Irena Hwang

Atlanta

Data Reporter at The New York Times

Data reporter @propublica. No longer on this platform, now on Bluesky under the same handle.

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Articles

U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion On Plan To Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway

Nov 2, 2024 | columbiabasinbulletin.org | Tony Schick |Irena Hwang

This story was originally published by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting and is reprinted with permission. By Tony Schick (OPB) and Irena Hwang (ProPublica)The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. But instead of preserving wild salmon, it propped up a failing system of hatcheries. Now, that system is falling apart. ——The fish were on their way to be executed. One minute, they were swimming around a concrete pond.
The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

Jul 2, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Irena Hwang

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The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

Jul 2, 2024 | propublica.org | Irena Hwang |Sophie Chou |Duaa Eldeib |Jessica Miller

The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides to reduce deaths late in pregnancy. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. At her baby shower in the summer of 2019, Ava Jones’ smile radiated above the gingham dress that fell snug around her growing belly.
Black Agenda Report

Feb 6, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Roberto Sirvent |Anthony Rogers-Wright |Emily Dugdale |Irena Hwang

In the U.S., a nation built on the enslavement and exploitation of humans, the system of slavery cannot be destroyed. It has merely changed from one form to another. In 1850, anyone, even descendants of enslaved people, could shell out $600 and legally own a human being. When I say legal, I mean supported by the state with force.