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David Epstein is currently a staff writer at Sports Illustrated, which gave him temporary leave to come to ProPublica. Before Sports Illustrated, he was a reporter at Washington, D.C.-based Inside Higher Ed, an online publication where he covered colleges, with a focus on science education policy. Prior to that, David covered crime for the New York Daily News. His work has appeared in a variety of national publications, including Scientific American and U.S. News and World Report, and he has appeared on a range of television shows and networks from the Newshour with Jim Lehrer to CNN and the NFL Network. In 2008, for an article on sudden death in athletes, David received the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association’s Big Hearted Journalism Award and was nominated for a national magazine award. David has lived on a ship in the Pacific Ocean and in the Arctic, and has master’s degrees from Columbia University in environmental science and journalism.

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Chapter 2: Chronic Beryllium Disease and Hanford

May 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Chapter 4: Beryllium Whistleblowers at Hanford

May 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Stimulus Workers Confront Legacy of Contamination at Nuclear Sites (Single Page)

May 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Chapter 3: Apology to Beryllium Workers

May 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Stimulus Workers Confront Legacy of Contamination at Nuclear Sites

May 3, 2010, 1:29 p.m.

Reheated ‘Pork’ and Trains From Spain

July 21, 2009, 11:32 a.m.

No-Bid Stimulus Contracts for Military

July 17, 2009, 11:25 a.m.

Tracking the Stimulus, Where It Counts

July 15, 2009, 10:44 a.m.

Slow as a Turtle Caught in a Crab Pot?

July 15, 2009, 10:27 a.m.

No Summer Vacation for Sec. of Education Arne Duncan

July 2, 2009, 10:40 a.m.

Stimulus Magic: How the States Met Their Spending Deadline

July 1, 2009, 11:47 a.m.

The FEC’s Stifled Enforcement and the Immigration Courts’ Backlog

July 1, 2009, 8:30 a.m.

Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Transit Vs. Maintenance

June 30, 2009, 11:55 a.m.

How Fast Can Greenbacks Go Green?

June 29, 2009, 11:07 a.m.

For Ailing Transit Systems, Stimulus Windfall Is a Mixed Blessing

June 21, 2009, 8:30 p.m.

Stimulus Puts Teens to Work

June 19, 2009, 2 p.m.

Iowa’s Dirty Air and Travel on the Public Dime

June 17, 2009, 10:25 a.m.

Ohio Falls in Line With Shovel-Ready Projects

June 16, 2009, 10:05 a.m.

Even With Stimulus, SC Schools May Hurt

June 12, 2009, 12:43 p.m.

Stimulus Won’t Rebuild Dilapidated School Attended by Obama Letter Writer

June 11, 2009, 11:02 a.m.

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