Ilyssa Daly

local investigations @nytimes & investigative reporter @MississippiCIR @mstodaynews / Stabile alum @columbiajourn

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

For the past year, @JMitchellNews and I have talked to dozens of people about Eddie Scott, a sheriff in rural Mississippi who has been accused of sex abuse and harassment. We learned that for the past 11 years, he has ruled like a king. https://t.co/pygdaKrvsZ

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

We analyzed digital records of Taser deployments at law enforcement agencies across Mississippi and found that officers frequently trigger their stun guns far beyond what is considered safe 🧵
@nytimes @MSTODAYnews
https://t.co/OBMCAMPgdh

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@JMitchellNews 🐱

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

New from me, with @propublica + @NYTmag:

When new science casts doubt on old convictions, the justice system has no easy path to freedom—even when prosecutors are doing the asking. What happened when one assistant D.A. tried to right a 25-year-old wrong?
https://t.co/cecAxf8d1v

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

Great time with this crew!

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

Terrific @IRE_NICAR panel on sheriffs made up of these great investigative reporters ... @keribla @JessPish @IlyssaDaly @SteelandBallast
#ire24

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

We obtained a WhatsApp group chat used by Mississippi sheriff’s deputies who called themselves the Goon Squad.

In it, the deputies traded photos of rotting corpses and joked about shocking people with Tasers.

Our latest for @MSTODAYnews & @nytimes:
https://t.co/PdfRwDHmGr

[Alissa Zhu @AlissaZhu]

Since fentanyl, the overdose death rate in Baltimore has climbed up and up, now 2x as high as the next big city’s. When we first started reporting last year, I knew that things were bad, but not this bad.

Turns out, even city leaders didn’t know. 🧵

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@journo_cam @SteelandBallast @city_bureau @invinst @JMitchellNews @nate_rosenfield Thank you so much!!

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@conti_alli Thank you so much!

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

Thank you to @PulitzerPrizes! An absolute honor to be a finalist for Local Reporting for our investigation into the unfettered power of Mississippi sheriffs. I am so proud of our team @JMitchellNews, @SteelandBallast and @nate_rosenfield.

[The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes]

To read more about the 2024 #Pulitzer winners and nominated finalists, click below.

https://t.co/lh83to0Z7H

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@Cat_5_Cane @JMitchellNews @NateRosenfield Thank you so much!

[Michele Deitch @mydeitch]

This was an amazing investigation that revealed stunning levels of abuse & exploitation on the part of Mississippi sheriffs and how the lack of oversight puts people in jail at extreme risk. Congrats on @PulitzerPrizes finalist recognition!
@MSTODAYnews

https://t.co/ilkZ5OrzSq

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@mydeitch @PulitzerPrizes @JMitchellNews @SteelandBallast @nate_rosenfield Michele, thank you so much! And thank you for all of the time you spent speaking with me last year!

[Adam Ganucheau @GanucheauAdam]

Boom.

Mississippi Today named a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist for our “Unfettered Power: Mississippi Sheriffs” investigation.

Proud to work with the very best journalists in America. As @JMitchellNews said today, "We ain't even close to done."

https://t.co/XK36tjSAMx

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

Our investigative reporters Ilyssa Daly, Brian Howey & Nate Rosenfield were named Pulitzer finalists for reporting that exposed allegations of violence & sexual abuse in sheriffs' offices in Mississippi & exposed the Goon Squad's 20-year reign of terror. https://t.co/bTupH76G0r

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

Our reporting has sparked several pieces of legislation aimed at holding law enforcement officials accountable in the future, and there’s no greater feeling in the world than knowing that our work has made a difference in Mississippi.

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

A HUGE thank you to our editors @MSTODAYnews & @nytimes!! This work would not have been possible without you, this partnership, or the existence of the Local Investigations Fellowship! @chrisdavisNYT @adamplayford @deanbaquet @GanucheauAdam @sona & Debbie Skipper

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@David_Philipps @DaleMaharidge @columbiajourn @PulitzerPrizes @AllanSCKew @DaleMaharidge is a guiding star indeed!!!

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@SheilaCoronel @NateRosenfield @columbiajourn @JMitchellNews @MississippiCIR Thank you Sheila!!!

[Ilyssa Daly @IlyssaDaly]

@DaleMaharidge @columbiajourn @PulitzerPrizes @AllanSCKew @David_Philipps Thank you Dale!!

[New York Magazine Communications @nymagPR]

.@NYMag's new cover package, in partnership with the @ColumbiaSpec, is an intimate look at the events on the ground at Columbia University in the midst of antiwar protests. It is written and photographed entirely by staff at the Spectator. Read more: https://t.co/gBwWm8KmeC