Ashley Clarke

Audience Engagement Editor @publicintegrity
|#MerrillMade |UMD 19 🐢| Former: @nbcwashington, @CNSmd, @streetsensedc

[Ashley Clarke @Ash__tag__]

Gotta cross my T's and dot my I's or I can't sleep well👩🏽‍🎓🍾✨

[WABJ - Washington Association of Black Journalists @WABJDC]

Join us in congratulating our newly elected executive board members for the 2025-2026 term.

Our incoming board represents a range of experience in media, strategic communications and seasoned leadership. We are excited for the great things this group will accomplish together.

[Aaron Mendelson @a_mendelson]

Should be a great event! I'll be talking about the reporting I did at @publicintegrity about attacks on voter registration efforts

[Matt DeRienzo @mattderienzo]

So proud to see the 3rd season of @publicintegrity 's podcast, "The Heist," repeat with an @NABJ award for Best Interactive Feature! https://t.co/z4DPJNW3y2

Listen to @aprilleticia's powerful account of Black farmers' treatment by the federal government: https://t.co/9W1w7MmS6N

[Sidney Hillman Foundation @SidneyHillman]

The July Sidney Award goes to @publicintegrity, @MotherJones, and @reveal for uncovering exciting new evidence of the US's first attempt at reparations for slavery, the betrayal that followed, and the wounds that endure: https://t.co/6ESkuYX0uH

[Ida B. Wells Society @IBWellsSociety]

40 acres in the development are worth $20 million. The land's history is largely absent. Journalists at the @publicintegrity have unearthed records that prove that dozens of freed people had, and lost, titles to tracts at what’s now The Landings.
https://t.co/krY1ck39az

[Ida B. Wells Society @IBWellsSociety]

Over a more than two-year investigation, @publicintegrity unearthed thousands of records. They found more than 1,200 formerly enslaved people who were given land by the federal government through the field orders – and then saw that land taken away.
https://t.co/2MjJw4iUCx

[Baltimore Beat @baltbeat]

Reporters compiled Reconstruction-era documents to identify 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans given land—only to have it returned to their enslavers. Important reporting from  @publicintegrity, @reveal, and @irworkshop. https://t.co/qohslVsUG7

[Reveal @reveal]

This Juneteenth, listen to the first of our three-part series with @publicintegrity uncovering the hidden history of 40 Acres and a Mule, the reparation that wasn't, and the wealth gap that remains https://t.co/35H79q3r2B

[Alexia Fernández Campbell @AlexiaCampbell]

It’s here! In this episode, ⁦@aprilleticia⁩ & @nadzhamz take us to a plantation in SC that was granted to former slaves. They talk to descendants of a freedman whose 40 acres were revoked & to descendants of his enslaver.
https://t.co/HUTKWBaUK5 https://t.co/HUTKWBaUK5

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

"I know this is sacred land here cause it's my ancestors and I feel it.”

We identified 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were given land under 40 Acres and a Mule—only to see it returned to enslavers.

🎧 part 1/3 @reveal @publicintegrity: https://t.co/NlIkZwACDh

[Word In Black @WordInBlack]

"40 Acres and a Lie" tells the true story of "40 acres and a mule," and how it failed Black Americans. "We hope this investigation is just the beginning of a larger effort to tell the stories of people forgotten by history," says @publicintegrity.

https://t.co/eRmgfR2AwY

[Reveal @reveal]

40 Acres and a Mule wasn’t just a broken promise. It was a betrayal of Black Americans that has fueled a racial wealth gap that continues today.

This week on Reveal, the first in our three-part series with @publicintegrity: 40 Acres and a Lie.

https://t.co/35H79q3r2B

[Alexia Fernández Campbell @AlexiaCampbell]

We just published our "40 Acres and a Lie" series. Please check it out. You will find great reporting by me & @aprilleticia @pratheekrebala @WesleyLowery & @nadzhamz . (More stories coming next week) https://t.co/qmGQ4lesfm

[April Simpson @aprilleticia]

Coming soon! A very special project by @publicintegrity and @reveal.

[Reveal @reveal]

On June 15th, we are launching an extraordinary new three-part series exploring the lesser-known legacy of America's biggest effort at reparations so far: 40 acres and a mule

Listen to our preview here:https://t.co/YChtqCykaJ

[Alexia Fernández Campbell @AlexiaCampbell]

The trailer to our 3-part series with @reveal just dropped! Stay tuned https://t.co/QX9Kv89u2l

[Matt DeRienzo @mattderienzo]

So happy to see @amydipierro and @C_C_Mitchell recognized with the @EdWriters award for Investigative and Public Service reporting! "Unhoused and Undercounted" proved that school districts across the country are failing to identify and serve unhoused kids. https://t.co/FoyTQXH4dS

[Jennifer LaFleur @j_la28]

Hire @a_mendelson before someone else snaps him up. A talented journalist who also is a great colleague.

[COSH Network @NationalCOSH]

We have been sending trainers to disaster relief efforts for YEARS so we're happy to see this comprehensive report telling these workers' stories 🙏🏽 @publicintegrity @fuhinvestigates @columbiajourn @latinousa

[Ashley Clarke @Ash__tag__]

I had the best colleagues at @publicintegrity! @j_la28, @jsmithhopkins & @WatchdogDiva are the kind of editors you want in your newsroom. They are amazing editors because they care about the work AND the people producing it.

[Jennifer LaFleur @j_la28]

In case I fail to do this later ❤️Thank you, Jamie, Mc Nelly, Janeen, Lisa, Matt, Kayla, Joe, Pratheek, Amy, Janelle, Jovi, Peter, Ashley, Vanessa, Charlie, Ileana, Sophie, Carrie, Aaron, April, Alexia, Corey, Kristian, Maya, Maria Inés, Yvette, Elaina, Shane, Andrea, Kris