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Krista Kjellman Schmidt

Krista Kjellman Schmidt was ProPublica's deputy editor of news applications.

Krista Kjellman Schmidt was deputy editor of news applications at ProPublica. Her work has been honored with the Online News Associationâs Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, the Overseas Press Clubâs general excellence award for online news coverage, the Online News Associationâs general excellence award and an IRE Award. Before joining ProPublica, Krista was an associate producer in the investigative unit of ABC News for almost three years. The Blotter, the investigative unitâs webpage on which she played a key role, was honored with the Online News Association Award for investigative journalism, a George Foster Peabody Award and an IRE Award during that period.

Finding Oscar

The Faces of Dos Erres

by Sebastian Rotella and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Finding Oscar

Timeline: The Dos Erres Massacre and the Hunt for Oscar

by Krista Kjellman Schmidt and Sebastian Rotella,

Finding Oscar

Slideshow: Oscar's Story

by Sebastian Rotella and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Presidential Pardons

Document Dive: Politicians and Pardons

by Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Presidential Pardons

Timeline: A History of Pardons

by Robin Respaut, Al Shaw and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Presidential Pardons

Parsing Presidential Pardons

by Jennifer LaFleur and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

This Week’s Top MuckReads: Soldiers’ Suicides, Big Bailouts and More …

This week's top 10 must-read stories from MuckReads, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism.

by Amanda Michel and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Post Mortem

Document Timeline: The Case of Ernie Lopez

by Krista Kjellman Schmidt, A.C. Thompson and Chisun Lee,

Brain Wars

Timeline: How One Blast Affected Five Soldiers

by T. Christian Miller, Al Shaw, Jeff Larson and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Post Mortem

Autopsies in the U.S.A.

ProPublica, in partnership with PBS "Frontline" and NPR, surveyed almost 70 of the largest coroner and medical examiner systems in the U.S.

by Krista Kjellman Schmidt,