Eric Umansky

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I'm a senior editor for ProPublica. In additional working closely on our site, I've edited much of ProPublica's financial coverage, including our Pulitzer Prize-winning series about Wall St. Previously, I worked at Slate. I've also written, mostly on national security issues for The New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, The New Republic, and elsewhere. Earlier in my career, I was editor of MotherJones.com. I'm also the co-founder of Document Cloud.

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Did CIA Rendition Flights Rely on Bogus State Dept. Letter?

Sept. 1, 2011, 5:28 p.m.

Fracking: The Music Video

May 12, 2011, 10:29 a.m.

A great video explaining fracking.

Search the Fed’s Documents Detailing Their Lending to Banks During the Crisis

April 7, 2011, 8:45 a.m.

Last week, the Federal Reserve released a cache of several thousand pages detailing its support of financial institutions during the financial crisis. The documents, released due to a Freedom of Information Act request, include the Fed’s lending through its so-called discount window, its oldest lending program of last resort.

NYU and ProPublica Team Up to Experiment With Explanatory Journalism

Nov. 30, 2010, 11:02 p.m.

SEC is ‘Focusing’ on Magnetar Trades

June 19, 2010, 4:33 p.m.

Follow Our Oil Spill Updates This Weekend on Twitter

May 29, 2010, 5:54 p.m.

Check Out Our Bank Investigations Cheat Sheet

May 13, 2010, 2:54 p.m.