Tarak Shah

data scientist at human rights data analysis group (@hrdag). he/they

[Left in the Bay @leftinthebay]

34 years ago, May 24 1990, a pipe bomb exploded in Earth First! and IWW organizer Judi Bari's station wagon as she drove through Oakland with her comrade Darryl Cherney, injuring both passengers. Authorities unsuccessfully attempted to pin the bombing on the activists themselves

[Chris Hacker @chrishnews]

I dug through over 10,000 pages of internal police records to report this story over the last 2 years.

US police departments quietly sell untold numbers of their used guns. Thousands of those guns have turned up at crime scenes.

https://t.co/lZ7PuiWZfD

Some details🧵

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

The incredible @sarahanneconway and @trinattrill bring home THE BIG ONE! 🏆 Can't think of two more deserving reporters -- tenacious, compassionate, a joy to work with. "We don't do it for the awards" is almost a cliché at this point but it is TRUE, so let me share a lil more...

[Bettina Chang @bechang8]

This right here!! Using AI to make investigations MORE human and participatory … “We must make it our business to bring people to the future with us,” Reynolds-Tyler said of AI adoption in investigative reporting. @trinattrill

[HRDAG @hrdag]

The most incredible news! Congratulations to long-term HRDAG partner @invinst and @trinattrill for @PulitzerPrizes in local reporting for their story on missing persons in Chicago!!
https://t.co/79JcnpaDKz

[Poynter @Poynter]

The #Pulitzer for Local Reporting is awarded to @sarahanneconway of @city_bureau and trina reynolds-tyler of @invinst, for their investigative series on missing Black girls and women in Chicago that revealed how systemic racism and police department neglect contributed to the crisis.

[Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) @alexhanna]

If you haven't watched Trina and Tarek's keynote from #FAccT2023, run, don't walk -- https://t.co/XCvgiPVxP3

[Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) @alexhanna]

Incredible congrats to Trina Reynolds-Tyler and the @invinst !!!!

[The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes]

@hannahdreier @nytimes @stillsarita @NewYorker Congratulations to @sarahanneconway, Trina Reynolds-Tyler, @city_bureau and @invinst. #Pulitzer

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

✨ We are incredibly proud to share that City Bureau Senior Reporter @sarahanneconway and @invinst Data Director Trina Reynolds-Tyler have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their investigation “Missing in Chicago! https://t.co/ZthOC1Ubvp

[Sarah Conway @sarahanneconway]

It was an honor to report Missing In Chicago, now a @PulitzerPrizes winning story, with @trinattrill, and for the families and loves ones

Read the series here:
https://t.co/27FlWExGRV

Pulitzer Prize: https://t.co/KPGES6i6D1

@city_bureau
@invinst

[Brooke Watson Madubuonwu @brookLYNevery1]

we're hiring a social science fellow for voting rights at the ACLU! https://t.co/l8oA08RkA1

[tru_trill @trinattrill]

Do your homework! Check out our series on missing and murdered Chicago women and girls.

[Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) @alexhanna]

Mechanical Turk Workers have been suspended from the Amazon MTurk platform, for no reason. We are fighting Amazon to get them reinstated.

In the meantime, please contribute to the mutual aid fund:
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: @Alex-Hanna-14

[Logic(s) @logic_magazine]

ONLINE NOW: A groundbreaking report with @ACLU using exclusive access to data from the Allegheny Family Screening Tool—a pioneering pilot for predictive risk modeling in the family policing context.

https://t.co/Vxj7B6H6eo

[HRDAG @hrdag]

Congratulations to Maria Gargiulo, María Juliana Durán, Paula Amado, and Patrick Ball on their article in The Journal of Open Source Software! verdata: An R package for analyzing data from the
Truth Commission in Colombia
https://t.co/THPuqM6LV0
@JOSS_TheOJ @thegargiulian

[Lizar_tistry @lizar_tistry]

As a transracial/intercountry adopted person, I’ve been trying to navigate how I relate to the SCOTUS leak and the #domesticinfantsupply language. Reading a variety of responses has helped, including this convo interview btwn @MsKellyMHayes and @DorothyERoberts, plus more below.

[The Oaklandside @Oaklandside]

Oakland City Council calls for Gaza ceasefire after weeks of protests » Click the image to read the story https://t.co/IQmEABq0YA