Reveal’s American Rehab exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid shadow workforce.
Amanda Pike
Director of TV and Documentaries, Executive Producer
Amanda Pike (she/her) is the director of the TV and documentary department and executive producer of films and series at Reveal. Under her leadership, The Center for Investigative Reporting garnered its first Academy Award nomination and four national Emmys, among other accolades. She was the executive producer of the inaugural year of the Glassbreaker Films initiative, supporting women in documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism. She has spent the past two decades reporting and producing documentaries for PBS, CBS, ABC, National Geographic, A&E, Lifetime and The Learning Channel, among others. Subjects have ranged from militia members in Utah to young entrepreneurs in Egypt and genocide perpetrators in Cambodia. Pike also has dabbled in fiction filmmaking, producing the short film “On the Assassination of the President,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
American Rehab Chapter 1: A Desperate Call
Penny Rawlings is relieved to finally get her brother into rehab at a place called Cenikor. She doesn’t realize that getting him out of treatment is going to be the bigger problem.
‘This is going to be a different city.’
A New York City waiter reflects on the changes COVID-19 has wrought on the city in this comic illustrated by Thi Bui.
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‘I was going to save everybody else in this world.’
Nurse Martha Marx talks about the difficulties of caring for patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic in this interview illustrated by Thi Bui.
‘My daughter died giving her heart helping.’
Part four of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
‘It felt like the floor was giving in on me.’
Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
‘Scary times can be exciting as well.’
Part of our weekly series with The Nib on inequity in the time of pandemic. Sean, San Mateo, CaliforniaInterviewed April 13, 2020 Interview by Mallory Newman, illustrated by Thi Bui, script by Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike.
‘If the virus makes it here, this place is a ticking time bomb.’
Part one in our weekly series with The Nib on inequity in the time of pandemic.
Harpooned by Facebook
As the pandemic sends more people online for entertainment, we look at how companies such as Facebook turn information about their users into profits.
Harpooned by Facebook
As smart devices become a bigger part of our lives, we look at how Facebook and other companies profit from information about their users.