Adam Rhodes
journalist, data nerd, dog dad
(any pronouns!)
About Me
I am a queer, first-generation Cuban American, and I devote my work to uncovering corruption and wrongdoing in our nation's criminal legal systems.
My reporting has shined a light on struggles to access HIV treatment, numerous homophobic murder trials, and this country's history of criminalizing queerness.
Right now, I'm a training director at Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc. — out of the University of Missouri's school of journalism — where I train newsrooms across the country on investigative reporting techniques.
Over the course of my career, I have investigated racism in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood, a racist, homophobic law that criminalizes HIV in Illinois, controversial surgeries on minors, anti-gay criminal cases, and how access to HIV treatment in Puerto Rico has been impacted by colonialism, natural disasters, a multibillion-dollar debt crisis and now, the pandemic.
My Expertise
Public Records
FOIA, open data portals, you name it! I am a seasoned public records hound.
Long form Writing
I pride myself on telling dynamic, complicated stories with care and nuance.
Data
Analysis
I'm skilled using data (public or otherwise) to add crucial context and depth to my work.
Social justice Journalism
I specialize in work that focuses on how systems impact our most vulnerable.
My Writing Samples