Nadia Hamdan

Producer

Nadia Hamdan (she/her) is a reporter and producer for Reveal. She’s worked on a wide range of investigative stories covering elections, immigration, health care, gun violence, and more. Most notably, she co-reported and produced the historical investigation “40 Acres and a Lie,” exploring a reparation that wasn’t—and the wealth gap that remains. The project was a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize and the winner of an Edward R. Murrow Award, a duPont-Columbia Award and a National Magazine Award. Nadia also once conducted an entire interview while riding a mule. Reach her at nhamdan@cir.org or on Signal at nadiaCIR.42.

nhamdan@revealnews.org

nhamdan@revealnews.org

A colorful illustration of an African American man behind a studio microphone, with bright, painterly strokes in blue, purple, green, red, orange, and black. The man wears tightly coiled braids in a bun and has a neatly groomed beard and mustache. He’s also wearing round-framed glasses.

A Decade of Reveal

by Nadia Hamdan, Jonathan Jones, Michael I Schiller, Michael Montgomery, Cynthia Rodriguez, Julia Haney, Claire Mullen, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Nikki Frick, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis December 27, 2025

Reveal celebrates its 10-year anniversary with standout stories from the archives and interviews with the journalists behind the investigations.

A man, seen from behind, stands on the railing at the bow of a sailboat. He wears a turquoise long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans, with a keffiyeh around his neck. He holds a Palestinian flag in his outstretched right hand. Around him, the water is dark and choppy and the sky dotted with gray clouds.

The Gaza Flotilla Story You Didn’t Hear

by Nadia Hamdan, Claire Mullen, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Al Letson and Artis Curiskis December 6, 2025January 5, 2026

Activists sailed to Gaza to deliver aid, but were met with drone attacks and imprisonment. An exclusive look at the Global Sumud Flotilla.

A Caucasian woman with hair down to her shoulders, wearing a coat and carrying two bags, walks to our left as she talks on a mobile phone. Behind her is a large mural of a face, seen from the bridge of the nose to the forehead. The dark gray eyes of the painting seem to be in line with the passing woman, whose shadow falls against the lower part of the wall.

Surveillance and Privacy

Exposing a Global Surveillance Empire

by Michael Montgomery, Nadia Hamdan, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Zulema Cobb, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Daniel Schulman and Artis Curiskis October 18, 2025January 5, 2026

In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

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Labor

Immigrants on the Line

by Nadia Hamdan, Jenny Casas, Claire Mullen, Cynthia Rodriguez, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis October 11, 2025January 5, 2026

Haitian immigrants moved to Colorado on the promise of a good job and a place to stay—only to be mistreated. Now, they could be deported

A park ranger in tan shirt, green pants, and a flat-brimmed beige hat stands with his hands on his hips in a grassy field on a sunny day. He stands several feet behind a crowd of people gathered at the foot of a statue of a soldier on a white stone column that rises high in the air.

Will the National Parks Survive Trump?

by Nadia Hamdan, Najib Aminy, Jenny Casas, Kate Howard, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Nikki Frick, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis August 30, 2025

From budget cuts to “ideological” changes, the Trump administration is shaping the future of the National Park Service.

Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit and red tie, stands in the middle of a crowd and speaks to someone out of frame. Marco Rubio is visible over Trump’s left shoulder.

Trump’s New World (Dis)order

by Nathan Halverson, Michael Montgomery, Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Josh Sanburn, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen and Nadia Hamdan July 26, 2025July 29, 2025

The Trump administration’s America First approach to foreign policy is perplexing and even destabilizing some longtime US allies.

A colorful illustration of an African American man behind a studio microphone, with bright, painterly strokes in blue, purple, green, red, orange, and black. The man wears tightly coiled braids in a bun and has a neatly groomed beard and mustache. He’s also wearing round-framed glasses.

A Decade of Reveal

by Nadia Hamdan, Jonathan Jones, Michael I Schiller, Michael Montgomery, Steven Rascón, Cynthia Rodriguez, Nikki Frick, Zulema Cobb, Claire Mullen, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis and Al Letson July 5, 2025December 17, 2025

Reveal celebrates its 10-year anniversary with standout stories from the archives and interviews with the journalists behind the investigations.

Bernie Sanders (center) stands on stage with arms around Greg Casar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. All three wear long-sleeve button-front shirts on a sunny afternoon before a crowd. In front of the politicians is a lectern with a sign that reads, “Fight Oligarchy.”

Money and Politics

2024 Broke the Democrats. Can They Put Themselves Back Together?

by Nadia Hamdan, Jenny Casas, Kate Howard, Zulema Cobb, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Nikki Frick, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Najib Aminy and Jonathan Jones June 14, 2025

The 2024 election triggered an identity crisis for Democrats. One of the party’s first big tests since Trump’s win is happening in New York City.

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Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right

by Nadia Hamdan, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Nikki Frick, Steven Rascón, Zulema Cobb, Al Letson, Jim Briggs and Fernando Arruda April 26, 2025

An elementary school in Ohio has some of the best little readers in the nation. How they did it—and how a new law put it all at risk.

A collage featuring three black-and-white portraits of young men on the left, a central orange-tinted image of ICE officers in police jackets peering into a doorway, and on the right, a close-up of a tattoo on someone’s leg. The tattoo is of an autism awareness ribbon, composed of puzzle pieces, wi the name "Neryelson" written in cursive beside it.

Trump’s Deportation Black Hole

by Isabela Dias, Noah Lanard, Najib Aminy, Nadia Hamdan, Michael Montgomery, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jenny Casas, Nikki Frick, Kate Howard, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen, Zulema Cobb, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers and Al Letson April 12, 2025April 14, 2025

Expulsions based on tattoos and students targeted for supporting Gaza: Trump’s immigration actions are raising eyebrows and constitutional questions.