Brett Myers is the executive producer at Reveal. His work has received more than 20 national honors, including a George Foster Peabody Award, a George Polk Award, eight Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Overseas Press Club Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, two Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition awards, and others. Before joining Reveal in 2017, he worked at Youth Radio co-producing stories with teenage reporters for NPR. A long time ago, Brett was named one of the 25 best American photographers under the age of 25. He lives in the Bay Area and loves bicycles.
Billey Joe Johnson Jr. was a high school football star headed for the big time. Then, early one morning in 2008, the Black teenager died during a traffic stop with a White deputy. His family’s been searching for answers ever since.
A surprising group of investors is fueling a global scramble for water in the most unlikely of places – the Arizona desert. As wells run dry, there’s a race for profits.
Daniel Ellsberg worried that the Vietnam War would spiral into nuclear apocalypse. So he secretly copied a 7,000-page report that exposed the reality of U.S.’s role in Vietnam.
Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.
From banned books to forbidden pronouns, the culture war is raging inside America’s classrooms. We go to one Florida college where students and faculty are battling Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Abortion bans are confusing doctors about what’s still legal. Reveal investigates the effects on pregnant women and the growing influence of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
