Congrats to @motamman @gottesdiener, @seisenhammer @Draz_DJ Kristina Cooke, @michaelvmartina @slodek, @daisychungart & @ShannonStaplet2 for winning @Reuters first-ever @PulitzerPrizes for investigative reporting on the secretive chemical trade fueling America's #fentanyl crisis.

we did it!!! 🏆so grateful to work with such an amazing team for this important issue @specialreports

An absolute honor to be part of the team winning this bronze from @SND #snd46 for the @Reuters investigative series "Fentanyl Express". Huge congrats to @daisychungart @fcage for their big win on their standalone infographics for the series. https://t.co/mCegZRpWLe

As deep-sea mining pops back up in the news, I’m sharing our graphic from 2023 that dives into the controversial practice. Check it out 👇👇👇

Visual explainer on the human body’s battle 🤒 with mpox, and how the virus 🦠 spreads and mutates. In recent years, a new strain of the virus spread globally 🌍. https://t.co/QjyT7p1qNj https://t.co/QjyT7p1qNj

🚨Internship alert! Our amazing graphics team at @ReutersGraphics is looking for a summer intern! Come join the fun! Apply before 15th Dec👇

In case you missed it, take a look at our part 1 visual story that explores the chemistry behind fentanyl. We spent almost this entire year looking into every detail and angle of this complex and deadly issue. Check it out! https://t.co/IKDixK7heo

New project! Part 2 of @specialreports Fentanyl series, we illustrated (🖌️literally) the secretive route narcos use to sneak in deadly chemicals through the U.S. Great collab. with writer’s Laura Gottesdiener,@kristinacooke @Draz_DJ + my editor @fcage. https://t.co/P3N2wfzzIo

The fentanyl funnel: How narcos sneak deadly chemicals through the U.S. Amazing work here from @daisychungart and our @specialreports colleagues https://t.co/JMR7ic64S7

My mom us in the ICU after a heart attack. Her medical bills are adding up very quickly 😭so my friends help me set-up a GoFundMe. If you’re in a position to help — by donating, sharing this &/or praying for my mom— it will mean the world to me. Thank you! https://t.co/J8etZIPDYN

So proud of team Taiwan 🇹🇼 earning 7 more medals 🥇 🥇 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 at the Paris Olympics! Check out our story about the 43 medals we won since 1960! 恭喜台灣添加2金5銅！ https://t.co/X6dsCcYf0U #olympics #parisolympics2024 #dataviz #taiwan

This is a huge project on an urgent issue. Check it out! https://t.co/ZBYOiJCZdS Grateful for the team @specialreports that showed me the ropes of #investigativejournalism and became as excited about chemistry as I am!

Reuters spoke with a freelance fentanyl producer about his craft, who said it was as easy as ‘making chicken soup.’ Working with chemists @AndreaEHolmes and @alexkrotulski, and many rounds of sketches, we pieced together the likely synthesis process-6/7

Virtually all the illicit fentanyl trafficked to the U.S. is produced in Mexico, often in crude structures or labs. On the ground reporting and interviews helped to visualize possible environments of where the drug is produced. Here is the illustration process #WIP-5/7

Reuters purchased chemicals used in making fentanyl (read👉: https://t.co/KrOjn7FmJu), and many arrived in mislabeled small boxes. Of the many illustrations, I was surprised drawing boxes was not easy. No shortcuts. I diligently drew every perspective line & studied my mail. -4/7

What is fentanyl? This Q led me to speed-relearn organic chem. After studying 100+ structures, I started color-coding molecular groups to make it easier for my brain. My editor @fcage liked how it made scary chemistry more assessable, and suggest turning them into toy blocks!-3/7

We wanted readers to relate to the scale of the lethal drug by using a pill bottle, leading me down a rabbit-hole of weighing+counting pills, too much math and feeling stuck. Thankful when writer @Draz_DJ pointed out they don’t come in bottles! A new design was born.-2/7

Our latest @specialreports visual story explores the chemistry behind fentanyl. It’s a big topic to cover! We put in months of reporting considering every detail weaving graphics & text. 👇Here’s a glimpse of how we made it @ReutersGraphic https://t.co/ZBYOiJCZdS -1/7

What is fentanyl and how do criminals make the illicit opioid? The chemistry behind the drug driving America’s overdose crisis is surprisingly simple. Here’s how rogue ‘cooks’ put it to work, from @ReutersGraphics

One big part of the project includes Reuters purchasing online everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl with just $3,600! Read how this all happened. Investigations by @motamman, @Draz_DJ ,Laura Gottesdiener & @SEisenhammer https://t.co/KmEDp1K1bZ