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Over the course of the next hour, we will highlight other submissions that showcased exemplary public records reporting.

In second place, “California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid, and toiling in toxic fields,” by @capitalandmain's @LAJourno.
https://t.co/GNh6I6H6Jt

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Read more about the incredible (and unpaywalled) public records reporting our panel of all-star judges — Kate Doyle, @JameelJaffer, and @JasonLeopold — called out as particularly strong.
https://t.co/iCM6Ty4Bmq

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For @cpipr, @GabieAlexandra reported “An 8-month, $1M fix became an 8-year, $19.3M sewer repair in Arecibo,” which examined the delays and costs involved in repairing a sewer line crossing the Río Grande de Arecibo.
https://t.co/yYAfxTlhUU

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At @404mediaco, @josephfcox revealed plans by ICE to give local law enforcement agencies a facial recognition app to verify someone’s immigration status in "ICE’s plan to let cops around the country scan faces to verify immigration status."
https://t.co/Xz5EOe4jjt

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Also for @scotscoop, in “Transparency falls short: Inside Carlmont’s expansive surveillance system,” Radhika Agrawal and Maximus Kwan report on a secret but publicly funded surveillance network at work throughout the Sequoia Union High School District.
https://t.co/rurdjIVQza

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“Smile, you’re on Flock: Inside San Mateo County's expanding surveillance system,” by @scotscoop’s Jiya Venkatesh, Anoushka Swaminathan, and Maximus Kwan, uncovers the clandestine surveillance network fed by the county’s automatic license plate readers.
https://t.co/ravKzewAVW

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In “Payback: tracking the opioid settlement cash,” @aneripattani of @KFFHealthNews tracked how governments use — or misuse — billions of dollars the opioid industry paid to settle lawsuits about their role in the overdose epidemic, with little oversight.
https://t.co/j0ceiMyU7m

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Reporter @DRBoguslaw of @Wired exposed a new focus by the U.S. domestic surveillance apparatus on so-called anti-technology extremism in “US law enforcement warns of ‘anti-tech extremism’ as AI hatred grows.”
https://t.co/kMjPfQmOU3

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For @WPLN and @propublica, @PaigePfleger and @mariamaelba uncovered the deadly consequences of suspended oversight in Tennessee’s probation system: “Guns in dangerous hands: She begged for help. This state’s probation gap may have put her in danger.”
https://t.co/LwoxcmJkAO

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In “‘A muzzle on elected officials’: NDAs ‘cloak’ Louisiana’s biggest business developments,” @WAdrewhawkins covered for @typeinvestigate a practice under Gov. Jeff Landry of elected officials signing NDAs for the alleged purpose of economic development.
https://t.co/j3BoIwmNSU

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In “A System of Harm,” The New Hampshire Bulletin's William Skipworth reported a three-part series exposing the systemic failures in the state's intellectual and developmental disability care system.
https://t.co/B8mEO7BJuG

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In third place, @BrittanyHailer, @IlicaMahajan, and @BillmanKenneson produced “Behind locked doors,” a series that uncovered rampant abuse at two of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers.
https://t.co/cuLOr0XKyk

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Tonight, @freedomofpress is awarding its inaugural Penlight Prize to @USAToday's @a_fast for “Sepsis is ‘very treatable.’ For inmates, it’s often a death sentence.”

Read it here:
https://t.co/Q5vIWYjBng

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A judge says the founders would’ve opposed safeguards against presidential lawfare because they saw libel against the powerful as especially offensive.

But as Matthew Schafer explains, that wasn’t the founders — it was the monarchy they rebelled against. https://t.co/pnfTX6QBld

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The Prison Litigation Reform Act makes it hard for incarcerated people, including incarcerated journalists, to bring civil rights lawsuits and for outside reporters covering prisons to report on court files.

Urge your representative to repeal the PLRA. https://t.co/HijL29ULkM

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Join FPF’s @laurenleharper on NPR’s 1A Monday for a discussion about how agencies may try to obstruct congressional investigations, the importance of whistleblowers, and more.

🕙 10 a.m. ET
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https://t.co/Dflr0FWtYL

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The journal @just_security tracks cases where gov lawyers lie to judges or violate court orders.

Many involve the press and First Amendment.

Judges in press freedom cases should presume that the admin’s claims are not credible and require heavy scrutiny.
https://t.co/1zk0xYu13V

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More than ever, fraudsters are using AI to clone the voices of organizational leaders and fool employees into helping them steal millions. Newsrooms should be prepared.

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What a terrible (but unsurprising) stance from Rep. Himes.

There’s no need to rush Section 702 reauthorization.

Let the new Congress debate and decide whether the government needs a warrant to spy on Americans.
https://t.co/Oky94xXlDg