Ashley Cleek

The stunning images coming from the streets of Minnesota demand attention in this ongoing crisis. The Minnesota @StarTribune photographers & reporters are documenting this moment for the world to see, and we want to be sure their work travels far. Today we're rolling out some *new ways* people can spread & support our fact-based journalism. See them all here: startribune.com/essential-repo… Whether or not you take advantage of any of these, please read and share real journalism in these unprecedented times. The truth matters. 🙏 [photo credit Richard Tsong-Taatarii & Renee Jones Schneider, Minnesota Star Tribune]

I am so thrilled and grateful to get this funding from the McGraw business journalism fellowship @newmarkjschool to keep reporting on for-profit healthcare with @msabcleek! journalism.cuny.edu/2026/01/invest…

All to stop the spread of information about a company that owns one of the most vital pieces of real estate imaginable → hospitals. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

One analyst received incredibly personal threats from anonymous twitter accounts for years.

This past summer, @H_Lev and I published an episode of Reveal digging into why a bunch of hospitals all owned by one real estate company, Medical Properties Trust seemed to be struggling revealnews.org/podcast/medica…

“That’s not my signature ... It’s not even spelled correctly" “I’m beyond angry" “That sucks, whoever did that" We found dozens of people who say they never signed petitions for Mayor Adams' independent bid ... but whose supposed signatures nevertheless appear on the docs

Coffee is the love language for two Gaza journalists Shrouq and Roshdi. But one morning at breakfast, their family life is torn apart. And the story of a 10-year-old girl with a magnetic smile who makes magic out of breadcrumbs on a rooftop. Listen now: bit.ly/4imhzpJ

Today journalists will go to work. We will do what we’ve been trained to do, to listen and ask questions. To try and make sense of thy is moment. I wish us safety and peace as we chronicle America’s story.

With @bmyeung & @msabcleek, our collab between two of my past homes, @UCBerkeleyIRP & @reveal, we tell the story of an adopted Northern Cheyenne baby and the families - and Native people - it divided. Thankful to all who helped us to tell this story. Please give a listen.

Please please listen to the trailer HERE: play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_…

Ya'll this is so big and beautiful. I'm so impressed by my amazing colleagues work. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Jewish students in the encampment at Columbia:

Our team spent long hours reporting on and around Columbia’s campus on Thursday & Friday. I want to clear some stuff up. I didn’t see a single instance of violence or aggression on the lawn or at the student encampment. The student-led protest was peaceful and often very quiet…

I have a truly wild story in the newsletter about an Arizona Supreme Court Justice who refuses to recuse himself from the state's abortion ban case even tho he's protested in front of Planned Parenthood & accused them of genocide on Facebook And that's not even the wild part

Biden admin was concerned a pause in Israeli bombardment would open Gaza up to more journalists to cover Israeli crimes & “turn public opinion”. Read that again. They strategized how to subvert coverage using Palestinian lives. Then consider how Israel has killed 49 journalists.