Almost a year ago now, I spotted a crop of lawsuits filed against the gunmaker SIG Sauer from people who claimed the company’s flagship pistol — the P320 — had fired on them when they didn’t pull its trigger.

Some of the injuries were gruesome.

Please consider supporting the great work of my colleagues at The Trace this #GivingTuesday .

Every dollar counts — and directly funds essential investigative journalism.

checkout.fundjournalism.org/memberform?org…

More Capital B jobs! In our Atlanta newsroom, we're hiring a reporter to cover criminal justice for Black audiences in Atlanta. We're looking for someone who understands the major issues, people, ideas, and themes driving the beat in the region. capitalbnews.org/atlanta-crimin…

I’m always fascinated by the narratives we tell ourselves about why gun violence persists. For years, Chicago officials have blamed gangs.

There’s just one thing — the city’s own police data doesn’t back it up.

My latest + final piece for The Trace

thetrace.org/2021/08/chicag…

~Some News~

Capital B, the non-profit news organization launched by Lauren Williams and @KO_616 for Black communities throughout the U.S., has announced its first local newsroom will be in Atlanta.

I'm thrilled to work with them as the Editor-at-Large for the ATL newsroom.

We're hiring a data editor — please RT/apply! thetrace.org/2021/07/the-tr…

I spent the past year being pulled away from and returning to this story, which snowballed from a conversation I had with a man in Milwaukee last April. It’s about his struggle to stay free after stealing a jacket at 13. thetrace.org/2021/07/incarc…

👏👏👏👏👏👏

Here's our sweeping investigation into ATF inspections of gun shops. Took more than a year for these docs to see the light of day, and another year for us to analyze and report all 2,000 shops - bit.ly/2SzQoAR 1/

We join The Trace today in a deep look at the ATF’s failure to punish wayward gun sellers. Before our story landed, the gun industry lobby got a jumpstart, accusing us of repeatedly seeking their comment. Guilty of that and of including their perspective. usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

.mike spies broke open the story of the NRA's financial corruption. Now he's unearthed a video that shows Wayne LaPierre is a bad shot — even when the target is the largest land mammal on earth. In partnership with The New Yorker thetrace.org/2021/04/nra-wa…

Glad The New York Times wrote about this issue. The article cites health officials as first noticing the suicide trends among Black residents in Chicago — but that's incorrect.

Officials didn't know about the issue until I showed them the data proving it.

nytimes.com/2021/04/15/hea…

SCOOP: It's nice out. Go to a park.

🗣️Hear me and talk about #violence , #guns , and #journalism tomorrow at our virtual summit via The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma & CJR

Imma keep it 💯. Because its time we start talking for real real.

.The Trace is #1 at being routinely denied #FOIA by the ATF HQ

Thanks for being a law enforcement agency that routinely disregards federal law, and hides from transparency requirements.

Happy #foiafriday
#iwantmyfoias

Highly recommend building big things with your friends Lauren Williams.

niemanlab.org/2021/03/black-…

Received a #FOIA back today from something I requested from ATF HQ in December, 2015. Congrats to me for putting that 1st grade-aged-child to bed.

Just posted--> Gun groups' success blocking local firearm controls leaves towns desperate to stop massacres usatoday.com/story/news/inv… via @usatoday + Brian Freskos at The Trace

My colleague champe barton & I are working on a story related to this. I'm hoping to speak w/ survivors & families affected by mass shootings in Chicago. I take interviews about trauma seriously & conduct them with sensitivity. Know anyone I should talk with? DM or comment below

When I first reported on the shocking rise in Black suicides, the response was huge. Cook County leaders pledged to do better, Chicago said some things were in the works.

It’s been six months — and mostly radio silence.

Co-published w/ Chicago Sun-Times

thetrace.org/2021/02/chicag…