Reporter @nytimes. Covering Ohio & beyond. For tips, thoughts and pics of your dog: jessica.contrera@nytimes. Check out my work at jessicacontrera.com
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Hi! I've joined the @nytimes. I'm going to be telling stories from my home state of Ohio, as well as West Virginia, Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania. Grateful for your tips: jessica.contrera@nytimes.com.
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Love to see a Cleveland gem (the vision of an Akron chef!) on this list. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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A comprehensive New York Times analysis of the top donors in the 2026 midterms.
Here are the top twenty — from Andreessen Horowitz to Ken Griffin.
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A Republican attack ad used a family’s tragedy. Now they’re furious.
A story about a veterinarian, a beekeeper and the state of American politics:
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I guess this is the week I got the sentence "ugh that's ass" into The New Yorker.
(Said by an AI bot. To a 15 year old.)
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Astonishing story about this brave new world. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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A.I. is quietly reshaping the American family, and we're just at the beginning.
So I followed along as an Ohio mom and her kids started to rely on the A.I. beings that are making their way into our homes.
In this week's @NewYorker:
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It took me 12 years, but I finally wheedled my way into a federal prison for a long sit-down interview with Fat Leonard. The big man had some secrets to tell.
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FOOD FEATURE, DIV 3
A single story focused on food, beyond reviews or commentary.
🥇 1st Place: @jennabelson and @mjcontrera
🥈 2nd Place: @briannakudisch
🥉 3rd Place: @longdrivesouth
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.)
But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
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“Can someone really get away with stealing 280,000 eggs?” An irresistible caper for our times—a bold heist of America’s top egg producer, followed by a ransom note. @JacobFeldman4 & @DVNJr's favorite by @jennabelson & @mjcontrera washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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The new police chief quickly impressed the small Texas community he’d sworn to protect. He started a Christmas charity event. He checked on elderly neighbors.
He seemed especially good with troubled teenagers.
Then they learned who he really was:
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Step inside Maypearl, Texas, where Chief Kevin Coffey's path of destruction went far beyond the girls he preyed on.
Then follow @jennabelson, Alice Li & @vanhoutenphoto to a Texas prison to get answers from Coffey himself:
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Powerful journalism makes a difference: Indiana decertifies ex-cop who sexually abused a teen. It took two years and a Post investigation. @jennabelson @mjcontrera washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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"Only in hindsight did I look under the hood based on what was shared with me, quite frankly, from The Washington Post reporter,” said the Secretary of Health.
@kemettler with incredible impact in Maryland:
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Following our investigation, the DOJ started working on guidelines to prevent school police from sexually abusing students. They published today.
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Police who patrol schools have incredible access to kids. But while teachers have rules aimed at preventing sexual misconduct – no being alone with kids, no private messaging them, etc – school resource officers, we found, typically have none.
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Women Behind Bars: They were locked up and given prison jobs. Then they said guards raped and threatened them to ensure silence. Our latest story in the @AP prison labor series with @robinmcdowell
Correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, The Associated Press found as part of a two-year investigation into prison labor. apnews.com/article/prison-ra…
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In our investigation of police officers who sexually abuse kids, we kept noticing a pattern: officers trying to use their positions to intimidate witnesses, destroy evidence & evade consequences.
We were still stunned by what happened in Gauley Bridge: wapo.st/3AGXIRK
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After the girl’s report, Chief Larry Clay Jr. made a visit to one of his oldest friends, who was the detective in charge of child sex crimes cases in the county.
“Make this go away,” Clay reportedly said.
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This case made its way to a federal courtroom, where it would be up to a jury to decide who to believe: a teenage girl or the chief of police.
I hope you’ll read what happened next.
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