What I Cover
Since last year, I have been reporting on Microsoft and its quest to dominate the cloud computing market, which at times has put corporate profit over customer security. I showed how the tech giant’s business decisions ultimately impacted data privacy and national security. I enjoy taking on issues that have been long ignored because they are not easily understood. I spend hours on calls with sources to unpack complex technical subjects, from esoteric cybersecurity tools to arcane government contracts. Grappling with the material during these discussions helps me to ask questions and write authoritatively.
My Background
I joined ProPublica as a technology reporter in 2018. Always finding a financial angle, I quickly became interested in the business of ransomware, the most pervasive cybercrime of our day. My award-winning 2019 series, “The Extortion Economy,” became the basis for a book I co-authored called “The Ransomware Hunting Team,” published in 2022 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Before ProPublica, I was a reporter for Bloomberg News and Reuters, where I was a 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist for a series on the college entrance exam industry. I started my career at daily newspapers in New England and South Carolina, where my work led to the resignation and indictment of the state’s most powerful politician.
