From wild anti-vaccine conspiracy theories to “Stop the Steal” and QAnon, we examine how misinformation swiftly spreads online – and the lives it disrupts.

Brett Myers
Interim Executive Producer
Brett Myers is an interim executive producer for Reveal. His work has received more than 20 national honors, including a George Foster Peabody Award, four nationalEdward R. Murrow Awards and multipleThird Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition awards. Before joining Reveal, he was a senior producer at Youth Radio, where he collaborated with teenage reporters to file stories for "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered" and "Marketplace."
Prior to becoming an audio producer, Myers trained as a documentary photographer and was named one of the 25 best American photographers under the age of 25. He loves bikes, California and his family. Before that, he was an independent radio producer and worked with StoryCorps, Sound Portraits and The Kitchen Sisters. Myers is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
Why police reform fails
Six years after Ferguson, St. Louis hasn’t seen a single substantive police reform. A group of young Black leaders have instead set their sights higher: taking control of city politics.
Protecting kids from abuse
An Army officer speaks up about a disturbing pattern on bases: kids sexually assaulting other kids. For years, he says, the Army neglected these cases.
The unpaid cost of elder care
An investigation of wage theft, harassment and intimidation in the care-home industry.
Remember me this way
Each life lost to COVID-19 leaves a hole. We hear the story of one man, a father of six and Latino community leader who loved to sing.
Into the COVID ICU
Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated in the middle of the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor through her first months working on the front lines.
Timber Wars
Thirty years ago, a fight over old-growth forests and the spotted owl forever transformed the way we see – and fight over – the natural world.
A transfer of power
As the nation swears in President Joe Biden, we look at the long shadow cast by the forces that brought Donald Trump to power.
The evolution of all-American terrorism
Long before the attempted coup by his supporters, Trump fanned the flames of white supremacy and domestic terrorism.
Take no prisoners
During WWII, top military commanders hoped to conceal an American war crime. This is the story of an incident nearly lost to history.