Megan Rose
I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at ProPublica. Please reach out with tips and documents.
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What I Cover
My reporting involves exposing how regular Americans are harmed by abuses in the criminal justice system, the military and, recently, the regulation of health care. I investigate complex issues and spend significant time getting to know the people affected to tell in-depth, nuanced stories.
My Background
I’ve been a reporter for more than 20 years (my byline was formerly Megan McCloskey). I joined ProPublica in 2013 after working as a correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan and other places around the world for Stars and Stripes and others. I won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting with two colleagues for a series examining how Navy and Marine Corps leadership failed to heed warnings and implement reforms before several fatal accidents.
I have also examined the billions wasted by the U.S. government in Afghanistan and how the Pentagon was failing to find missing service members from past wars.
A series I wrote exposed how rather than working to exonerate wrongfully convicted defendants, prosecutors instead pushed a little-known plea deal that left innocent men with records.
My work has resulted in several falsely convicted men clearing their records, congressional inquiries and high-level leadership changes.
I graduated from the University of Missouri and received the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Award, a White House Correspondents’ Association award and the Deborah Howell Award for Writing Excellence, and I was twice a finalist for the Livingston Award.
Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in Afghanistan
In its latest salvo, the inspector general dings the controversial task force for spending $150 million on private housing in Afghanistan, including fancy meals and round-the-clock bodyguards.
Plot Thickens: Pentagon Now Facing More Scrutiny Over $766 Million Task Force
Senators were already questioning why the Defense Department was restricting a government watchdog. Now there are criminal investigations and questions about retaliation against a whistleblower.
Watchdog Accuses Pentagon of Evading Questions on $800 Million Afghanistan Program
Despite lacking access to key documents and personnel, the inspector general determined that nearly $43 million had been spent on a natural gas station that should have cost closer to $300,000.
Taxpayers Fund Yet Another Unneeded Building in Afghanistan
The U.S. military shelled out millions before deciding the project was unnecessary, bringing the total for unused buildings spotted by the Inspector General for Afghanistan to nearly $42 million.
The Military Built Another Multimillion-Dollar Building in Afghanistan That No One Used
In its latest report, the inspector general found that the U.S. military continued to build a $14.7 million warehouse after it knew it wasn’t needed, echoing an earlier investigation into an unused $25 million HQ.
Behavior of Military Lawyer in Boondoggle HQ Inquiry Under Scrutiny
Several U.S. Senators and military lawyers say they are concerned by Col. Norm Allen’s attempts to thwart an investigation into why the U.S. Military built an unneeded luxury headquarters in Afghanistan.
Boondoggle HQ
The $25 Million Building in Afghanistan Nobody Needed
Money as a Weapons System
How U.S. commanders spent $2 billion of petty cash in Afghanistan
Billions Blown in Afghanistan Reconstruction Spending? (MuckReads Edition)
A Muckreads roundup cataloging the U.S. government’s financial waste in Afghanistan.