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Charles Ornstein
@charlesornstein
Managing editor/local at @ProPublica, past prez of @ahcj, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org Tweets are my own.
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Jan 11 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Holy cow! This has been an extraordinary week of impact for @propublica and our journalists. I wanted to take a moment to share the power of accountability journalism to make a difference. Here we go! WHAT WE REPORTED: Last Sunday, we partnered with @ctmirror to report on how Connecticut allows tow companies to sell people’s cars after just 15 days, the shortest window in the country. propublica.org/article/connec…
Jan 2, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Last week, @propublica published some great journalism you won't want to miss!

1. The Remains of Thousands of Native Americans Were Returned to Tribes in 2023 propublica.org/article/repatr… 2. Reports Analyzing the Police Response to a Mass Shooting Can Leave Unanswered Questions — if They’re Released at All propublica.org/article/police…
Oct 2, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
It's Monday morning and there's no better time to talk about the massive leaps forward our Nonprofit Explorer tool has made recently! 🎉 1/x projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
Image Nonprofit Explorer lets you look through nearly 18 million tax filings from 1.8 million active nonprofits. There's no paywall. No fee. It's freeeeee! projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
Nov 8, 2022 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
On this Election Day, I'm reminded of the barriers some people face to vote and the challenges election administrators face to do their jobs. A 🧵about some recent @propublica stories: @propublica For Helping Voters Who Can’t Read, She’s Been Criminally Charged — Twice. That Hasn’t Stopped Her. propublica.org/article/voting… by @mrodpons @AliyyaSwaby @AnnieWaldman
Jan 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: @propublica has just launched one of the most ambitious projects we have ever undertaken: What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol… Scroll through more than 500 videos organized by time and location. HOW AND WHY: Why We Published More Than 500 Videos Taken by Parler Users of the Capitol Riot propublica.org/article/why-we… by @kleinmatic and @jeffykao
Dec 30, 2020 • 16 tweets • 12 min read
A thread. 🧵As the year draws to a close, it’s always fun to look back at the impact our work @propublica has produced. This year has been a particularly tough year but I’m truly amazed by the work of my colleagues. 10 examples of impact: 1) The Trump administration backed out of a $647 million ventilator deal after @propublica investigated the price. Amazing job by @sheinvestigates, Sebastian Rotella and @Tim_Golden_.

Original story: propublica.org/article/taxpay…

Impact: propublica.org/article/the-tr….
Dec 19, 2020 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
I'm proud to work at @propublica every day but the journalism we've published this past week is truly exceptional. If you'll indulge me for this 🧵... 1. Last year, Congress quietly passed a bill allowing thousands of Liberian immigrants to apply for green cards. But the Trump administration hardly made it easy, and now the application window is closing. by @DLind propublica.org/article/a-once…
Jul 11, 2020 • 21 tweets • 9 min read
After living through and reporting on COVID-19’s siege of New York and New Jersey, I held out hope that other regions of the country wouldn’t have to face the same horrors. But what's going on now in Houston looks disturbingly similar. Some observations 👇 1/ Houston (and Texas in general) didn’t really experience much COVID-19 in the spring. Hospitals delayed elective surgeries but the patients didn’t come. (graphic via @Covid19Tracking)
May 4, 2020 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
I’m so happy, I could scream!! 😱 😱 Our Local Reporting Network partner, @adndotcom, won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for our collaboration on Lawless, an examination of sexual violence in Alaska and why the problem isn’t getting better. 1/x This is a tremendous honor for @kylehopkinsAK and the entire village at @adndotcom and @propublica that poured their heart and soul into telling this important story. propublica.org/series/lawless 2/x
Apr 26, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
It's Sunday morning so now's as good a time as any for some COVID math. Follow along. 1/x NYC has 8.4 million people (source: census.gov/quickfacts/new…). If 21% have had COVID (as the governor said this week), that's 1.76 million people. 2/x
Mar 14, 2020 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Wanted to address a question I've heard repeatedly today after writing why I'm taking #COVID19 so seriously: Why should we be reacting this way to #COVID19 when H1N1 (swine flu) triggered far less panic in 2019? 1/x This has become a trope for @realDonaldTrump, a dangerous one--and it's responsible for resistance today to the important public health messages needed to #FlattenTheCurve. 2/x



