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G.W. Schulz is a reporter for Reveal, covering security, privacy, technology and criminal justice. Since joining The Center for Investigative Reporting in 2008, he's reported stories for NPR, KQED, Wired.com, The Dallas Morning News, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones and more. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and was an early contributor to The Chauncey Bailey Project, which won a Tom Renner Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors in 2008. Schulz also has won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California Chapter. He graduated from the University of Kansas and is based in Austin, Texas.

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A sign marks the grave of an unknown girl known locally as Mountain Jane Doe.
Posted inAccountability

The mystery of Mountain Jane Doe

by G.W. Schulz, Michael I Schiller, Michael Montgomery, Taki Telonidis, Rachel de Leon, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson May 29, 2021July 1, 2021

In 1969, an unknown young woman was found dead off a remote mountain trail. Mountain Jane Doe, as locals called her, is one of more than 13,000 people in a national database of unidentified dead.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Left for Dead

Kentucky authorities identify ‘Mountain Jane Doe’

by G.W. Schulz September 21, 2016June 30, 2021

After 47 years as little more than a local ghost story, Kentucky State Police announced that an unidentified murdered woman discovered near Harlan is Sonja Kaye Blair-Adams.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement

Can an algorithm be any better than a coin toss at finding criminals?

by G.W. Schulz May 25, 2016May 25, 2016

A deep dive from ProPublica reporters who wanted to vet whether an algorithm could really determine the likelihood that someone would commit a crime in the future has produced some worrisome findings.

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Posted inAccountability, Law Enforcement, Left for Dead

47 years later, authorities close in on identity of Mountain Jane Doe

by G.W. Schulz May 11, 2016June 30, 2021

Nearly half a century after the saga of “Mountain Jane Doe” began, authorities in a small Kentucky mining town say they are one step closer to identif

Posted inLeft for Dead

A photo and public database help ID victim in 1969 cold case

by G.W. Schulz May 5, 2016May 5, 2016

Police in Los Angeles recently revealed that a publicly accessible government database helped identify a woman who was brutally killed in 1969.

Posted inCriminal Justice

Why graphic violence is about to take over your Facebook feed

by G.W. Schulz April 12, 2016April 21, 2016

A rape and a shooting that recently made the rounds on social media are the unintended consequences of major pushes into real-time video by sites and apps such as Periscope, Meerkat, Facebook Live, Twitch and, soon, YouTube Connect.

Posted inImpact, Inside the Newsroom

Reveal/CIR projects grab National Headliner Awards

by G.W. Schulz April 8, 2016April 14, 2016

The stories uncovered opiates being handed out “like candy” to veterans, the nation’s failure to connect the missing and unidentified dead, dangerous conditions for oil field workers in North Dakota, and a culture of secrecy and alleged sex abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization.

Posted inSurveillance and Privacy

Are Christian conservatives behind breach of 18 million voter records?

by G.W. Schulz March 2, 2016June 30, 2021

A man in Texas recently uncovered an online breach of millions of bits of personal information for registered U.S. voters. The data appeared to stem from evangelical Christian activists’ political outreach efforts. But who had leaked it or hacked it – and why?

Arizona law enforcement agencies could expand their presence along the state's U.S - Mexico border under a proposal by Gov. Doug Ducey
Posted inBorder Patrol, Law Enforcement

Arizona joins Texas in using police for contentious border strike force

by G.W. Schulz December 10, 2015January 14, 2016

Arizona officials want Congress to shell out taxpayer money to bankroll a so-called border strike force just weeks after quietly abandoning plans to use private money for the construction of a U.S.-Mexico border fence.

Posted inCybersecurity, Surveillance and Privacy

Contrary to claims, police wiretaps threatened by encryption are down

by G.W. Schulz November 18, 2015December 15, 2015

American law enforcement officials argue the Paris attacks show need for “backdoors” that enable government surveillance in computing devices and software despite a drop in requests for wiretaps on encrypted communications.

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