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Nathan Halverson

Senior Reporter and Producer, TV and Documentaries

Nathan Halverson (he/him) is an Emmy Award-winning producer for Reveal, covering business and finance with a current emphasis on the global food system. Before joining Reveal, Halverson worked on projects for FRONTLINE, the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and PBS NewsHour. He was the principal reporter on Reveal's story about the Chinese government’s involvement in the takeover of America’s largest pork company, Smithfield Foods Inc. He was awarded a 2014 McGraw Fellowship by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and he received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Minnesota. He has won a New York Times Chairman’s Award and has received reporting honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, California Newspaper Publishers Association, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club and Associated Press News Executives Council. Halverson is based in Reveal’s Emeryville, California, office.

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Posted inAccountability

State Pension Fund is Helping a Middle Eastern Firm Export Arizona’s Precious Groundwater

by Nathan Halverson August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

The state’s retirement system invested heavily in a private land deal that allowed a foreign company to effectively ship Arizona’s scarce water supply overseas.

Posted inEnvironment

The Great Arizona Water Grab

Portrait of steven rascón by Nathan Halverson, Michael Montgomery, Ike Sriskandarajah, Cynthia Rodriguez, Nikki Frick, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Steven Rascón, Zulema Cobb, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Amanda Pike and David Ritsher July 29, 2023August 15, 2023

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.

A group of cows roams on a sunny patch of land that’s rich with green leaves and trees.
Posted inSustainability

Nicaragua to crack down on conflict beef

by Nathan Halverson December 9, 2020June 30, 2021

After dozens of Indigenous people were murdered in land disputes, Nicaragua has moved to monitor its cattle industry. Beef raised on protected lands likely made its way to U.S. consumers.

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Packages of ground beef fill a grocery store shelf.
Posted inAccountability

Conflict beef from Nicaragua feeds US market amid pandemic

by Nathan Halverson October 21, 2020June 30, 2021

Nicaraguan beef, raised on lands violently stolen from Indigenous communities, is making its way into American grocery stores.

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘A restaurant is a living, breathing part of the community.’

by Nathan Halverson, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike July 6, 2020June 30, 2021

Billy Chiu manages Grant Place Restaurant. In this comic illustrated by Thi Bui, he talks about how COVID-19 has impacted business.

Posted inAccountability

Harpooned by Facebook

by Nathan Halverson, Ike Sriskandarajah, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Taki Telonidis, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Amanda Pike, David Ritsher, Nikki Frick, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Amy Mostafa and Najib Aminy May 2, 2020July 1, 2021

As the pandemic sends more people online for entertainment, we look at how companies such as Facebook turn information about their users into profits.

Posted inAccountability

Harpooned by Facebook

by Nathan Halverson, Ike Sriskandarajah, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Taki Telonidis, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Amanda Pike, David Ritsher, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Al Letson August 3, 2019June 30, 2021

As smart devices become a bigger part of our lives, we look at how Facebook and other companies profit from information about their users.

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Facebook’s fraud policies raised red flags. It still hasn’t changed them

by Nathan Halverson June 4, 2019June 30, 2021

The company allows game developers to run high chargeback rates – a term for when people must ask credit card companies for help getting refunds.

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FTC should investigate Facebook’s child gaming practices, advocates say

by Nathan Halverson February 21, 2019May 28, 2019

Unsealed court records show the social media giant deployed a business model that knowingly duped children out of money.

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When did Zuckerberg learn about Facebook’s targeting of children? Senators want to know

by Nathan Halverson January 29, 2019January 30, 2019

A group of internet privacy and child health advocates also want Facebook to shut down Messenger Kids, a new service aimed at children under age 13.

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