Lauren Kirchner
Lauren Kirchner was a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica.
Lauren Kirchner was a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica. She has covered digital security and press freedom issues for the Columbia Journalism Review, and crime and criminal justice for Pacific Standard magazine. She began her journalism career at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. She has a B.A. in philosophy from Wesleyan University, and an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she received the Louis Winnick Prize for reporting and a Pulitzer Travel Fellowship.
Your Smart Home Knows a Lot About You
A data scientist’s experiment reveals surprising information about interconnected smart devices.
When Big Data Becomes Bad Data
Corporations are increasingly relying on algorithms to make business decisions and that raises new legal questions.
The Best Defense Is Good Offense: DOJ Challenges Local Public Defense Programs
Court filings bring national attention to local funding issues.
What You Need to Know About the Water Crisis in the West
What led to the West's historic water crisis? What can be done to preserve the Colorado River? ProPublica explores the situation, at a glance.
Killing the Colorado: Explore the River
How the Colorado was turned into a giant plumbing system.