ProPublica Year in Photos, Video, Graphics and Illustrations 2024

Photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for “[New Yorkers Were Choked, Beaten and Tased by NYPD Officers. The Commissioner Buried Their Cases.](https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-commissioner-edward-caban-police-discipline-retention-eric-adams)” Photo editing by Andrea Wise.

Photography by Danielle Villasana for “[Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.](https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences)” Photo editing by Andrea Wise.

Photography by Nydia Blas for “[Life of the Mother](https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother).” Photo editing by Andrea Wise.

Photography by Danielle Villasana for “[Life of the Mother](https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother).” Photo editing by Andrea Wise.

Embroidery and collage by Han Cao and photography by Akilah Townsend for “[Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl](https://www.propublica.org/article/teens-fentanyl-percocet-green-bay-wisconsin-maylia-sotelo-jack-mcdonough).” Art direction by Alex Bandoni.

Design and development by Zisiga Mukulu for “[Still Born](https://projects.propublica.org/stillbirth-memorial/).” Photo editing by Peter DiCampo. Additional development by Jason Kao.

Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for “[Utah Bills Itself as ‘Family-Friendly’ Even as Lawmakers Have Long Neglected Child Care](https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-lawmakers-child-care-funding).” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey.

Illustration by Nate Sweitzer for “[The Genesis of Christian Nationalism](https://projects.propublica.org/christian-nationalism-origins/).” Art direction by Peter DiCampo. Design and development by Anna Donlan.

Photography by Stacy Kranitz for “ The Year After a Denied Abortion.” Photo editing by Andrea Wise. Design by Anna Donlan and Allen Tan.

Illustration by Dadu Shin for “[The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly](https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-oversight).” Art direction by Andrea Wise.

Photography by Tony Luong for “[Why I Left the Network](https://projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-the-network/).” Art direction by Alex Bandoni. Design by Zisiga Mukulu and Allen Tan.

Illustration by Hokyoung Kim for “[‘It Feels Impossible to Stay’: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them](https://www.propublica.org/article/wildland-firefighters).” Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Lisa Larson-Walker.

Photography by Adria Malcolm for “[Record-Setting Blazes Are Growing More Common. Here’s What Survivors of One Want You to Know.](https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-hermits-peak-calf-canyon-wildfire-survivors-want-to-share-what-they-know)” Photo editing by Peter DiCampo. Design by Zisiga Mukulu.

Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni for “[What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.](https://www.propublica.org/article/railroad-safety-data-missing-dead-workers-severed-limbs)”; “[Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse](https://www.propublica.org/article/judges-ethics-codes-recusal-conflict-of-interest-families)”; and “[Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits).”

Development by Chris Zubak-Skees for “[What No One Tells You About Car Loan Deferments](https://www.propublica.org/article/auto-loan-calculator-with-extensions).” Design by Lucas Waldron.

Illustrations by Michael Haddid for “[A Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause ‘Large-Scale Disruption.’ The Effects Are Already Being Felt.](https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-chevron-deference-loper-bright-guns-abortion-pending-cases)” Art direction by Alex Bandoni.

Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for “[In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter](https://www.propublica.org/article/macon-georgia-segregation-academies-school-vouchers).” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey.

Video by Liz Moughon for [“Cookie & Zo’e: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After the Start of Desegregation”](https://www.propublica.org/article/cookie-zoe-macon-georgia-school-segregation-documentary)

Illustration by Dominic Bodden for “[The Unbefriended](https://www.propublica.org/series/the-unbefriended).” Art direction by Andrea Wise.

Photography by Haruka Sakaguchi for “[How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe](https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story).” Photo editing by Peter DiCampo.

Illustration by Max Guther for “[Selling a Mirage](https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis).” Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Anna Donlan. Design and development by Anna Donlan.

Graphics by Lucas Waldron for “[Selling a Mirage](https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis).”

Illustration by Peter Arkle for “[The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public](https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-orphan-wells-cleanup-playbook-siana-tom-ragsdale).” Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.

Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for “[Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger](https://www.propublica.org/article/flint-michigan-water-crisis-ten-years-after).” Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.

Illustrations by Matt Rota and animation by Henrike Lendowski for “[Swept Away](https://www.propublica.org/series/swept-away).” Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.

Illustrations by Matt Rota for “[Swept Away](https://projects.propublica.org/homeless-encampment-sweeps-taken-belongings/).” Design and development by Ruth Talbot and Zisiga Mukulu. Additional design and development by Al Shaw. Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Lisa Larson-Walker.

