I joined the newsroom in 2024. Before coming to ProPublica, I worked as an investigative reporter at AL.com. My work on the criminalization of pregnancy was a finalist for a National Magazine Award and spurred changes that led to the release of pregnant women from a county jail. A story about arrests in north Alabama for Medicaid fraud won an award from the Association of Health Care Journalists. My work also has appeared in The Washington Post and The Marshall Project. I’m based in Birmingham, Alabama.
Amy Yurkanin
I cover criminal justice and reproductive health in the South.
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