Mar 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 6 min read
So, who should you be following on #COVID19? First, thanks for trusting me. Also: @ScottGottliebMD @ASlavitt @drJoshS @HelenBranswell @trvrb @mlipsitch @CarolineYLChen @DrTomFrieden @marynmck (and that truly is only a start.) So sorry for leaving folks out. Help me add to this. I will add to my own list: @MartyMakary
Mar 13, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Lots of questions this morning about mortality from #covid19. For my money, best place to look is China where we have a large denominator. This @JAMA_current summary tells us a lot. ja.ma/2U49cFK 1/x Let's start with spectrum of disease. Looking at 44,415 cases, here's the breakdown:
Mild: 81% (36 160 cases)
Severe: 14% (6168 cases)
Critical: 5% (2087 cases)

So yes, most folks are going to be OK. Look at @tomhanks and @RitaWilson. 2/x
Mar 13, 2020 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
I've heard a lot from some folks (both online and by phone) that concern about #covid19 is overblown because the vast majority of folks who get it recover after feeling crappy for a few days. While this is true for many/most, it misses the big picture. 1/x First, as Dr. Fauci and others have said, #covid19 is deadlier than the flu. Far deadlier. It's deadlier for young adults. Its deadlier for older adults. 10 times deadlier. This chart from @businessinsider shows this. businessinsider.com/coronavirus-co…
Mar 11, 2020 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Obviously, the minute-by-minute news about #COVID19 can feel overwhelming, but it's worth taking a half step back to recognize some of the excellent investigative and enterprise journalism that has taken place in the past few days. 1/x The @nytimes has a stunning piece about how delays in testing set back the U.S. government response to #COVID19 nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/… 2/x
Dec 30, 2019 • 7 tweets • 10 min read
For those on vacation, our Local Reporting Network had some incredible pieces last week!

@beecycles How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled propublica.org/article/how-oi…
1/ @beecycles .@pohl_jason and @ryangabrielson California Gave Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Improve Jails. But That’s Not How These Sheriffs Are Spending It. propublica.org/article/califo…
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Dec 20, 2019 • 26 tweets • 43 min read
1/ For 10 years, my colleagues and I have been dogged by one mammoth question:

Do doctors who receive a pharma payment linked to a particular drug prescribe more of that drug?

We finally have an answer. 👇👇 2/ The answer is a resounding yes, as my colleague @HannahFresques reported today. But the backstory of how we got here is actually really interesting.

propublica.org/article/doctor…
Sep 10, 2019 • 15 tweets • 35 min read
Let's take a stroll through the past few weeks alone to explore the pervasive and harmful effects of hospitals suing poor people over medical bills. 1/x .@wendi_c_thomas @MLK50Memphis @propublica wrote about how @MethodistHlth in Memphis sued thousands of poor people, including its own workers, and garnished their wages. propublica.org/article/method… 2/x
Nov 16, 2018 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
EXPLOSIVE new story from @bykenarmstrong and @jcsheckler: Nearly all the officers in charge of an Indiana police department have been disciplined — including the chief who keeps promoting them propublica.org/article/nearly… UNREAL. Of the 34 police supervisors in Elkhart, Indiana:
*28 have been disciplined
*15 have been suspended
*7 have been involved in fatal shootings
*3 have been criminally convicted.
propublica.org/article/nearly…
May 16, 2018 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
1/ Last summer I got a tip that there was something seriously wrong at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, one of the most famous heart transplant programs in the country. I quickly brought in @mike_hixenbaugh and our story ran today: propublica.org/article/baylor… 2/ One of our first contacts was Judy Kveton, whose husband died after a heart transplant in 2017. She thought the hospital was one of the best; then she got an anonymous letter that rocked her world.
propublica.org/article/baylor… (photo by @egconley)