On this episode we're joined by Maryam Jameel. Maryam is a graduate of Northwestern and an engagement reporter for ProPublica focused on workers' rights, occupational safety, immigration, and the federal government.
Being an engagement reporter means both connecting with your audience and connecting with sources and Marayam is working on a campaign featuring ads on D.C. Metro cars encouraging federal workers to share their stories.
This follows a campaign that ProPublica did with a truck traveling around Washington D.C. also encouraging workers to call.
We talk to her about writing, sourcing, and her approach to stories.
Maryam's salute: Reporters covering the war and atrocities in Gaza
Helpful links:
More on the way ProPublica is finding sources
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/propublica-wanted-to-find-more-sources-in-the-federal-government-so-it-brought-a-truck/
Our interview with her reporting colleague, Melissa Sanchez
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melissa-sanchez-pro-publica/id1526063503?i=1000615807775
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