Sisi Wei

Chief Impact Officer @CalMatters @TheMarkup. Board @fundjournalism @Open_Notebook. Past: Co-ED @OpenNews, AME @ProPublica, gfx @wapographics. Tweets expire.

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

In our first decade, CalMatters journalism has brought communities together, inspired lawmakers to create a better California and made the state more accountable to Californians.

We're just getting started. https://t.co/NsSiC2uPzr

📝 @sisiwei

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

This is a beginner-friendly guide to protect your privacy if you're thinking about getting an abortion.

It also is a beginner-friendly guide to protect your privacy, period.

[The Markup @themarkup]

Trump’s reelection is almost certain to disrupt the future of reproductive rights in the U.S.

Here are some meaningful measures to protect your privacy (and safety): https://t.co/y6p9RITanz

[Ryan Tate @ryantate]

This is the first time @themarkup has won this general excellence award. It's been exciting to see it become so cohesive as a publication and to be part of a team that is incredibly energetic and creative in finding new ways to connect with readers. https://t.co/Gn5jkpzxcs

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

@karenyourish @ONA @themarkup Thank you Karen!!!!

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

Words are failing me right now. Every time I think about how meaningful this is to us, my heart feels so full that it could burst. I’ll have more to say soon. Until then:

Thank you @ONA for seeing us, seeing our work, and seeing the impact of our actionable journalism.

[Online News Association @ONA]

WINNER! General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Newsroom: @themarkup — challenging technology to serve the public good and giving people control over the technology affecting their lives. https://t.co/O4sPzTLn3v #OJA24

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

Lam is by nature a generous person so as she brags about others, I will brag about her.

Lam put her whole heart into this project. Without her, none of this amazing work would have happened. Thank you for always fighting to serve communities.

[The Markup @themarkup]

UPDATE: The Department of Education is facing a lawsuit for failing to disclose records of its correspondence with Facebook after we found the Meta Pixel collecting sensitive data from students applying for financial aid. https://t.co/71FC4LoGje

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

@ASankin @sarahalvarezMI @levin_koby @soo_oh @ghongsdusit @JoelEastwood I must also shoutout Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett for making statistics cats happen on this project.

https://t.co/Y7YW78g74k

And also, for her insightful work doing statistics review for this project, which was equally as important as her cats.

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

For Detroiters, car insurance costing $300/month is just a fact of life.

Michigan lawmakers tried to make things better. But a @themarkup x @media_outlier investigation found that the law allowed car insurers to charge more in Black neighborhoods.

https://t.co/uJImlKQp8F

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

SO incredibly proud of @ASankin, Mohamed Al Elew, @sarahalvarezMI and @levin_koby for their incredible reporting and data analysis, and @soo_oh for her fantastic editing, and @ghongsdusit and @JoelEastwood for the incredible visual storytelling.

[Documented @Documentedny]

NEW: Newly arrived asylum-seekers have been easy targets for robbers. Some work without legal permission, which can make them fearful of seeking help in an emergency.

A collaboration with @AP
https://t.co/TlQk6m1J5t

[Joseph Cox @josephfcox]

New from 404 Media: Inside the Face Fraud Factory. How are some criminals bypassing selfie verification checks? By buying videos of real people turning their heads left and right. Rare insight into a part of fraud: the people who give up their faces https://t.co/3vjw2EOupi

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

You know you’re tired when you start asking baristas if the drink is “pre-sugared” instead of unsweetened.

[Richard Tofel @dicktofel]

The new team running WaPo for 2024 was together at the WSJ from 2014-20, while that for 2025 reunites a partnership at the Sunday Times of London from 2002-05 and the Telegraph from 2007-10.
Thats a fascinating set of old boy networks, but hardly a history of major innovation.

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

It is with the deepest sadness, profound respect and a huge sense of loss that I share our obituary for @marshallallen. It truly captures what made Marshall so special.

Marshall Allen, former ProPublica Health Care Reporter, Dies at 52 https://t.co/qObIUkZZFl

[Lois Beckett @loisbeckett]

.@marshallallen is the only person I know who started with a theology degree, then became an investigative journalist.

He had a powerful perspective on what it meant to do accountability journalism as a Christian.

His death is such a loss for us all:
https://t.co/hRCnVhSYIC

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

.@marshallallen was endlessly curious about the health care system and why things were the way they were. And "Just because" was NEVER an answer that satisfied him. That curiosity led him to some very memorable stories.

[Ariana Tobin @Ariana_Tobin]

.@marshallallen did engagement reporting before there was a name for it. He helped so, so many people. I keep a copy of his book on my desk for inspiration. I should have told him that.

If you’d like to support his family, you can donate here:
https://t.co/EOSv2WPm9W

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

One thing @marshallallen was always proud of. Despite how much criticism Surgeon Scorecard got, we never had to issue a single correction. And boy did a lot of people try to challenge the data.

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Did I mention it was controversial!! It was! Many people criticized it but the team's work showed that data on surgeon quality was available and patients deserved to have it. Taking on something this big took a lot of courage. https://t.co/c2ro4mQGn4 RIP Marshall!

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

One of the traits I most associate with @marshallallen is courage. When he and @olgapierce and @sisiwei teamed up to create the Surgeon Scorecard, it was a controversial and ambitious undertaking: To rate surgeons on their outcomes for elective procedures.