Jessica Huseman
Jessica Huseman was a reporter voting rights and election administration for ProPublica.
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Jessica Huseman covered voting rights and election administration for ProPublica. She was the lead reporter for ProPublica’s Electionland project, which helps hundreds of newsrooms across the United States cover ballot access issues in real time. The project has won awards from the Online News Association, the Global Editors Network and the Society for Professional Journalists.
Prior to covering elections, she covered health and education issues, especially those impacting children. A freelance piece she co-authored for ProPublica on nursing regulations sparked a bill in the New York Legislature that would provide additional oversight for nurses who have committed crimes or harmed patients.
She graduated with honors from the Stabile Program in Investigative Journalism at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was the recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and the Fred M. Hechinger Award for Distinguished Education Reporting. Prior to becoming a journalist, she was a high school history teacher and debate coach in Newark, New Jersey.
Our Rebuttal to Kris Kobach’s Critique
Press representatives for the Kansas gubernatorial candidate have disseminated charges that a ProPublica article about Kobach’s campaigns for anti-immigration ordinances is inaccurate and biased. We respond.
Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats
For years, the candidate for Kansas governor has defended towns that passed anti-immigration ordinances. The towns have lost big — but Kobach has fared considerably better.
How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested — and Utterly Failed
From a new Supreme Court ruling to a census question about citizenship, the campaign against illegal registration is thriving. But when the top proponent was challenged in a Kansas courtroom to prove that such fraud is rampant, the claims went up in smoke.
Covering the Midterms With Electionland 2018
We’re relaunching the Electionland project, which will cover voting in the upcoming congressional elections.
Houston-Area Officials Approved a Plan for Handling a Natural Disaster — Then Ignored It
Harris County foresaw key risks, including a slow response from the Red Cross, but never implemented its strategy.
Trump’s Chosen: Who Made It Through A Year In The Whirlwind?
As the first anniversary of the inauguration approaches, we revisit the roster of Cabinet members and key advisors. Who’s in? Who’s gone? Who’s taking flak from the president?
A Short History of the Brief and Bumpy Life of the Voting Fraud Commission
It never made it to its third meeting, but the friction — and the lawsuits — live on.
Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Gone, But Scrutiny Will Continue
The president dissolved the commission and indicated that the Department of Homeland Security will continue its mission. Experts say DHS won’t achieve the results he wants — and critics won’t back down.
The Breakthrough: Used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ by the U.S. Military, Then Discarded
During World War II, the government subjected thousands of troops to mustard gas tests — and kept it a secret. More than 60 years later, an NPR reporter and researcher helped the men get justice.
The Breakthrough: How Journalists in the Virgin Islands Covered the Disaster Happening to Them
Hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed the Virgin Islands within days of each other, leaving almost everyone without power, internet or phones. Still, The Virgin Islands Daily News pressed on.