Reporting on cybersecurity, data ethics, and digital accountability.
About My Investigative Work
Alongside my fiction, I investigate the hidden systems that shape our digital lives. My reporting explores cybersecurity, privacy, and digital ethics, uncovering how data and technology influence public trust, transparency, and equity in everyday life.
Drawing on my background in cybersecurity and digital forensics, I focus on stories that reveal the human cost of weak data protections, the ethical challenges of technology, and how digital systems impact vulnerable communities. Whether examining small nonprofits, online privacy, or emerging technologies, my goal is to make complex digital issues both accessible and accountable.
Featured Investigations
How Nonprofits Handle Donor Cybersecurity
Nonprofits collect sensitive donor data but rarely have the resources to protect it. This piece uncovers how small charities navigate cybersecurity blind spots and what’s at stake for public trust.
Keywords: Cybersecurity, Nonprofits, Data Ethics
The Hidden Costs of Data Breaches in Small Charities
When small charities are hacked, recovery can take months or years. This story examines the true cost of data loss, from donor confidence to mission continuity.
Keywords: Data Breach, Trust, Impact Reporting
The Nonprofit Data Divide: How Small Charities Are Left Out of Cybersecurity Funding
Billions in cybersecurity grants go to governments and corporations, leaving nonprofits unprotected. This investigation traces how policy gaps put the most trusted organizations at risk.
Keywords: Funding, Cybersecurity Equity, Public Trust
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Ongoing Investigation Series
Series: Digital Trust in Community Institutions
A continuing investigation into how small organizations, faith communities, and public systems navigate cybersecurity challenges and what their struggles reveal about trust, technology, and equity in the digital age.
- How Nonprofits Handle Donor Cybersecurity
- The Hidden Costs of Data Breaches in Small Charities
- The Nonprofit Data Divide: How Small Charities Are Left Out of Cybersecurity Funding
- Keeping the Faith and the Data: Inside the Cybersecurity Gaps in Religious Organizations (coming soon)
- Churches and faith-based groups hold deeply personal information yet many lack the resources or training to protect it. This piece investigates how ministries handle digital safety, what risks they face in an era of online giving and livestreaming, and what’s at stake for trust in faith communities.
- How Small Towns Handle Cybersecurity (coming soon)
- From town halls to local utilities, small towns increasingly depend on digital systems to serve their residents and hackers have noticed. This investigation takes an in-depth look at how rural communities manage growing cyber risks with limited budgets, small teams, and big responsibilities.
- The Public Trust Problem: What Cyberattacks Mean for Local Governments and Schools (coming soon)
- When cyberattacks hit schools or municipal systems, the damage ripples far beyond servers and software. This story explores how breaches in public institutions erode trust, disrupt essential services, and reveal the urgent need for stronger cybersecurity at the local level.
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