Tracy Jan

Tracy Jan is a senior editor at ProPublica, collaborating with news outlets on investigative projects in the Local Reporting Network. Previously, Jan was a deputy health and science editor at The Washington Post, managing coverage on health accountability and disinformation. They launched a beat on race and the economy at The Post, covering systemic racism and its impacts, and received multiple accolades for their reporting, including the George Polk Award. Earlier in their career, Jan worked as a national political reporter for The Boston Globe, where they reported extensively on elections and congressional dysfunction, winning the National Press Foundation's Everett McKinley Dirksen Award. Jan holds a bachelor's degree in communication and a master's degree in sociology from Stanford University.