Abby Pender

correspondent tracing geopolitics across the Americas currently @InSightCrime | prev @theobserver, @theintercept, @dailytarheel | @unchussman alumna

[InSight Crime @InSightCrime]

🎙️The InSight Crime Podcast is back. Most podcasts about organized crime begin with a kingpin. Ours don't. 
Season 2 returns with new reporting from across Latin America, bringing you closer to the people and stories behind our investigations.
https://t.co/PiberaV7B9

[InSight Crime Español @InSightCrime_es]

La tercera temporada de Euphoria muestra cómo OnlyFans se ve envuelto en casos de blanqueo de dinero y redes criminales. ¿Es eso cierto? Lea nuestro análisis: https://t.co/5bb7e848wD

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

With U.S.–Venezuela tensions escalating, I spent last weekend on the Colombia–Venezuela border.

Read my human-centered reporting for @timkmak on how the conflict is impacting real people in the region.

https://t.co/aVXeESlPct

[Korie Dean @koriedean]

NEW from @VirginiaBridges and me: UNC-Chapel Hill will pay the family of professor Zijie Yan a $750,000 settlement in a wrongful death claim against the university. Yan was killed in his office during the 2023 campus shooting. https://t.co/WcfSfcia5D

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

Officials promise students @CharMeckSchools won't be affected by budget cuts following the federal freeze.

The district will see the largest funding loss in NC.

Read what administrators said yesterday: https://t.co/8nb54A29fI

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

NC public schools are facing a potential $135 million loss after @realDonaldTrump froze billions in federal education dollars.

@JeffJacksonNC is suing to get the money released. It's unclear when a hearing could occur.

Catch up in my latest: https://t.co/kmKf4mO8vc

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

At a press event with @JeffJacksonNC yesterday, former @CityofGastonia DA Locke Bell joked the AG must’ve loved taking photos with such “good looking women”—referring to local teachers.

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

I'm days away from moving to Bogotá! I'll be teaching @UNALOficial and reporting as a @FulbrightCol scholar. Have a story tip or café de especialidad recommendation? DM me!

[UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media @UNCHussman]

🎉 Congratulations to UNC Hussman Professor Tori Ekstrand and recent graduate Abby Pender on earning 2025–26 Fulbright Scholar Awards! Learn more about their upcoming global work and impact: https://t.co/gNtHpvFK6f

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

On the last day of school, @CharMeckSchools and @unccharlotte closed an elementary school, shocking teachers and families.
https://t.co/zGTY5kMn5v

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

"We now will suffer with the same eyesore just because a company wants to look like a big deal."

Something we were all thinking but didn't want to say... except for my desk mate.
https://t.co/H4vmBUtHZI

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

There are key differences, though both occurred despite disagreements from local officials. #ncpol https://t.co/biFne6Tkdk

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

My first day story for @theobserver as a metro intern reporting on politics and government accountability. My email is open for any news or tips! [email protected]. https://t.co/LA5tFdXvci

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

Former BOT members @NCStateAuditor and @NCTreasurer out-fundraised their incumbents by more than 500% with the help of their UNC System networks.

Read my piece for @dailytarheel Special Project's edition on the Board of Trustees.

https://t.co/9DZcsMLg1F

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

Months ago, @aishabee, the Special Projects team, and I decided to “remember, historicize, and reflect” on the UNC Board of Trustees’ recent actions.

Read our @dailytarheel column on SP’s special edition and grab a paper tomorrow!

https://t.co/UNb64JBVJ1

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

@_aishabee_ revealed that a select few in UNC's Undergraduate Senate engaged in "gerrymandering" through a "shadow government" in her latest for @dailytarheel. Excellent reporting from an excellent journalist.
https://t.co/rzRkJ4mPUZ

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

So well-deserved. You're amazing @_aishabee_ !

[ProPublica @propublica]

Meet @_aishabee_, @_amiramckee, @chaya_tong, @trinitywbass and @TerellWright2, our 2024 class of Emerging Reporters.

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

Mo Green will be NC's next Superintendent of Public Instruction. Engage with the talented @leodavidson23 's interactive voter map to see the distribution across NC @dailytarheel
https://t.co/93SLQYWDS1

[Abby Pender @abbypenderr]

Michele Morrow's former campaign manager was arrested Sunday for cyberstalking. @Independent referenced my @theintercept reporting in their coverage.

https://t.co/WPWwj9vZqJ

[The Intercept @theintercept]

No Experience, No Apologies: The Homeschooler Running for Superintendent https://t.co/viVCJWaNie by @abbypenderr, Ashley Santillan https://t.co/viVCJWaNie

[The Intercept @theintercept]

One of her top private donors is the founder of a charter school system, because of course. https://t.co/viVCJWaNie