Reporter at ProPublica. Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Author of CATCH THE DEVIL, to be released by Knopf on July 14. https://www.pamelacolloff.com/
Pamela Colloff
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A big takeaway this year has to be that Sinners and One Battle After Another were big, artist driven, swings bankrolled by WB whose future is ultimately unclear. I like living in a world where people like PTA and Ryan Coogler get to make the films they want to make with those resources.
Was Sam Houston's signature a little much? Sure. But yours could be a little more.
My latest, a collaboration between @propublica.org + @nytimes.com, is on the cover of today's New York Times Magazine.
The gift link leads you to the excellent audio version of the story by Julia Whalen:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/m...
For @propublica.org’s weekly newsletter, @pamelacolloff.bsky.social shares stories that one incarcerated woman collected inside prison. The accounts speak to what they see as a link between domestic abuse and their convictions.
Powerful.
www.propublica.org/article/okla...
Please read this enraging @mississippitoday.org investigation into the practice of striking prospective Black jurors from Mississippi juries. Prosecutors cited "strange hair" or a bad "vibe"--and appeals courts upheld it. SCOTUS looks at one such case on 3/31:
mississippitoday.org/2026/03/12/m...
The iconic Cesar Chavez mural in East Austin...is gone.
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When my mother died, I wrote a letter to the name plaintiff on her case—who was serving a life sentence for an unthinkable crime—to talk about grief.
When he passed, his daughter reached out said she’d like me to tell her story too.
My latest for @rollingstone.com:
apple.news/A7c7VYYnrTc6...
