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Announcements
The Trace is a finalist for five 2019 Online Journalism Awards, announced Tuesday by the Online News Association. We’re honored to be in the running for General Excellence in the Small Newsroom category. (Close readers may recall that last…
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The Trace has earned honors from two journalism organizations for our investigative reporting and feature writing. On June 3, staff writer Mike Spies received the New York Press Club’s continuing coverage award for his exhaustive reporting on the National…
National Rifle Association
Spies discusses his investigation into financial impropriety at the National Rifle Association.
Bang for the Buck
The Trace and The New Yorker’s latest collaboration reveals a web of business deals that have steered hundreds of millions of dollars to insiders.
Since Parkland
Working in partnership with The Trace and the Miami Herald, teen journalists across the country have created an unprecedented record of how gun violence impacts America’s children.
Year in Review
Stories that inspired us as they examined under-reported aspects of America's gun violence crisis.
From the NRA’s shrinking political spending to new “red flag” laws, these are the facts and figures that stuck with us.
Ask The Trace
Last month, we introduced you to Ask The Trace, a special project driven by the curiosity of readers. We asked you to pose the questions that would top your list if you were assigning stories in our newsroom. The…
The Trace today shares some happy news of its own: Tali Woodward starts this week as deputy editor. “I’m delighted to be joining a talented group of journalists covering one of the most critical issues facing the country,” says…
Is there something that just doesn’t make sense to you when it comes to guns and gun violence in America? A statistic you’ve been searching for, but haven’t been able to locate? Are you curious about the stories behind the…
Missing Pieces
The Trace’s yearlong investigation into the violent consequences of rising gun theft has earned a reporting award from the Deadline Club. “The Trace’s topnotch technique paired sophisticated data analysis with dogged shoe-leather reporting to circumvent governmental opacity and link…
Active Shooting
On the second-to-last Friday before summer break, a gunman entered his Texas high school armed with a shotgun and a revolver, unleashing a torrent of bullets that would leave 10 people dead and as many wounded. The victims included students…
The Aftermath
Crowds across the country took to the streets to demand stronger gun laws.
