Kirsten Berg is a research reporter with ProPublica. Previously, she served as an associate editor with Future Tense, a partnership between Slate magazine, New America, and Arizona State University, and as the deputy director of the New America Fellows Program. Kirsten has also worked for the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Frontline, and was once an intern at ProPublica.
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