Sisi Wei
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Sisi Wei is an investigative journalist, designer and developer at ProPublica, where she builds interactive stories that serve the public interest. Her work has ranged from investigating which U.S. colleges saddle students with debt to monitoring how often China blocks international news outlets. Sisi has won numerous Malofiej, SND Digital and ONA awards, the Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism, and the 2016 Data Journalism Award for Best Individual Portfolio. She has served as an adjunct professor at New York University, The New School and CUNY, and she is also the co-founder of Code with me, a high-impact, nonprofit workshop that teaches journalists how to code. Sisi previously worked at the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press.
Currently, Sisi is also researching and developing games for journalism. She has published multiple articles, teaches a course and gives talks on how to use games to tell stories. She has been cited many times in research and reports on the current state of newsgames.
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Tracking Evictions and Rent Stabilization in NYC
Dec. 15, 1:26 p.m.
Since 1994, the City Council and state legislature have gradually dismantled legal protections for New York City tenants, giving landlords an incentive to hike rents and evict lower-income tenants. We’ve mapped more than 450,000 New York City eviction cases filed between January 2013 and June 2015.Eight Times Agent Orange’s Biggest Defender Has Been Wrong or Misleading
Oct. 26, 8:58 a.m.
For decades, the government has relied on Alvin Young to advise it on herbicides. Here are some of his statements, and what others have said about them.Free Food and Networking: Apply For Our Diversity Mentorship Program at ONA
Aug. 15, 11:30 a.m.
ProPublica is proud to announce our second annual Diversity Mentorship Program at the Online News Association conference in Denver this year.What Percentage of Doctors at Your Hospital Take Drug, Device Payments?
June 29, 3:59 a.m.
Where a hospital is located makes a big difference in how many of its doctors take payments from drug and medical device companies. See how your state compares and look up your hospital.Learn Data, Design and Code for Journalism. Apply for ProPublica’s Summer Data Institute. It’s Free!
Jan. 15, 10:58 a.m.
ProPublica is proud to announce its first-ever Summer Data Institute, a free 10-day intensive workshop on how to use data, design and programming for journalism.We Blew $17 Billion in Afghanistan. How Would You Have Spent It?
Dec. 17, 2015, 11:03 a.m.
The U.S. government has wasted billions of dollars in Afghanistan, and until now, no one has added it all up. Project after project blundered ahead. And Congress has barely blinked as the financial toll has mounted. Here’s what the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found.Debt By Degrees
Nov. 3, 2015, 4:05 p.m.
Use our interactive database to search new federal data on almost 7,000 schools in the U.S. to see how well they support their poorest students financially.Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Student Debt at Your College
Oct. 13, 2015, 12:15 p.m.
Here are five stories you can do using ProPublica’s interactive database, Debt by Degrees. Each one comes complete with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.大学财源滚滚 学生负债累累
Sep. 29, 2015, 10:44 a.m.
ProPublica在分析了教育部最近公布的数据后，发现一些全美最有财力的大学让他们的贫困学生为学费背上沉重债务。Las universidades más ricas dejan a sus estudiantes más pobres con grandes deudas
Sep. 18, 2015, 4:41 p.m.
Un análisis de ProPublica utilizando nuevos datos del gobierno federal demuestra que algunas de las universidades más ricas del país dejan a sus estudiantes más necesitados con una deuda considerable.Colleges Flush With Cash Saddle Poorest Students With Debt
Sep. 12, 2015, 2:06 p.m.
A ProPublica analysis of newly available federal data shows that some of the nation’s wealthiest colleges are leaving their poorest students with plenty of debt.Free Food and Networking: Apply For Our Diversity Mentorship Program at ONA
Sep. 1, 2015, 12:45 p.m.
ProPublica and Mashable are proud to announce our first-ever Diversity Mentorship Program at the Online News Association conference in Los Angeles this year.Nonprofit Explorer
Aug. 18, 2015, 2:06 p.m.
We’ve updated our Nonprofit Explorer app with over 600,000 new tax filings from FY2013. Use the database to search over 1.8 million tax returns from tax-exempt organizations.Surgeon Scorecard
July 13, 2015, 11:20 p.m.
We calculated complication rates for surgeons performing one of eight elective procedures under Medicare, carefully adjusting for differences in patient health, age and hospital quality. Use this database to know more about a surgeon before your operation.Money as a Weapons System
May 15, 2015, 8 a.m.
How U.S. commanders spent $2 billion of petty cash in AfghanistanEmployers Complain of Rising Premiums, But Workers’ Comp Is at 25-Year Low
March 4, 2015, 5 a.m.
Despite the drumbeat of complaints about costs, employers are paying the lowest rates for workers’ compensation insurance than at any time in the past 25 years, even as the costs of health care have increased dramatically.Over 1,100 Health Data Breaches, but Few Fines
Feb. 27, 2015, 11:15 a.m.
Since October 2009, health care organizations and their business partners reported 1,142 large-scale data breaches, each affecting at least 500 people, to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Of those, seven breaches have resulted in fines.Internet Censorship in China: We’ll Sing it for You
Feb. 12, 2015, 4:31 p.m.
One Chinese government agency is so proud of how well they censor the Internet that they put their feelings to music.What’s Really Happening with China’s Great Firewall
Feb. 2, 2015, 12:40 p.m.
The Human Toll of Flashbangs
Jan. 12, 2015, 11 a.m.
At least 50 Americans have been seriously injured, maimed or killed by flashbangs since 2000. Here are their stories.Safeguard the public interest.
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