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Ryann Grochowski Jones was the data editor at ProPublica.

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Ryann Grochowski Jones was the data editor at ProPublica. Previously, she was a data reporter at ProPublica and at Investigative Newsource/KPBS in San Diego, California. She received her master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where she was a data librarian for Investigative Reporters and Editors/National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. Ryann started her career as a municipal beat reporter for her hometown newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The Failed Promise of Independent Election Mapmaking

In Washington and other states, independent redistricting commissions have fallen prey to partisanship, just like the legislative bodies they were meant to replace.

by Marilyn W. Thompson,

Dollars for Doctors

We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies

ProPublica has been tracking drug company spending on doctors since 2010. We just updated our database and found that companies are still paying private doctors huge sums for promotional talks and consulting.

by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Dollars for Doctors

Updated: Dollars for Docs

How much are your doctors being paid by drug or device companies? Look them up in our newly updated database.

by Mike Tigas, Ryann Grochowski Jones, Charles Ornstein and Lena V. Groeger,

The Prescribers

See How Your Doctor or Provider’s Prescribing Patterns Compare

Medicare’s popular prescription-drug program serves more than 42 million people and pays for more than one of every four prescriptions written nationwide. Use this tool to find and compare over 460,000 doctors and other providers who wrote over 50 prescriptions in Part D in 2016.

by Ryann Grochowski Jones, Lena V. Groeger and Charles Ornstein,

Dollars for Doctors

Opioid Makers, Blamed for Overdose Epidemic, Cut Back on Marketing Payments to Doctors

Studies have shown that payments to doctors by opioid makers are linked to more prescribing of the drugs.

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Dollars for Doctors

We’ve Added 2016 Data to Dollars for Docs

Is your doctor taking money from drug or device companies? Check with our newly updated app.

by Charles Ornstein, Mike Tigas, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Lena V. Groeger,

Examining Medicare

We’ve Updated Our Treatment Tracker

Our database now includes records from 2015. Look up your doctor and other providers in the Medicare Part B program.

by Lena V. Groeger, Charles Ornstein, Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Examining Medicare

Some Doctors Still Billing Medicare for the Most Complicated, Expensive Office Visits

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Bombs in Our Backyard

Bombs in Your Backyard

The military spends more than a billion dollars a year to clean up sites its operations have contaminated with toxic waste and explosives. A full map of these sites has never been made public — until now.

by Lena V. Groeger, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Abrahm Lustgarten,

Bombs in Our Backyard

Reporting Recipe: Bombs in Your Backyard

We published data on 40,000 hazardous sites across the country polluted by U.S. military operations. Here’s how journalists can find local stories.

by Ryann Grochowski Jones and Abrahm Lustgarten,