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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.

Post Mortem

About Our Autopsy Data

A Tale of Two Documents

On Oct. 8, we published an interactive comparing separate versions of the same court opinion in a lawsuit brought by a Gitmo detainee. Here's how we did it.

Key Deletions in the Uthman Trial Court Opinions

The Wall Street Money Machine

A Bank's Best Customer: Its Own CDOs

The Wall Street Money Machine

Chart: A Bank's Best Customers

In the last two years of the boom, CDOs created by one bank commonly purchased slices of other CDOs created by the same bank.

Photo of the Day: Slow Days at the Fish Market

Photo of the Day: Oil Spill's Effects Cast a Wide Net

Photo of the Day: Oiled Booms

Photo of the Day: Chocolate Pudding

Photo of the Day: Mired in Oil