Aaron Sankin

Check out my new @themarkup x @media_outlier investigation about car insurance and inequality in the most expensive place in the America to insure your vehicle themarkup.org/premium-penalt…

I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency @fk_media accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”

Thanks to @CopyrightOffice, McDonald’s franchisees now have the right to repair their own ice cream machines. In March @FTC filed a comment in support of this change, and we’ll keep using our tools to protect people’s right to repair. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

Speaking before Trump at Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe says: “These Latinos love making babies, there’s no pulling out, they cum inside, just like they do to our country” Calls Puerto Rico “floating garbage island” Joke abt black people “carving watermelons”

We won a Pulitzer for public service for our coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection

My brilliant @MarshallProj colleagues analyzed 350,000+ of @realDonaldTrump's public statements and identified 13 major claims about immigration that are untrue or deeply misleading. Trump has repeated these false or misleading claims more than 500 times. themarshallproject.org/2024/10/21/fac…

Words are failing me right now. Every time I think about how meaningful this is to us, my heart feels so full that it could burst. I’ll have more to say soon. Until then: Thank you @ONA for seeing us, seeing our work, and seeing the impact of our actionable journalism.

The Impact Award honors trailblazing individuals whose work in journalism and dedication to innovation exhibits a substantial impact on the industry. Congratulations to Sarah Alvarez & Candice Fortman, for their co-leadership of @media_outlier. awards.journalists.org/entries/sarah-… #OJA24

a collection of set theorists who are so excited that they cannot contain themselves

NEW: Hospitals around the US are using inaccurate pee-in-a-cup drug tests to report new mothers to child protective services, prompting investigations and even the removal of newborns from their families over false positive results. My latest: themarshallproject.org/2024/09/09/dru…

@jslee_phd p-hacking their way to the white house

Just announced: 3 amazing keynote speakers for C+J 👏🏽 @JuliaAngwin, @ASankin, Alan Mislove. Join us Oct 25-27 in Boston at Northeastern. Registration live: idi.provost.northeastern.edu/event-director…

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens bit.ly/3XurUIl

Huge news for Jeremy Singer-Vine fans

@dmehro @IlicaMahajan West Wing II: Crimes

@IlicaMahajan @ASankin Expecting some great things from this Aaron Sorkin and Marshall Project collab.

absolutely psyched about my new editor @ASankin!! we're really hoping to dig into the effects of AI/ML/algos/tech in the criminal justice system - send us your leads! themarshallproject.org/2024/08/13/aar…

@LeonYin in it 2 win it

@ASankin LET's GOOOO

C'est moi themarshallproject.org/2024/08/13/aar…

@ASankin HELL YEAH IT IS! Congratulations!!

@IlicaMahajan It's officially on!

UPDATE: The Department of Education is facing a lawsuit for failing to disclose records of its correspondence with Facebook after we found the Meta Pixel collecting sensitive data from students applying for financial aid. themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/202…

For the first time since I started working as a journalist more than a decade ago, I’m now a free agent. I’ve always felt so grateful and lucky to be a reporter and I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Please get in touch if you’d like to work together.