Logan Jaffe
Logan Jaffe is a reporter for newsletters at ProPublica.
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Logan Jaffe is a reporter for newsletters at ProPublica. She came to ProPublica by way of The New York Times and Chicago Public Media (WBEZ). She was the multimedia producer for WBEZ's Curious City, a journalism project fueled by audience questions about Chicago, and previously an embedded mediamaker with The New York Times' Race/Related newsletter in collaboration with the documentary showcase POV, in which she reported and produced an audience-driven project confronting the pervasiveness of racism through everyday objects. She was also a producer with The NYTimes' Daily 360 project. In Chicago, she was a recipient of Chicago Filmmakers' Digital Media Production Fund for "Battle Flag," an interactive documentary which questions the meaning of the Confederate battle flag in America.
“How in 2019 Do We Not Have Enough Spanish-Speaking Caseworkers?”
Lawmakers respond to DCFS’s repeated violations of a court order to provide Spanish-speaking services to Spanish-speaking families.
Tuberculosis. Chicken Pox. Traumatized: 5 Updates on Immigrant Youth Shelters in Illinois.
A growing number of children are arriving traumatized and sick after spending a week or longer in dirty and overcrowded U.S. Border Patrol facilities.
How Chicago, a Hospital and Private Companies Make Money Off the Poor
Three stories about debt, bankruptcy and the institutions that perpetuate them.
How to Clean Up the “Hot Mess” That Is Chicago’s Ticketing and Debt Collection Practices — According to a City Task Force
Here’s what the task force is recommending for initial reform.
Let’s Break Down Some Numbers in Illinois’ New Gambling Expansion Bill
Big numbers reflect big legislation — one that got pushed through at the last minute, with little debate or analysis.
Of Course This Happened in Illinois. Why Wouldn’t It?
Lawmakers are making money from video gambling operators. A vote on gambling expansion may happen Friday.
Losing Aldermanic Privilege, and How Unprepared Illinois Is for the Next Recession
Plus, an unsurprising we-told-you-so on Cook County property taxes, and a plea from Rockford.
Three Ways Chicago’s City Council Keeps Its Committees Out of the Public Eye
And has thwarted efforts to increase transparency, too.
Why Do Journalists Describe What Story Subjects Look Like?
Do those descriptions help readers? Or do they reveal our biases?
Zero Tolerance: Inside the Secretive Network of Immigrant Youth Shelters in Illinois
Here is all of ProPublica Illinois’ local reporting on the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.