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Rachel de Leon

Reporter and Producer, TV and Documentaries

Rachel de Leon is a reporter and producer for TV and documentaries for Reveal. De Leon has worked in video for more than 10 years as a videographer and producer. Throughout 2017, she was the coordinating producer for Glassbreaker Films – an initiative from The Center for Investigative Reporting to support female filmmakers – helping to produce five half-hour documentaries for national and festival distribution, and more than 20 online minidocumentaries. In 2016, she won two Emmys for her work on the web series "The Dead Unknown" and the PBS NewsHour segment "Deadly Oil Fields." In 2014, she completed her first short documentary, “Cab City,” for her master’s thesis in the documentary program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. De Leon is based in Reveal’s Emeryville, California, office.

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Illustration of oversized men in law enforcement uniforms peering down at a small woman, who is talking.
Posted inVictim/Suspect

‘If the Police Don’t Believe You, They Might Prosecute You’: How Officers Turn Victims of Sexual Assault Into Suspects

by Rachel de Leon September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Research shows the debilitating effects of sexual trauma on memory and behavior. But when investigating reports of sex crimes, police sometimes twist trauma responses into evidence of false reporting.

An illustration shows a police officer crossing off the word victim and writing suspect as an anxious woman looks on from across an interrogation table.
Posted inAccountability

From Victim to Suspect

Portrait of steven rascón by Rachel de Leon, Katharine Mieszkowski, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Kate Howard, Nikki Frick, Vanessa Ochavillo, Elena Neale-Sacks, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis March 11, 2023May 23, 2023

A young mom with a daughter to support puts up with her boss’s crude behavior, until one night she says he goes too far. She goes to the police – but that doesn’t solve her problem. It creates a new one.

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.

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Reporter Will Evans works at his computer in the Reveal office. Text over him reads, “Uncovering Amazon’s Safety Crisis.”
Posted inBehind the Smiles

The truth about injuries at Amazon

by Will Evans and Rachel de Leon October 19, 2020June 30, 2021

As a result of Reveal reporter Will Evans’ investigation into injuries at Amazon warehouses across the country last year, sources shared a trove of internal records, giving an unprecedented view into the company’s safety record.

In an illustration, a man precariously balances an extremely oversized shipping envelope on his back. The envelope has a logo that says “prime,” with a downturned arrow underneath the word.
Posted inBehind the Smiles

How Amazon hid its safety crisis


by Will Evans, Rachel de Leon, Katharine Mieszkowski, Soo Oh, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Matt Thompson and Nikki Frick September 29, 2020June 30, 2021

Robots. Prime Day. Holiday peak. Internal records show Amazon has deceived the public on rising injury rates among its warehouse workers.

A collage illustration shows a person against an orange background. There arm is in a sling made from a material that resembles an altered Amazon package.
Posted inBehind the Smiles

Catching Amazon in a lie

by Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Al Letson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Will Evans, Jennifer Gollan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh, Rachel de Leon, Melissa Lewis and Chris Harland-Dunaway September 26, 2020July 1, 2021

Amazon says its warehouses are safe for workers. But the numbers reveal that workers are getting hurt much more often than the company claims.

A still from the video says "whistleblower calls out amazon's safety"
Posted inBehind the Smiles

It’s like ‘having a dealer teach you how to count cards’ – OSHA whistleblower speaks out about Amazon

by Rachel de Leon and Will Evans December 4, 2019June 30, 2021

In late 2017, as Indiana geared up to bid for Amazon’s new headquarters location, an Amazon warehouse worker near Indianapolis was fatally injured.

A woman looks upset as the text "broken bodies at amazon" is next to her face
Posted inBehind the Smiles

‘That should not be happening’ – Amazon warehouses’ serious injury rates more than double industry average

by Rachel de Leon and Will Evans December 4, 2019June 30, 2021

This year, Amazon rolled out one-day delivery on selected items. The convenience is alluring, but what is the true cost of speedy shipping?

Posted inInequality, Worked Over

‘I feel worse than animals’ – caregivers tell their stories

by Jennifer Gollan and Rachel de Leon May 23, 2019June 30, 2021

Caregivers work intimately with the elderly. They bathe, dress and feed them and help with basic hygiene. But who looks out for the caregivers?

Posted inInequality, Worked Over

The unpaid cost of elder care

by Jennifer Gollan, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Jen Chien, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Najib Aminy, Kaitlin Benz, Melissa Lewis, Rachel de Leon, Narda Zacchino, Michael Corey, Andy Donohue, Diana Montaño and Michael Montgomery May 18, 2019June 30, 2021

Reveal’s Jen Gollan takes us into her investigation of wage theft, harassment and intimidation in the care home industry.

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