{"id":40865,"date":"2026-01-08T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=40865"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:59:00","slug":"propublicas-year-in-photos-illustrations-graphics-and-video-2025-propublica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=40865","title":{"rendered":"ProPublica\u2019s Year in Photos, Illustrations, Graphics and Video 2025 \u2014 ProPublica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paul Windle for \u201cInside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to \u2018Munch\u2019 Contracts Related to Veterans\u2019 Health.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for \u201cNike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.\u201d Photo editing by Peter DiCampo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for \u201cWe Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They\u2019ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.\u201d Photo editing by Cengiz Yar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Design and development by Anna Donlan for \u201cSick in a Hospital Town.\u201d Visual editing by Alex Bandoni. Videos by Katie Campbell and Almudena Toral. Additional video editing by Gerardo del Valle. Graphics by Lucas Waldron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration for \u201cHow a Global Online Network of White Supremacists Groomed a Teen to Kill.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Annie Flanagan for \u201cThis Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Jacqueline Tam for \u201cPortland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People\u2019s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Sophi Miyoko Gullbrants for \u201cLook Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker. Development by Brandon Roberts, Ruth Talbot and Nick McMillan. Additional design and development by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Pratheek Rebala, Andrea Suozzo, Al Shaw and Alec Glassford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Maddie McGarvey for \u201cWhat the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic.\u201d Graphics by Chris Alcantara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Video illustration for \u201cTrump\u2019s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni and Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration and art direction by Shoshana Gordon for \u201cICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It\u2019s a New Record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Direction, production and editing by Gerardo del Valle for \u201c\u2018An American Nightmare\u2019: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal.\u201d Cinematography by Alejandro Bonilla Su\u00e1rez and Edwin Corona Ramos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Adriana Loureiro Fern\u00e1ndez for \u201cWhat I Witnessed as I Photographed the Disappearances and the Homecomings of My Countrymen.\u201d Photo editing by Cengiz Yar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Direction, production, filming and editing by Mauricio Rodr\u00edguez Pons for \u201cStatus: Venezuelan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Roberto \u201cBear\u201d Guerra for \u201cWealthy Ranchers Profit from Public Lands. And Taxpayers Pick up the Tab.\u201d Visual editing by Cengiz Yar. Design by Allen Tan. Illustrations by Shoshana Gordon. Graphics by Lucas Waldron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ceramics, video and art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker for \u201cThe Price of Remission.\u201d Videography by Gerardo del Valle and Katie Campbell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paintings by James Lee Chiahan for \u201cThe Price of Remission.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Dadu Shin for \u201cThe H-2A Visa Trap.\u201d Design and development by Zisiga Mukulu. Visual editing and art direction by Shoshana Gordon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Video illustration by Sean Dong for \u201cSlow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Rui Pu for \u201cBeyond Showerheads: Trump\u2019s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Graphics by Lucas Waldron for \u201cThe Drying Planet.\u201d Visual editing by Alex Bandoni. Additional design and development by Anna Donlan. Illustrations by Olivier Kugler for ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Chris W. Kim for \u201cLouisiana Made It Nearly Impossible to Get Parole. Now It\u2019s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them.\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Direction and production by Nadia Sussman for \u201cBefore a Breath.\u201d Produced and filmed by Liz Moughon and edited by Margaret Cheatham Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Nicole Rifkin for \u201cAnchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.\u201d Art direction by Peter DiCampo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Direction, production, filming and editing by Nadia Sussman for \u201cThis Family Will Return Home After Helene. Their Onerous Journey to Rebuild Shows Why Many Others Won\u2019t.\u201d Cinematography by Dillon Deaton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Greg Kahn for \u201cCiting Trump Order on \u2018Biological Truth,\u2019 VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage.\u201d Photo editing by Andrea Wise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustrations and art direction by Shoshana Gordon for \u201cHow Paul Newby Made North Carolina a Blueprint for Conservative Courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Animation and editing by Mauricio Rodr\u00edguez Pons for \u201cWho Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump\u2019s Dismantler-in-Chief.\u201d Video produced by Lisa Riordan Seville, Katie Campbell and Andy Kroll. Cinematography and additional editing by Katie Campbell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustration by Ricardo Tom\u00e1s for \u201cThe IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers\u2019 Data With ICE.\u201d Art direction by Alex Bandoni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Illustrations by Justin Metz for \u201cTrump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here\u2019s What Never Arrived.\u201d Design and development by Ruth Talbot. Anna Donlan contributed design. Art direction by Andrea Wise. Photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Juan Diego Reyes for \u201cHelene\u2019s Unheard Warnings.\u201d Graphics and development by Lucas Waldron. Design by Anna Donlan. Visual editing by Shoshana Gordon and Anna Donlan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography for \u201cDOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.\u201d Design and development by Allen Tan. Visual editing by Alex Bandoni and Cengiz Yar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Graphics by Chris Alcantara for \u201cTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by Peter DiCampo, left, for \u201cTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.\u201d and Brian Otieno, right, for \u201cThe Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump\u2019s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive.\u201d Photo editing by Peter DiCampo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Visual Storytelling Department<\/strong><br \/>Boyzell Hosey, senior editor, visual storytelling<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Visuals<\/strong><br \/>Lisa Larson-Walker, art director<br \/>Andrea Wise, visual strategy editor<br \/>Alex Bandoni, visuals editor<br \/>Peter DiCampo, visuals editor<br \/>Cengiz Yar, visuals editor<br \/>Shoshana Gordon, visuals editor<br \/>Sarahbeth Maney, visual fellow<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Graphics<\/strong><br \/>Lena V. Groeger, graphics director<br \/>Anna Donlan, interactive story designer<br \/>Zisiga Mukulu, interactive story designer<br \/>Lucas Waldron, graphics editor<br \/>Chris Alcantara, graphics editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Video<\/strong><br \/>Almudena Toral, executive producer<br \/>Lisa Riordan Seville, senior producer<br \/>Katie Campbell, video journalist and filmmaker<br \/>Mauricio Rodr\u00edguez Pons, video journalist and filmmaker<br \/>Nadia Sussman, video journalist and filmmaker<br \/>Margaret Cheatham Williams, video and film editor<br \/>Gerardo del Valle, video journalist and filmmaker\u00a0<br \/>Liz Moughon, video and film fellow<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Product<\/strong><br \/>Ben Werdmuller, senior director of technology<br \/>Allen Tan, director of design<br \/>Alanna McLafferty, senior product engineer<br \/>Artemis Sparks, principal engineer, devops<br \/>Dan Phiffer, senior engineer<br \/>Jeff Frankl, editorial experience designer<br \/>Jesse Browning, data integrations engineer<br \/>Katie Antonsson, audience data and insights analyst<br \/>Melody Kramer, product manager<br \/>Sarah Glen, product manager<br \/>Aaron Brezel, AI engineering fellow<br \/>Dana Chiueh, AI engineering fellow<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>News Apps<\/strong><br \/>Ken Schwencke, senior editor, data and news apps<br \/>Kevin Uhrmacher, deputy news apps editor<br \/>Al Shaw, senior news apps developer<br \/>Alec Glassford, senior engineer, news apps and product<br \/>Sergio Hernandez, news apps developer<br \/>Nat Lash, news apps developer<br \/>Andrea Suozzo, news apps developer<br \/>Ruth Talbot, news apps developer<br \/>Brandon Roberts, news apps developer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Windle for \u201cInside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to \u2018Munch\u2019 Contracts Related to Veterans\u2019 Health.\u201d Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photography by Sarahbeth Maney for \u201cNike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.\u201d Photo editing by Peter DiCampo. 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