Dan Golden

The Trump admin's spurious attacks on Voice of America mirror Joe McCarthy's in nationally-televised hearings in 1953. I trace the parallels and explain why VOA has been a perennial target: cjr.org/analysis/josep…

@jenniferlevitz A delightful surprise for me too!

Just had a terrific surprise - ran into the great ⁦@DanLGolden⁩ on Amtrak!

Ecstatic to have our investigative series, Uprooted, honored by #Columbia Journalism with the Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award. It recognizes outstanding work covering racial injustice in the US. Thanks to a great collaboration @propublica @VCIJ_Tweet @WHRO @brandkells @DanLGolden

File under Long Overdue! It took a compelling ProPublica/VCIJ series to prod Newport News VA and Christopher Newport University to re-examine the school's location and expansion, which eradicated a thriving Black neighborhood. Are reparations next? propublica.org/article/christ…

So many scammers were laundering gift cards at Walmart that they often ran into each other at self-checkout counters! Check out (pardon the pun) this absorbing look at how the retailer's lax oversight fostered a boom in fraud: propublica.org/article/walmar…

@MigoElParcero @jhu Thanks for the idea!

At least Paul Trible was consistent. As president of Christopher Newport University for 26 years, the ex-senator's policies drove out nearby Black residents, and reduced the numbers of Black students and faculty. Read the latest in our "Uprooted" series: propublica.org/article/christ…

Former Christopher Newport president Paul Trible, now a distinguished professor, isn't teaching this year and has no university responsibilities. But he's making $524,000, more than anyone else at the state school. propublica.org/article/christ…

ProPublica Event: Next week, join us for a discussion led by @brandkells, @HansenLouis and @DanLGolden. In partnership with @chronicle, @VCIJ_Tweet and @WHRO. RSVP: propub.li/3MU15rs

Richard Dyke, a folksy Maine turnaround artist, helped popularize the AR-15. Now his home state is grieving. Read James Bandler's compelling account of the businessman behind the mainstreaming of assault-style rifles. propublica.org/article/how-bu…

Should universities that have uprooted Black communities pay reparations, or give scholarships to descendants? Virginia officials discuss remedies in light of our reporting. propublica.org/article/commis…

@stacy_kess I remember well. Now the morgues themselves have passed away. Everything's digitized.

The first floor of the newspaper building in Springfield, Mass., where I learned to be a reporter, is now a marijuana dispensary. Here's what I found when I returned to my old haunts after more than 40 years: propublica.org/article/local-…

@wgetopsec @Renee_Dudley Hope you enjoy it!

@kam3266 @propublica At the Daily News?

@mike_w_allen @WSJ @garyputka Thanks Mike, great idea!

This is a delightful look at a vanished era of small-town newspapering. @DanLGolden I look forward to your next chapter, about the @WSJ Boston Bureau under @garyputka !

Now that local newspapers are vanishing, we remember them as the bedrock of democracy. But the reality was more complex. As a young reporter for a long-defunct paper, I learned a lot of important lessons, and some that I had to unlearn. propublica.org/article/local-…

In their heyday, local papers covered their towns as closely as the London media cover a coronation. But they also could be cozy with power-brokers. My look at the mixed legacy of now-departed papers: propublica.org/article/local-…

A provision in Virginia law makes it harder for the public to know the inside story of how Christopher Newport University has uprooted a Black community. And that's how the higher ed lobby wants it. propublica.org/article/virgin…