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For more than two decades, I’ve published justice-focused pieces that have changed laws, policies and hearts and minds. I am the only two-time winner of the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, and I train journalists in newsrooms and classrooms across the U.S. on how trauma affects our storytelling.

In 2023, I was part of a Marshall Project team that won a national Murrow Award for an investigation of Cleveland’s court system. In 2024, our Cleveland judge guide won an Online News Association Award for our election coverage.

I helped found Cleveland Documenters and Signal Cleveland, a local nonprofit newsroom, to help foster a more collaborative approach to news that prioritizes what residents want and need to know.

Phone (216) 470-9952
Twitter @RachelDissell