Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Anna Behrend is a self-taught data journalist who has found in data-driven reporting and visualization a way to combine her academic background in science with her creative interests.

Kouri Richins, a mother of three who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief, is accused of mixing a lethal dose of fentanyl into a drink she made for her husband, Eric Richins. By Remy Tumin ...