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.
Trump Voter Fraud Commission Is Sued — By One of Its Own Commissioners
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap alleges the group’s leadership is violating transparency laws and has excluded him from deliberations.
The Voter Fraud Commission Wants Your Data — But Experts Say They Can’t Keep It Safe
Newly revealed records show sloppy practices that could put millions of people’s information at risk.
The Breakthrough: Curiosity Drove Her to Call 1,000 People
BuzzFeed’s Rosalind Adams set out to learn why America’s largest psychiatric hospital chain was under investigation. Source by source, she built a case that Universal Health Services was locking up people for profit.
Conflict Mounts Inside Voting Fraud Commission in the Wake of Child Porn Arrest
Two commissioners say they were in the dark not only about the arrest of a researcher for the commission — but also about the fact that he was working there in the first place.
Who’s Really in Charge of the Voting Fraud Commission?
Newly released email data shows two Republican not-yet-members potentially influencing a controversial letter — even as a Democratic member claims he was largely excluded from the process.
Texas Official After Harvey: The ‘Red Cross Was Not There’
Once again, there were appeals for donations to the Red Cross. And once again, local officials are saying the charity hasn’t delivered.
State Audit Slams New York’s Oversight of Nurses
Echoing the findings of a 2016 ProPublica investigation, New York’s comptroller says the state does not investigate complaints swiftly and lets nurses with criminal records retain their licenses.
Experts Say the Use of Private Email by Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Isn’t Legal
Instructions have been lacking, says one commissioner — a sharp contrast with similar groups in the past.
The Breakthrough: Behind the Scenes of Hillary Clinton’s Failed Bid for President
Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes didn’t know their book would be called ‘Shattered,’ or that their extraordinary access would let them chronicle the mounting signs of a doomed campaign.
The Breakthrough: How a Small News Outlet Brought Down the State Hero
VTDigger’s Anne Galloway was suspicious the moment she heard about a too-good-to-be-true development. She didn’t know how right she was.