Illustration by Eva Redamonti for “[Decrepit Pipes Put Jackson, Mississippi, on the Edge of Catastrophe. State Regulators Didn’t Act.](https://www.propublica.org/article/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-state-inspection)” Art direction by Peter DiCampo.

Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni for “[Battle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate](https://www.propublica.org/article/ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin-election-conspiracies-voting).”

Video by Gerardo del Valle and Perla Trevizo for “[How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration](https://www.propublica.org/article/joe-frank-martinez-sheriff-del-rio-documentary).”

Photography by Louise Johns for “[‘Eat What You Kill](https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology).’” Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.

Photography by Jake Dockins for “[A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.](https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting)” Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.

Illustration by Jonathan Djob Nkondo for “[Nike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen.](https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-layoffs-sustainability-climate-change)” Art direction by Peter DiCampo.

Illustration by Erik Carter for “[After Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying — and Polluting](https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-corporate-jet-travel-carbon-emissions).” Art direction by Peter DiCampo and Lisa Larson-Walker.

Photography by Matt Eich for “[The Ghosts of John Tanton](https://www.propublica.org/article/john-tanton-far-right-extremism-environmentalism-climate-change).” Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.

Collages by Vanessa Saba for “[‘I Don’t Want to Die’: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network](https://www.propublica.org/article/ambetter-ghost-network-consequences).” Art direction by Andrea Wise.

Design and development by Lucas Waldron for “[Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules](https://projects.propublica.org/toddler-formula-documents/).”

Photograph by Salgu Wissmath for “[Trump’s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties).” Photo editing by Andrea Wise.

Photography by Zaydee Sanchez for “[The New Immigration](https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration).” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.

Photography by Fred Ramos for “[Held for Ransom in Animal Pens, Migrants Face Mass Kidnappings as U.S. and Mexico Ramp Up Enforcement](https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-mexico-us-migrants-mass-kidnappings-cartels-border).” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.

Photography by Shuran Huang for “[The U.S. Business Community Used to Be a Force for Immigration Reform. What Happened?](https://www.propublica.org/article/business-lobby-immigration-reform-trump)” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.

Photography by Sofia Aldinio for “[What Happened in Whitewater](https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-whitewater-wisconsin-nicaragua-trump-police).” Photo editing by Alex Bandoni.

Photograph by Kathleen Flynn for “[When a Florida Farmer-Legislator Turned Against Immigration, the Consequences Were Severe. But Not for Him.](https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-immigration-bill-farmers-rick-roth)” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.

Photography by Edmund D. Fountain for “[The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation](https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-public-schools-amite-county-mississippi).” Photo editing by Boyzell Hosey and Cengiz Yar.

Illustration by Edel Rodriguez for “[What You Need to Know If You’re Hurt While Working on a Wisconsin Dairy Farm](https://www.propublica.org/article/what-to-know-hurt-working-wisconsin-dairy-farm).” Art direction by Alex Bandoni.

Video by Gerardo del Valle for “[‘The Right Way’: From Venezuela to Juárez and New York to Denver, One Family’s Asylum Journey](https://www.propublica.org/article/the-right-way-from-venezuela-to-juarez-and-new-york-to-denver-one-familys-asylum-journey).”

Illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker for “[A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.](https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-arresting-kids-with-disabilities)”

Photography by Loren Elliot for “[Three Days of Tragedy: How a VA Clinic’s Inability to Help Veterans in Crisis Destroyed Two Families](https://www.propublica.org/article/when-veterans-cant-access-the-psychiatric-care-they-need).” Photo editing by Alex Bandoni and Anna Donlan.

Collage by Joan Wong for “[Without Knowledge or Consent.](https://www.propublica.org/article/gunmakers-owners-sensitive-personal-information-glock-remington-nssf)” Art direction, design and development by Anna Donlan.

Photo illustration by Alex Bandoni for “[How Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget).”

Illustrations by Stefano Summo for “[Fields of Green](https://www.propublica.org/series/fields-of-green).” Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.

Photography by Greg Kahn for “[Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says](https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers).” Photo editing by Andrea Wise.

Illustration by Lucinda Rogers for “[How Much Formaldehyde Is in Your Car, Your Kitchen or Your Furniture? Here’s What Our Testing Found.](https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-levels-in-your-home-car-furniture)” Art direction by Andrea Wise.