Andrea Wise
I am ProPublica’s visual strategy editor. I edit and art direct photography, illustration and other forms of visual storytelling.
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As ProPublica’s visual strategy editor, I edit visuals for stories and also develop systems and processes that help our visual teams do their best work. I also co-founded Diversify Photo, a nonprofit organization that supports the work of photographers, editors and visual producers from underrepresented groups in the global visual media landscape.
Before joining ProPublica as a visuals editor in 2021, I was a photo editor at National Geographic and have also photo edited for Newsweek, The Intercept and BuzzFeed News. I studied studio art at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and then started my career as a photojournalist working for newspapers including The New York Times, the Hartford Courant and the Victoria Advocate. I discovered my love of editing in grad school at Syracuse University.
Operation Fox Hunt
China sends covert teams abroad to bring back people accused — justifiably or not — of financial crimes. One New Jersey family was stalked as part of a global campaign that takes families hostage and pressures immigrants to serve as spies.
A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year
A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.
Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History
They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn’t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves.
The Broken Front Line
As the winter’s surge of coronavirus cases overwhelmed Los Angeles hospitals, EMTs like Michael Diaz were forced to take previously unthinkable measures. What lasting impact will the pandemic have on America’s first responders?
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers
In Hobbs, New Mexico, the high school closed and football was cancelled, while just across the state line in Texas, students seemed to be living nearly normal lives. Here’s how pandemic school closures exact their emotional toll on young people.