Jessica Lussenhop

Minneapolis

Reporter at ProPublica

Investigative reporter for @ProPublica covering Minnesota + Midwest [email protected] Signal: 612.460.1202 AKA 伍德贞 Podcast/altweekly alum

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News with Nuance: April 11, 2025

1 week ago | angeladenker.substack.com | Jessica Lussenhop |A Martínez |Obed Manuel |Angela Denker

Hi Readers,I’m actually writing this message to you from my home - a place where I haven’t been as much lately, in the midst of a whirlwind book tour/Spring Break since Disciples of White Jesuscame out on March 25 (and I also turned 40!) I’ll share a bit more below, in our Hopeful Evolution section below, because truly the people who I’ve gotten to meet as a part of this recent book travel (including many of you reading this) are truly the best and most encouraging parts of doing this work.
“The First 48” and the wrongly convicted Minnesota man

3 weeks ago | minnesotareformer.com | Jessica Lussenhop |Minnesota Reformer

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Eleven days after 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson was gunned down in a South Minneapolis alley, homicide detectives returned to the home where Mickelson had been playing football moments before his murder. The detectives had good news to share, so Mickelson’s family and friends squeezed around the dining room table to hear it. “Yes,” someone said.
‘The First 48’ and the wrongly convicted Minnesota man

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jessica Lussenhop

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana served nearly 16 years in prison for a murder in Minneapolis before he was exonerated. Photo by Amy Anderson Photography/courtesy of the Great North Innocence Project. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.

3 weeks ago | propublica.org | Eric Umansky |Jessica Lussenhop |Sarahbeth Maney |Richard Webster

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Lawmakers and advocates have slammed New York City Mayor Eric Adams and called for changes in the wake of ProPublica’s investigation into a secretive, problematic police unit led by allies of the mayor.
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man %

3 weeks ago | orlandoadvocate.com | Jessica Lussenhop |Sarahbeth Maney

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Eleven days after 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson was gunned down in a South Minneapolis alley, homicide detectives returned to the home where Mickelson had been playing football moments before his murder.
Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured. %

3 weeks ago | orlandoadvocate.com | Jessica Lussenhop

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When the A&E true crime reality television show “The First 48” comes to town, the police and sheriff’s departments that work with it do not receive financial compensation from the show.
Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

3 weeks ago | propublica.org | Jessica Lussenhop |Eric Umansky |Richard Webster |Jeremy Kohler

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When the A&E true crime reality television show “The First 48” comes to town, the police and sheriff’s departments that work with it do not receive financial compensation from the show.
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: The Popular Reality Show and the Wrongly Convicted Man

3 weeks ago | propublica.org | Jessica Lussenhop |Sarahbeth Maney |Eric Umansky |Richard Webster

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The exoneration of Edgar Barrientos-Quintana may be the first in the country related directly to the involvement of the television show.
In Minnesota, Mayo Clinic sometimes called the shots with Gov. Walz

Oct 31, 2024 | inforum.com | Max Nesterak |Jessica Lussenhop

At the vice presidential debate against Republican Sen. JD Vance this month, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz did something he’s done throughout his nearly 20-year career in politics: name-drop Mayo Clinic. “If you need heart surgery, listen to the people at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, not Donald Trump,” Walz said. Later in the debate, he did it again, after Vance criticized the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law that expanded access to health coverage.
In Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic Sometimes Called the Shots With Gov. Tim Walz

Oct 31, 2024 | propublica.org | Max Nesterak |Jessica Lussenhop |Nick Surgey |Megan O’Matz

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Since the beginning of his political career, Gov. Tim Walz has maintained close ties to the world-famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The hospital had considerable sway with the Obama administration as it crafted the 2010 Affordable Care Act, and it lobbied against a public option.

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