Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief

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He came to ProPublica from The Oregonian in Portland, where he had been a managing editor since 2002. Before joining The Oregonian, Engelberg worked for The New York Times for 18 years, including stints in Washington, D.C., and Warsaw, Poland, as well as in New York. He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 2012 to 2021.</p> <p>Engelberg’s work since 1996 has focused largely on the editing of investigative projects. He started the Times’ investigative unit in 2000. Projects he supervised at the Times on Mexican corruption (published in 1997) and the rise of Al Qaeda (published beginning in January 2001) were awarded the Pulitzer Prize. During his years at The Oregonian, the paper won the Pulitzer for breaking news and was a finalist for its investigative work on methamphetamines and charities intended to help the disabled. He is the co-author of “Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War” (2001).</p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="people-listing-stories"> <div class="people-listing-featured-stories"> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/A-Closer-Look-WFA.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=33d962fc6bfd23d01b3023b30c3b3159 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/A-Closer-Look-WFA.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=78c3a31c60747adb078a3736bf9780d2 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/A-Closer-Look-WFA.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=98934eea45c01a54cda1614977127a0c 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/A-Closer-Look-WFA.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=9f981a42b6fff91ea1bad0bf0e32f864 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach"> How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > While investigative journalists immerse themselves in minutiae to identify waste and fraud, Elon Musk’s team has taken a chainsaw approach to spending based on cursory examinations. That might help explain some of their well-publicized stumbles. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-31EDT11:00">March 31, 2025, 11 a.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="listing-river | stack stack--col"> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2193469686_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=8e6917a19cf2c797addbb22d6082e647 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2193469686_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=e41995cdbe87e6da6640198054e1d68b 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2193469686_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=ef5f8a558413f88557e0c4b10b4028ec 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2193469686_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=d4d7c52aa6e17eed5b6d600862a132ad 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term"> The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story turns out to be. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-20EDT07:00">March 20, 2025, 7 a.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-employees-work-from-home-trump-myth"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-523148304-cropped.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=96a4ff9546c5b7efb2ef8aa2e3e830d1 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-523148304-cropped.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=9db06806183831c713bcfd89c06a6567 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-523148304-cropped.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=16eb2622e7fdc39f41b26cdcce6f3b89 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-523148304-cropped.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=72bf1974cc93ca3e296072988316f5db 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-employees-work-from-home-trump-myth"> The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it? </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-02-24EST05:00">Feb. 24, 2025, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-open-letter-doge"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" 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href="https://www.propublica.org/article/investigative-journalism-impact-democracy"> Why ProPublica Focuses on Issues You May Not See on Cable News </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > ProPublica’s mission statement encourages “using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing.” Recently, that impact has been significant — and a bright spot in a dark media landscape. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-02-13EST05:00">Feb. 13, 2024, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/el-presidente-mexicano-lopez-obrador-ataco-nuestro-articulo-como-una-calumnia-y-a-nuestro-reportero-como-un-peon-aqui-presentamos-algunos-hechos"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=9e02438f3faae0c6e18c1ee8814fd7b8 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=53dd29c75653b9d39337f58a1e588a02 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=e8f7c64890f9c2d7cfc063982be5aab8 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=c54d2e986fb78fd3668d94f476213530 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" lang="es"> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/el-presidente-mexicano-lopez-obrador-ataco-nuestro-articulo-como-una-calumnia-y-a-nuestro-reportero-como-un-peon-aqui-presentamos-algunos-hechos"> El presidente mexicano López Obrador atacó nuestro artículo como “una calumnia” y a nuestro reportero como “un peón.” Aquí presentamos algunos hechos. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" lang="es"> Después de que escribimos sobre una supuesta donación de un cártel a la campaña de 2006 del presidente mexicano, López Obrador ha atacado a nuestro reportero Tim Golden. Golden no va a contestar preguntas en una conferencia de prensa de AMLO, pero aquí respondemos a algunas. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> por <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-02-09EST05:05">Feb. 9, 2024, 5:05 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mexican-president-lopez-obrador-called-our-story-slander-and-our-reporter-a-pawn-here-are-some-facts"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=9e02438f3faae0c6e18c1ee8814fd7b8 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=53dd29c75653b9d39337f58a1e588a02 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=e8f7c64890f9c2d7cfc063982be5aab8 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1981170016_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=c54d2e986fb78fd3668d94f476213530 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mexican-president-lopez-obrador-called-our-story-slander-and-our-reporter-a-pawn-here-are-some-facts"> Mexican President López Obrador Called Our Story “Slander” and Our Reporter a “Pawn.” Here Are Some Facts. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > After we wrote about a suspected cartel donation to the Mexican president’s 2006 campaign, he’s gone on the attack against reporter Tim Golden. Golden won’t be attending AMLO’s press conferences, but here, we respond to some of his questions. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-02-09EST05:00">Feb. 9, 2024, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/behind-scenes-alito-wall-street-journal-prebuttal-editorial"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230623-nsu-alito.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=9c2736ec5769cfd8234e95831291b53a 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230623-nsu-alito.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=082b1e040375ea31aa8add9a00f8e48d 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230623-nsu-alito.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=96affad0d0fa36f3272239826a6f0cb7 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230623-nsu-alito.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=1d55fbb2b0805a308d1d696c512f8c2d 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/behind-scenes-alito-wall-street-journal-prebuttal-editorial"> Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-buttal </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn’t yet been published. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/jesse-eisinger">Jesse Eisinger</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/stephen-engelberg">Stephen Engelberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2023-06-25EDT05:00">June 25, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-investigation-origins"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230510-nsu-thomas-crow-3x2.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=3dbae05934c94556c409466f099f9c86 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230510-nsu-thomas-crow-3x2.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=229c0286484762e9c06f02d0e1259919 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230510-nsu-thomas-crow-3x2.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=1e091bef81c84d1337e0484884c201f8 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230510-nsu-thomas-crow-3x2.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=335327228b992e2a9a99779988a50354 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-investigation-origins"> The Origins of Our Investigation Into Clarence Thomas’ Relationship With Harlan Crow </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The lavish travel, real estate deal and tuition arrangements have set off a frenzy. 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