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J. David McSwane

Reporter, ProPublica

J. David McSwane is a reporter in ProPublica's D.C. office. Previously, he was an investigative reporter for the Dallas Morning News, where his reporting on the state’s outsourced Medicaid system, which benefited companies that systematically deny care to sick children and disabled adults, spurred multiple legislative reforms.
Ideas

Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.

Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed.

  • Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf and J. David McSwane, ProPublica
Threats

The TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty and It Doesn’t Need Them

As hospitals searched desperately for masks, TSA officials held onto unused ones despite two agency officials' request to donate them.

  • J. David McSwane, ProPublica