Reporters
Meet the Lithium Liabilities reporting team: 11 graduate and four undergraduate students at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Alex Appel
Lead water science reporter
Environmental investigative reporter
Graphics producer/writer
Environmental investigative reporter
Graphics producer/writer
Morgan Casey
Lead writer, print & digital investigation
National investigative reporter, fact-checking coordinator
National investigative reporter, fact-checking coordinator
Francesca D'Annunzio
Lead international business investigative reporter
Argentina impact reporter, Multi-lingual reporter
Tori Gantz
Lead investigative reporter, Salton Sea lithium projects
Reporter, New Mexico mining claims
Still Photographer
Reporter, New Mexico mining claims
Still Photographer
Jordan Gerard
Lead investigative reporter, writer and field producer, Silver Peak lithium mine
Nevada government reporter
Nevada government reporter
John Leos
Lead videographer, drone pilot and producer/editor
Nevada investigative reporter
Nevada investigative reporter
Anna Montoya-Gaxiola
Lead multi-lingual investigative reporter
Argentina impact reporter
Argentina impact reporter
Emma Peterson
Lead health, environmental, tailings investigative reporter
Lead Thacker Pass lithium mine reporter
Graphics producer/writer
Lead Thacker Pass lithium mine reporter
Graphics producer/writer
Joshua Shimkus
Lead data investigative reporter, coordinator and writer
National reporter, Interactive graphics producer
National reporter, Interactive graphics producer
Noel Lyn Smith
Lead indigenous affairs investigative reporter and writer
Pacey Smith-Garcia
Indigenous affairs investigative reporter and writer
Documentary producer
Documentary producer
Daisy Tanner
Lead investigative reporter/producer, Salton Sea lithium projects
New Mexico mining claims reporter
Additional video
Additional video
Caitlin Thompson
Lead writer/producer and narrator, documentary
Lead federal government investigative reporter
Lead federal government investigative reporter
Annika Tourlas
Lead investigative reporter, New Mexico mining claims
Lead investigative story researcher, Nevada reporter
Shelby Rae Wills
Lead writer/producer, Mine Your Business game
FOIA investigative reporter
Credits
In alphabetical order
Reporters
- Alex Appel
- Morgan Casey
- Francesca D'Annunzio
- Tori Gantz
- Jordan Gerard
- John Leos
- Anna Montoya-Gaxiola
- Emma Peterson
- Joshua Shimkus
- Noel Lyn Smith
- Pacey Smith-Garcia
- Daisy Tanner
- Caitlin Thompson
- Annika Tourlas
- Shelby Rae Wills
Researchers
- Nellija Locmele
- Annika Tourlas
Graphics
- Alex Appel
- Lofton Lechner
- Emma Peterson
- Joshua Shimkus
- Mick Signa
- Hannah Smith
Data Editor
- Steve Doig
Copy Editor
- Miranda Spivack
Project Editors
- Mark Greenblatt, Executive Editor
- Lauren Mucciolo, Executive Producer
Special Thanks To
- Battinto Batts Jr.
- Maud Beelman
- Sarah Cohen
- Richard Coolidge
- Len Downie Jr.
- Retha Hill
- Jim Jacoby
- Sara Just
- TJ L'Heureux
- Shea Lemar
- Yeuling Li
- Phil Maravilla
- Juan Mundel
- Amy Pyle
- Madison Staten
- Jeff Timmermans