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Katie J.M. Baker

Food Health

Who Died for Your Dinner?

How a July 4th meal exposes the coronavirus risk for thousands of US food workers.

Katie J.M. Baker, Ryan Mac, Rosie Gray, Albert Samaha Buzzfeeed Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Health

Unlimited Power

A yearlong investigation by BuzzFeed News, based on leaked recordings, internal documents, and dozens of interviews with fans and insiders, reveals how Robbins has berated abuse victims and subjected his followers to unorthodox and potentially dangerous techniques. And former female fans and staffers have accused him of inappropriate sexual advances.

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Katie J.M. Baker on the Longform Podcast

Jane Bradley, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed May 2019 Permalink

World

WWF's Secret War

How anti-poaching funds end up in the hands of vicious paramilitaries.

  1. WWF Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People

  2. Internal Report Shows WWF Was Warned Years Ago Of “Frightening” Abuses

  3. WWF Says Indigenous People Want This Park. An Internal Report Says Some Fear Forest Ranger “Repression.”

Tom Warren, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Mar 2019 Permalink

World

WWF's Secret War

The World Wide Fund for Nature funds vicious paramilitary forces to fight poaching.

Tom Warren, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed News Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Crime

Die Trying

A college student accused a powerful man of rape. Then she became a suspect.

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Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Business Health

Get-Rich Doula Clique

ProDoula wants to revolutionize the touchy-feely doula profession — and make millions of dollars along the way.

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jan 2017 25min Permalink

Ethics and the Eye of the Beholder

Thomas Pogge is a Yale professor and one of the world’s most prominent ethicists. He also stands accused of sexually harassing his female students.

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Previously: Katie J.M. Baker on the Longform Podcast

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed May 2016 20min Permalink

"Yes, and ... No."

How women in the L.A. comedy scene, long pressured to stay quiet about sexual abuse and harassment for the sake of their careers, began to fight back.

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Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jan 2015 25min Permalink

"They Told Me It Never Happened"

The police told Lara McLeod to report her rape. Then they arrested her for lying.

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Previously: Katie J.M. Baker on the Longform Podcast.

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Sep 2015 25min Permalink

Business Crime

This Woman Gets Students Accused Of Rape Back Into School — For A Price

A business opportunity stemming from “a moment in time when the debate over how colleges should address sexual assault has reached a fever pitch.”

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jul 2015 15min Permalink

Crime Tech

Who Set Jessica Chambers on Fire? The Internet Is Trying to Find Out

A murder case in Mississippi catches the eye of amateur sleuths on Facebook, who proceed to harass everyone involved in the case.

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jun 2015 30min Permalink

Business

How Men's Rights Leader Paul Elam Turned Being A Deadbeat Dad Into A Moneymaking Movement

An investigation into the past of a prominent voice in the men’s rights movement.

Adam Serwer, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Feb 2015 25min Permalink

Crime

Forever Young

The profile of a 34-year-old woman named Charity Johnson who tricked people all over the country into believing she was still in high school.

Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Sep 2014 20min Permalink

How Colleges Flunk Mental Health

An investigtion into higher education’s treatment, and often punishment, of mentally ill students.

Katie J.M. Baker Newsweek Feb 2014 25min Permalink

Politics Sex

Cockblocked by Redistribution

A self-published author of pick-up guides visits the “pacifist nanny state” of Denmark and finds the social safety interferes with his seduction strategies.

Katie J.M. Baker Dissent Oct 2013 Permalink

Crime

"A Town Destroyed for What Two People Did"

One year later, a dispatch from Steubenville.

Katie J.M. Baker Jezebel Sep 2013 15min Permalink

Big Breaks for Blowjobs: The Dark Underbelly of the Miss USA Pageant

The investigation that brought down K2 Productions.

Katie J.M. Baker Jezebel Mar 2013 15min Permalink