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Ryan Devereaux
Ryan Devereaux is an award-winning investigative journalist and Type Media Center fellow covering immigration enforcement, national security and the environment.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
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German Court Turns Down Drone Lawsuit but Leaves Door Open to Others
México: Caso Se Enreda en la Desaparición de los 43 Estudiantes
A Spanish-language excerpt of <em>The Intercept</em>’s two-part investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa.
Sy Hersh's bin Laden Story First Reported in 2011 — With Seemingly Different Sources
“Everything that [Hersh] has said has been spot on,” says R.J. Hillhouse, but "You can’t help but notice that everything he is saying in the story was first broken by me."
Documents: Green Beret Who Sought Job At CIA Confessed To Murder
Internal U.S. Army documents detail how a Green Beret allegedly confessed to capturing, shooting, and cremating an unarmed suspected bombmaker in Afghanistan.
Ghosts of Iguala
Mexico: Case Unravels in Disappearance of 43 Students
The government said it had found the “historical truth” behind a night of terrible violence in Iguala. But evidence suggests the state isn’t disclosing all it knows.
Ghosts of Iguala
Mexico: How 43 Students Disappeared in the Night
The violence started with shots fired at several buses filled with students. It ended with six people dead and dozens of students seized by armed men. They are still missing.
When Will Obama Apologize for All the Other Innocent Victims of Drone Strikes?
Obama essentially said, "I’m only going to mourn if a Westerner is killed," says a Pakistani lawyer for drone victims.
Drone Wars
Secret Details of Drone Strike Revealed As Unprecedented Case Goes to German Court
A secret report indicates the U.S. knew a drone strike in Yemen killed an anti-Al Qaeda cleric.
The al Qaeda Files: Bin Laden Documents Reveal a Struggling Organization
Terror leader's last years were focused on palm oil cultivation, climate change, and how to kill Americans more effectively.