Caitlin Gilbert

Hello Bluesky! We're the Washington Post data team. We dig through government records, social media, campaign finance reports, weather maps, and any other data we can dig up, download, FOIA or create. Then, we share what we find with you.

We've worked on a lot in the past year. A few highlights 🧵

Extremely honored to be among such incredible company on this list — really proud to see our investigation into the VA’s disability benefits program recognized as a Goldsmith semifinalist!

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I’m now on mat leave after my son was born last week, but just wanted to share that after doing genuinely noooothing to prepare for labor/delivery, I credit my 10 sec delivery to a dope epidural and listening to the @theresthistory.bsky.social while chilling in the hospital

The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family After fifty-one men were convicted of the crime, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.

Just a stunning, horrifying piece of reporting and writing by Rachel Aviv. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This shows the true scope of these layoffs — and it’s deeper than numbers on a page.

These numbers aren’t just statistics. They reflect careers, communities, and a profound shift in who gets to shape the journalism and mission of The Washington Post.

When I analyzed all of Kennedy’s social media posts since 2022, we saw that he shifted to talking dramatically more about food than vaccines when he became HHS secretary; re food, Bigtree told the Post “It was an easier topic to sell to moms across America.”

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Bad Bunny and entourage at end of Super Bowl halftime show all in white with flags of the Americas and with sign reading THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE

Bad Bunny and crew with tambourines and fireworks

This entire final sequence. Like a painting

vibes

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The Post was foolish enough to unleash a bevy of the world’s most talented multi-disciplinary journalists out there for their competition to scoop up. These are some of the most hard working and skilled people I know.

Save this one and reshare it please! 📊

Still working to hold power to account here
@washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday.

Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.

@timmeko.bsky.social has shepherded the incredible graphics team for years and it’s our deep deep loss to see him let go

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I have loved getting to work with Janice, she’s another star graphics reporter/cartographer—I still share her work from our story on abortion clinic wait times post FL ban wapo.st/4gOKrpU

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I couldn't string sentences together yesterday, Maybe that's a sign that I shouldn't have been spared when all my fantastic colleagues who unfairly lost their jobs pushed through their grief to write beautiful notes about their careers and the situation at The Washington Post. The health team lost 8 out of 13 reporters yesterday despite health listed as part of The Post's new pared down focus. Just six months after becoming an editor and having the honor to lead an all-star team covering federal health agencies and public health, I have to go back to reporting because there are barely any health reporters left to edit. I'll say more about the reporters we lost later today, but as a team, we did everything we were supposed to do under the vision for The Post to be a digital innovator that breaks news, offers hard-hitting accountability and directly address reader concerns. We landed exclusives on the CDC director's firing, plans to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, projections for steep ACA marketplace rate increases and more. We avoided dutiful iterative stories and covered storylines such as the expiration of enhanced ACA premiums with smart targeted angles that were widely read. We broke the mold of a traditional newspaper with clever formats including a pop-up newsletter and live chats to help readers navigate new restrictions on coronavirus vaccines, a quiz to understand new dietary guidelines and vertical videos to showcase reporter expertise. The Metro section where I started my career (and offers a clear reason for millions of potential subscribers to pay for us instead of or in addition to other national outlets!) is hollowed out. Reporters around the world wiped out after the owner set a vision for international relevance. A sports department home to journalistic legends shuttered. And so much more bleeding across the entire newsroom.

The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.

Adrián Blanco Ramos | Adrián Blanco Ramos I am one of the hundreds of colleagues who were laid off by The Washington Post, which has chosen to drastically reduce its visual and international reach and coverage. After nearly seven years at th...

Adrián has produced/edited some of my fave recent visuals at The Post:

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Hannah Dormido on Instagram: "Signing off from @washingtonpost, but will be using this account more to tell you about what’s going on, what’s next and everything in between." 155 likes, 60 comments - byhannahdormido on February 4, 2026: "Signing off from @washingtonpost, but will be using this account more to tell you about what’s going on, what’s next and everything in be...

Hannah, who is absolutely wonderful and mega talented: @hannahdormido.bsky.social

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Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.

Lost my job at the Washington Post today, along with many of the best in the business. I want to keep covering tech and the internet. If you have leads on jobs for me or my colleagues, please reach out. I’m so proud of our work.

Luis is a brilliant brilliant graphics reporter: bsky.app/profile/lmel...

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Shelly Tan whose work on pop culture is always the most delightful—her post on X: x.com/tan_shelly/s...

Daniel’s work has always been inspiring to me and I’m so sad to lose him as a colleague

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Alyssa is incredible and can genuinely do it all: bsky.app/profile/alys...

Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:

Emily is the best sports data journalist working right now, and I have no doubt she will continue to do incredible things in whichever newsroom is lucky enough to hire her. I’ll deeply miss getting to work with such an amazing colleague (and fellow FPL fan!!!)

So many incredible journalists got laid off today. Heroes, mentors, friends. Just an absolutely devastating day. Starting a thread here with some of their incredible work, and how to follow and support them.

A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.

absolutely heartbroken. I just started maternity leave and am fortunate to still have a job right now but that’s not the case for so many wonderful, talented colleagues who have been laid off so horrifically

sickens me to see people actively cheering/mocking Post journos esp today

We’re losing a huge number of absolutely incredible people today. If you’re able, please support these amazing journalists.

Hell yeah, congrats, Greg!!!