Danielle Dawson

reporter @investigatewest via @report4america. @columbiajourn & @ucirvine alum. oxford comma stan. all views are my own. she/her.

[Danielle Dawson @dawsondaniellee]

Wrapping up my first week in Oregon reporting for @InvestigateWest by way of @Report4America, so I feel like it is as good a time as any to put the bat signal out for story tips!

Got an idea? Reach me at [email protected] and stay tuned for my first story (eep)

[CSPAN @cspan]

Islamic Center of San Diego Director Taha Hassane, after shooting incident at mosque: "It is extremely outrageous to target a place of worship. Our Islamic Center is a place of worship…This is something that we have never expected."

[rich @rich_roberts]

tfw it’s your 13th birthday and your parents suggest Cafe Coyote

[Ivan Burgueno @IvanBurgueno_]

The 2026 San Diego Padres have more sellouts (5) than hits with RISP (4).

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

For a year now, I’ve been documenting how U.S. citizens are getting caught up in immigration enforcement operations.

But American children are increasingly collateral damage in the government’s campaign for mass deportations l
https://t.co/Kp1WQzzBEJ

[Jose Antonio Vargas @joseiswriting]

"Nearly five years."

Investigative journalism takes years and years. The investment is immense, and always worth it, and, in the era of "hot takes" and ephemeral "content," rigorously reported journalistic work is needed more than ever. We must keep supporting investigative journalism.

From @mannyNYT, lead reporter of the blockbuster piece on Cesar Chavez ⤵️

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

Hello! I’m the reporter who has been tracking citizens detained by immigration agents. And last night, I noticed something: A lot of them were at the State of the Union, including a number of whom I’ve written about.

Their stories should be known:

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

beyond the horrifying idea of outsourcing your creative critical thinking to the machines...I learned how to write like a journalist by writing up the late night council meetings, car crashes, fires, the supposedly small stories

Writing is a muscle you must exercise to improve

[David J. Lynch @davidjlynch]

“By removing writing from reporters’ workloads” — WTF?

[InvestigateWest @investigatewest]

We analyzed a decade's worth of cases from a Washington teacher misconduct database and found 46% involved sexual misconduct. But the records available in a public-facing database are limited, and shroud details of some of the most troubling cases. https://t.co/8aCAW6ahjz

[Akela Lacy @akela_lacy]

Google handed ICE a student journalist’s bank and credit card numbers https://t.co/lUb3NefrxY by @jessica_m_wash

[Dennis Goris | Cartoons @DennisGoris]

Good night. #washingtonpost

[gwen howerton @kissphoria]

i'm always in awe to find out that local, tiny newspapers, not big outlets, used to have international bureaus and dedicated film critics and in-depth investments in arts coverage.

[Ashley Parker @AshleyRParker]

I arrived at The Post during a personal and professional nadir. But they welcomed me into their merry band of misfits, and believed in me — so I started believing in myself, too.

My ode to what makes The Post so special. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹https://t.co/ySCoGDtxOU

[ProPublica @propublica]

ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
https://t.co/t26YC5jflk

[InvestigateWest @investigatewest]

A novel Oregon program provided one-on-one career coaching, job fairs and support for people about to leave prison. But the program could shut down next year because of the state's budget woes. Read the story, a collab w/ @boltsmag -
https://t.co/Zb9F2prM67

[InvestigateWest @investigatewest]

“The feds are saying one thing and the state is saying another thing, and that doesn’t work for me, the service provider, to be in compliance,” said Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell. “I’m out of compliance with one government or the other.” https://t.co/Vs7VAYlxXf

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: In the two months before Trump sent the National Guard to Portland, authorities announced criminal charges against only three protesters. On nights with conflict, it often came from police firing on, pepper-spraying or tackling protesters. https://t.co/wrkhcXZrgd

[Ryan Cohen @RyanCohen24]

me every time I land in San Diego

[Danielle Dawson @dawsondaniellee]

Read my latest👇

[InvestigateWest @investigatewest]

After the maternity ward in Baker City, Oregon closed in 2023, Teela Banister and her husband had to drive nearly an hour to get to a hospital with an obstetrics unit. She ended up giving birth in this car, about halfway to the hospital. https://t.co/zHZk8pZIPb

[Alden González @Alden_Gonzalez]

There are baseball towns, and then there’s San Diego.