Neil Bedi is an investigative journalist who uses data, visual evidence and traditional reporting to hold power to account. He works on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times, which uses digital techniques like satellite imagery, visual forensics and social media analysis.
Before that, he worked at ProPublica covering the federal government — including the FDA’s handling of a problematic heart implant and the continued use of asbestos at U.S. chemical plants.
He started his career at the Tampa Bay Times reporting in the Sunshine State. His investigation with Kathleen McGrory into a Florida sheriff’s predictive policing initiative won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
Their reporting on an alarming death rate at a Johns Hopkins pediatric heart surgery center won the George Polk Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
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Recent stories
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Inside the Dark and Predatory World of Crypto Casinos
The New York Times December 9, 2025 -
Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral
The New York Times March 26, 2025 -
Inside Trump’s Truth Social Conspiracy Theory Machine
The New York Times October 29, 2024 -
How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours
The New York Times May 3, 2024 -
The $2.8 Billion Hole in U.S. Sanctions on Iran
The New York Times February 16, 2024
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Staff Warned About the Lack of Psychiatric Care at a VA Clinic. They Couldn’t Prevent Tragedy.
ProPublica January 6, 2024
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The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price.
ProPublica October 20, 2022
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Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous
ProPublica August 5, 2021
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Tampa Bay Times
September 3, 2020

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How one Florida psychiatric hospital makes millions off patients who have no choice
Tampa Bay Times December 3, 2019
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Tampa Bay Times
November 28, 2018

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Tampa Electric knew the procedure was dangerous. It sent workers in anyway.
Tampa Bay Times August 17, 2017