Ike Sriskandarajah

Senior Reporter and Producer

Ike Sriskandarajah is a senior reporter, producer, and fill-in host for Reveal. He has worked on projects that have won an Emmy, two medals from Investigative Reporters and Editors, and awards from Third Coast, the Education Writers Association, and the New York Associated Press Association. He was a narrative audio producer at The New York Times, making investigative episodes for "The Daily." Sriskandarajah is from Wisconsin and reports from New York City.

ike@revealnews.org

ike@revealnews.org

Where did the microchip vaccine conspiracy theory come from anyway?

by Ike Sriskandarajah June 5, 2021June 30, 2021

How an innocuous Reddit thread mutated into a dangerous, viral lie.

Viral lies

by Ike Sriskandarajah, Stan Alcorn, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Claire Mullen, Steven Rascón and Kevin Sullivan June 5, 2021July 1, 2021

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

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An illustration with a red background shows a man holding a ticket. The ticket dissolves in his hands into a series of pixels.

The ticket trap

by Byard Duncan, Ike Sriskandarajah, Yoohyun Jung, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs and Amy Mostafa February 6, 2021July 1, 2021

Sports, theater and concert fans are itching for events to start happening again. So are clever ticket sellers who cash in on unsuspecting customers.

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An elections worker wears a hazmat suit as they sit next to a sign saying VOTE.

Accountability, Voting

Whose vote will count?

by Jim Briggs, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Byard Duncan, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Sumi Aggarwal, Brett Myers, David Rodriguez and Al Letson October 3, 2020July 1, 2021

From problems with vote-by-mail systems to voter suppression, we examine the potential for chaos in the 2020 elections.

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An illustration shows a neighborhood of homes with a raging fire in the background.

America’s ring of fire

by Ike Sriskandarajah, Al Letson, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Brett Myers, Cheryl Devall, Emmanuel Martinez, Scott Pham, Eric Sagara and Amy Mostafa September 12, 2020July 1, 2021

Wildfires are getting bigger, more expensive and closer to people’s homes. We examine how wildfires got so dangerous – and how some are fighting back.

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American Rehab Chapter 8: Shadow Workforce

by Laura Starecheski, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Ike Sriskandarajah, Shoshana Walter, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Claire Mullen, Mwende Hinojosa and Katharine Mieszkowski August 8, 2020July 1, 2021

For decades, work-based rehabs have spread across the country. No one knows how many are out there, so we counted them ourselves.

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An illustration shows a worker standing on an abstract tower, wearing a helmet and uniform, against an orange background.

American Rehab Chapter 7: The Work Cure

by Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Shoshana Walter, Ike Sriskandarajah, Laura Starecheski, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Mwende Hinojosa, Najib Aminy, Claire Mullen, Al Letson and Amy Mostafa August 1, 2020July 1, 2021

One man’s journey into Cenikor leads to almost two years of hard labor. The program will change him. But can it help Chris Koon with his addiction?

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An illustration shows a line of white vans driving against a dark background and orange sky.

American Rehab Chapter 6: The White Vans

by Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Kevin Sullivan, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Ike Sriskandarajah, Laura Starecheski, Shoshana Walter, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Mwende Hinojosa, Claire Mullen and Katharine Mieszkowski July 29, 2020July 1, 2021

Before sunrise, a line of passenger vans heads to job sites across Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They carry squads of unpaid laborers.

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A black and orange illustration shows Ronald Reagan holding a football

American Rehab Chapter 5: Reagan with the Snap

by Laura Starecheski, Shoshana Walter, Ike Sriskandarajah, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa and Claire Mullen July 25, 2020July 1, 2021

Cenikor rises from the ashes, thanks to an inventor of NFL football pads, the war on drugs and the endorsement of an American president.

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All Work. No Pay., American Rehab

American Rehab Chapter 4: Cowboy Conman

by Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Shoshana Walter, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Brett Myers, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Mwende Hinojosa and Claire Mullen July 18, 2020July 1, 2021

He’s a liar, a killer and a wannabe country singer. Luke Austin creates Cenikor in the image of a cult. But graft and violence nearly destroy it.

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