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Jake Bernstein is a business and financial reporter for ProPublica.


In April 2011, Bernstein and colleague Jesse Eisinger were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of stories on questionable Wall Street practices that helped make the financial crisis the worst since the Great Depression.


Prior to joining ProPublica, Bernstein worked at The Texas Observer, an investigative biweekly, for six years, and as its executive editor from 2004 to 2008. Bernstein began his career in Central America, where for several years he reported on efforts to end longstanding civil conflicts. He served as a staff writer for the Pasadena [Texas] Citizen and then for the Miami New Times. His work has received numerous state-level and national journalism awards, and The Texas Observer, under his leadership, was named Best Political Magazine of 2005 by Utne Reader. Bernstein is co-author of Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency (2006).

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Chronicle of a Bank Failure Foretold

April 3, 2009, 2:55 p.m.

Audit Checks Uncover Weakness in Lender Loss Reserves

April 1, 2009, 5:48 p.m.

IndyMac Exposes Rift Between Regulators

March 2, 2009, 12:12 p.m.

New Audit Blasts IndyMac’s Chief Regulator

Feb. 26, 2009, 7:26 p.m.

The Small Bank Bust

Jan. 26, 2009, 6:10 p.m.

The Rise and Fall of Silver State Bank

Jan. 26, 2009, 6:09 p.m.

SEC Report: Employees Browsed Porn, Ran Private Businesses

Dec. 19, 2008, 6:01 p.m.

Obama Regulatory Pick Blocked Influence of Agency He’ll Now Head

Dec. 19, 2008, 10:44 a.m.

Small Banks Complain About Big Bailout

Oct. 28, 2008, 1:21 p.m.

Anatomy of a Bank Failure

Sept. 22, 2008, 6:19 p.m.

The N.Y. Reporter Who Exposed Abuses at Kosher Plant

Sept. 5, 2008, 10:37 a.m.

The Administration’s Latest Critic: The Chamber of Commerce

Aug. 13, 2008, 9:45 a.m.

Jake Bernstein
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