his silence on George Floyd's murder, he decided to share his experiences with race -- from the community he was raised in to the schools he attended, from the career he forged to his daily interactions.

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Mark Saxenmeyer
July 14, 2020
Meagan’s Story CrimeLGBTQ+Public SafetyTransgender

Meagan’s Story

What it's like being a transgender woman in a men's prison

Meagan isn't your typical inmate. She's biologically male but identifies as female, serving her sentence behind bars as a transgender woman, in a prison for men. The Reporters Inc.'s Kim Whiting interviews Meagan to better understand the issues transgender inmates face regularly, and the societal factors that often lead them to prison in the first place.

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Kim Whiting
April 10, 2020
Five Down, One to Go CrimeMurderPublic SafetyWrongful Convictions

Five Down, One to Go

Twenty-five years after they were convicted of murder, all but one of the 'Monfils Six' are on parole 

"They're excited that he's getting out, but it's also terrifying because they haven't lived with this person for 25 years," author Joan Treppa explained to reporters outside a Wisconsin prison facility. "They're going to have to get to know each other all over again." After being denied parole 10 times, Mike Johnson, one of six men accused of murdering Tom Monfils in 1995, is finally released from prison.

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Joan Treppa
February 10, 2020
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