Share your Story with Reporters

You can help raise awareness around the country on the impacts to their communities by drastically reducing a federal workforce that is overseeing many critical programs in their regions.

Get Oriented to Speaking with the Press

Thinking about speaking to the press?

Talking to the press can have major personal consequences, both legal and professional. This guide will help you weigh the risks you are taking against what you hope to accomplish.

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Understand Terminology

Understand the difference between speaking "off the record", "on background", or "on the record" and get agreement with the reporter on the type of converstation before it starts.

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So you've decided to talk to the press.

Get your message across as you intended to the right audience. This guide will help you know how to prepare for your conversation before, during and after your interview.

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Reporters to Contact

Contact information for reporters below includes their Signal contact, and where provided, their email address.

The Atlantic

Reporter: Hana Kiros | +44 7451 234373

Interested in: Impacts of the funding freeze.

E&E News

Reporter: Miranda Wilson | 914-815-3648 | mwillson@eenews.net

Interested in: Insights from professionals working on global water security about the potential impact of a USAID shutdown on clean water access.

Federal News Network

Reporter: Jory Keckman | jheckman.29

Interested in: Stories of federal workers that have been coerced into leaving federal service.

Guardian

Reporter: Dave Levitan | davelevitan.26

Interested in: Stories on NOAA

Reporter: Helen Li | hliwrites.99 | helenliwrites@protonmail.com

Interested in: Impacted young professionals in the international development space, particularly those in the field.

NBC

Reporter: David Ingram | davidingram.77

Interested in: Speaking with people who are familiar with the specific technical details of onboarding DOGE staff at the federal agency level

Popular Informa

Reporter: Judd Legum | juddlegum.47

Interested in: Current and former federal workers, or others, who may know about the environment within agencies right now, with a priority focus on CFPB.

ProPublica

Reporter: Tip Line | 917-512-0201 | propublica.org/tips

Interested in: Any information on important programs, lawsuits, etc. that have been affected by the change in Administration.

Reuters

Reporter: AJ Vicens | ajvicens.57

Reporter: Raphael Satter | raphaelsatte.12

Interested in: Questions of security and data protection, but open to any conversation that helps report accurate and contextual information

Substack (fmr Huffington Post)

Reporter: Alexander C. Kaufman | kaufman.11

Interested in: Federal workers or former federal workers from energy and environmental agencies.

Wall Street Journal

Reporter: Lindsay Ellis | 202-740-7186 | lindsay.ellis@wsj.com

Interested in: Current and former federal workers, or others, who may know about the environment within agencies right now.

Washington Post

Reporter: Jeff Stein | jstein_wapo.1066

Reporter: Elizabeth Dwoskin | lizza_dwoskin.42

Reporter: Hannah Natanson | natanson.11

Reporter: Jonathan O'Connell | jonathanoc.76

Interested in: Federal workers at agencies where DOGE is working

Wired

Reporter: Makena Kelly | makenakelly.32

Interested in: Current or former federal workers with insights into actions at agencies.