
Sophie Chou
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Sophie Chou
@mpetitchou
data reporter. Winner of @PulitzerPrizes 🏆RARELY CHECK, pls follow @sophiechou on bsky 🦋 Past: @propublica @TheWorld @pewresearch @medialab @Columbia.



1/ I’m honored to share that I’m officially a Pulitzer Prize winner 🥹 Our series on Connecticut’s unscrupulous towing laws, in partnership with @CTMirror, won the 2026 @PulitzerPrizes in Local Reporting.



JUST IN: ProPublica and @CTMirror’s “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.



Under Texas’ abortion ban, the rate of sepsis shot up by more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost a second-trimester pregnancy. Our new analysis shows the risk varies widely between the state’s two largest metro areas. propublica.org/article/texas-…

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: propublica.org/series/life-of…


Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propublica.org/article/texas-…











