Yana Kunichoff

🚨Scoop🚨 The mysterious giant data center planned for Tucson was named in a 2023 doc obtained from Pima County: Amazon Web Services The data center—H20 and electricity intensive—has sparked fierce public pushback My latest w/ @Yanazure @AZLuminaria azluminaria.org/2025/07/21/ama…

PSA: Tomorrow (Friday) is the last day to apply!

@NaderDIssa Congrats on an impressive run Nader, excited to see what you do next!

After a long six years, I'm moving off the Sun-Times education beat. I'm so grateful to all the kids, parents, advocates and officials who have trusted me with their stories. It's been both heartbreaking and heartwarming. I'm proud of my work covering Chicago's schools.

Across the Navajo and Hopi reservations, a nonprofit has helped thousands of households become more energy efficient and upgrade their heating and cooling methods. But an EPA grant to help continue that work was cancelled. My latest on the impact: insideclimatenews.org/news/15062025/…

Tucson residents living in mobile homes are dying of heat at disproportionate rates. @Yanazure and I dug deep into the data and mapped mobile home heat deaths for @AZLuminaria google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie… azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/suf…

"Family still hasn’t told Yesenia’s other two children — 8 and 14 years old — what happened to their mother and siblings. “We don’t want to scare them." “The outrage and inhumanity of it,” she said of the family separation. By @jbwashing @Yanazure @Wzrd_of_Lnlynss @RafaelCarranza

Venezuelan mom pulled over for driving too slowly in Tucson. Two of her four kids were in the backseat. State troopers called Border Patrol. That's the last the family has heard from them. azluminaria.org/2025/02/14/tuc… w/ @Yanazure & @Wzrd_of_Lnlynss for @AZLuminaria

A very warm welcome to @mizamudio @ashad_hajela @RafaelCarranza!! ProPublica Newsroom Partners Select Journalists to Work on Investigative Reporting propublica.org/atpropublica/p…

The NYC murder you're not talking about: "A 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed & another male teenager was injured in Lower Manhattan on Thurs. night by 3 men who attacked them after asking the teens if they spoke English" He lived at the migrant shelter gothamist.com/news/teen-stab…

Demolitions are coming for these old motels after two quick votes by the Pima Community College board. They spared the neon signs. azluminaria.org/2024/11/22/the…

NEW: former Favorite Healthcare Staffing contractors in Chicago's migrant shelters allege that the company systematically mishandled sensitive data of shelter residents Read more from @KatrinaPham_ and me: borderlessmag.org/2024/11/21/fav…

I am humbled and grateful to be recognized by the @AZPressClub for our @azcentral reporting on the forced induction of pregnant prisoners in Arizona prisons. We believed incarcerated people, published their stories, and the state ended the practice. azpressclub.org/2024/11/19/202…

Here are some readings that need to be at the top of your reading lists, in order to understand how the past--even though there's no straight line between then and now--helps us think about where we might be going:

Haven’t seen a story about how mixed-status families are navigating this moment. None of the strategizing, the denial, or the joking. This limbo that always exists is now closing. There will be a before and an after to mass deportations. Reporters are missing half of it now.

Sheriff-Elect Jerry Sheridan will conduct investigation into jail deaths following @azcentral report finding "astronomical" mortality rate in Maricopa County Jails azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

If you don't remember, Tom Homan was the intellectual “father” of the idea to separate migrant families as a deterrent & served as acting ICE director through the end of Zero Tolerance. Time to revisit @itscaitlinhd's paramount investigation @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Free pizza, free convos with @AZLuminaria staff. Come get to know your favorite local news crew at @motosonora brewery in Tucson this Wednesday. eventbrite.com/e/pizza-commun…

Dems, Greens & Local News: An AZ race suggests thousands of voters couldn’t distinguish between the two parties, voted Green instead. It’s unclear if those voters knew Green candidate @AthenaEastwood1 appears to be a MAGA conspiracist. Only one news outlet ever wrote about her.

@AZLuminaria @AthenaEastwood1 There should be more attention on this race. Thank goodness for @AZLuminaria, which has a diverse staff and follows important local stories that have serious national significance, even for those of us who live elsewhere. I donated today. You should too: azluminaria.org/membership/

@elleryrjones @Suntimes I love it! Have fun you two.

Good evening from Chicago Union Station!!!! Photographer Pat Nabong and I are riding the very first run of Amtrak's Floridian train from Chicago to Miami for the @Suntimes. We'll be on the train for 46 hours (at least). I'll live tweet the journey here ⬇️