Nick McMillan
Nick McMillan is an associate producer who specializes in data with NPR's Investigations unit. He utilizes data-driven techniques, video and motion graphics to tell stories. Previously, McMillan worked at Newsy on investigative documentaries, where he contributed to stories uncovering white supremacists in the U.S. military and the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rican school children. McMillan has a bachelor's in statistics from Rice University and a master's in journalism from the University of Maryland. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
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A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added. -
Before becoming the second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino used his popular podcast to spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack. Here's what else he said. -
First responder communications show the power company in Altadena was slow to respond to Eaton firefighters — and that live power lines sparked new fires days after flames first broke out. -
NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources. -
A federal program kills hundreds of thousands of wild animals a year. Documents obtained by NPR show that many of those animals were killed in places where no damage to livestock was reported. -
The nation's historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.
