Ava Kofman

Ava Kofman was a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk. She joined the newsroom in January 2019 after working as a contributing writer at The Intercept, where she covered technology and artificial intelligence. Her reporting and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books and n+1, among other publications. In 2021, she reported with colleagues on toxic air pollution across the United States. The team’s examination of the country’s “Sacrifice Zones,” which helped spur several reforms, was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize and a National Magazine Award for Public Interest. Kofman’s 2022 investigation of the hospice industry prompted congressional hearings and policy changes. It received the 2023 Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism, a National Press Club Award and the Barlett and Steele Award for Outstanding Young Journalist. Kofman is a two-time Livingston Finalist, and her work has also been honored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Association of Health Care Journalists, and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.