Matt Stroud

Reporter, author of "Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing."

[Madison Hopkins @_MJHopkins]

Out today: @joemahr and I take an in-depth look at the promise – and at times, the futility – of Chicago’s long and expensive bet on a massive web of police surveillance cameras. 🧵 https://t.co/g5azDshVH3

[Joe Mahr @joemahr]

You know those bubble cameras atop poles across Chicago? The ones that used to be big boxes with🚨 blue lights then got (a bit) more covert? Criminals were supposed to fear them - or be caught by them. But after 2+ decades, 4K+ cams and $$$$ … (1/10) https://t.co/yKjjJx4j35

[Graham Isador @presgang]

Can you pay me the 2000 you owe me before you do this?

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

For @guardian I wrote about the ways in which “heterodox” media figures popular with young men have gotten both more conservative and more cynical and conspiratorial about the system. Will their young male fans vote Republican— or simply stay home? https://t.co/QW8rq50ixo

[Matt Stroud @MattStroud]

@weischoice Thank you, Sonia @weischoice!

[The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes]

@hannahdreier @nytimes @stillsarita @NewYorker @sarahanneconway @city_bureau @invinst @Reuters @washingtonpost @katieengelhart @NYTmag @vkaramurza @JustinCChang @latimes @thedeadhandbook @AP Congratulations to @invinst, USG Audio and @YohanceLacour. #Pulitzer

[Matt Stroud @MattStroud]

@ZTracer This is awful. @ZTracer is a mensch and a thorough, collaborative editor. Onward and upward, Zach. And editors: hire this man!

[Eric Umansky @ericuman]

Three years ago, I got some footage that I couldn’t get out of my mind.

It showed the first police killing captured on body-worn cameras in NY.

The NYPD didn’t want anyone to see it.

It eventually launched me on the biggest story I’ve ever done, w/ @NYTmag

[THREAD]

[Mick Dumke @mickeyd1971]

Thousands homeless. Migrant shelters full. Families struggling to pay rent. 200k+ on Chicago Housing Authority wait lists.

Yet the CHA has let 500 homes & apartments around the city sit vacant, some for so long they've become hazards.

by @emelpos @j_bambergwrites @rrhinton & me

[Kim Zetter @KimZetter]

Thousands of IT workers contracting with US companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea to fund its weapons programs. They worked remotely with companies around US and used false identities to get jobs, per FBI https://t.co/e10TTGnfVe

[Esther Kaplan @estherbrooklyn]

Hey, journo Twitter! I'm commissioning freelance investigations for 2024. Please hit me up. Pay rate starts at $1 a word. ekaplan at insider dot com @journosofcolor

[Michael Sallah @MikeSallah7]

DEADLY SECRETS, DANGEROUS DEVICES: @PittsburghPG and @propublica found that Philips knew its breathing machines were emitting dangerous levels of chemicals into the lungs of sleeping patients - but sold them anyway - as stock prices soared https://t.co/ND5q3nke1v

[Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin]

For years now, @BetterGov/@IllinoisAnswers has been reporting how Chicago's slow, disorganized building regulation system misses safety issues.

So what does it look like when a city actually holds bad landlords accountable? We went to Denver to find out:
https://t.co/gBk37itGEX

[Jewél Jackson @JewlJackson1]

NEW: Appraisal docs reveal Chicago Public Schools paid more for new Near South Side HS land than valued. CPS, CHA and city officials agreed on location before telling public, per emails. My latest with @emelpos @IllinoisAnswers
https://t.co/GZ08vMdvbr

[Joe Ferguson @JoeFergChicago]

As warning signals of corruption and a total lack of internal controls go, this great investigative reporting reveal from ⁦@TomSchuba⁩ of ⁦@Suntimes⁩ is a veritable pinball machine. And it connects to the Consent Decree. https://t.co/rHq5tFRVbw

[The BGA's Illinois Answers Project @IllinoisAnswers]

More than three hundred buildings across Chicago have been cited repeatedly for violating heat-requirement ordinances, which are in effect from November through May. https://t.co/e2r5TlxZpv

[The Onion @TheOnion]

GOP Finally Decides To Rally Behind Herman Cain https://t.co/bO9v0ndZNc

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

If you're posting about Trump promising "food for everyone" at Versailles and then not buying anyone anything, throw some credit to @LaineDoss - it's her story! https://t.co/rqb3dJKqD8