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Investigative reporter @investigatewest 🕵🏻‍♀️ labor, youth & families, health care. ✝️ Disciple. Desi//Mixed. She/her. DM, Signal or [email protected].

Salem, OR
Joined September 2013
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@ka_tornay
Kaylee Tornay
1 year
TW: Suicide > > I spent much of my summer in the world of Pam Antoni, a 49 year old woman who died by suicide outside her apartment in Bend in June. Today @investigatewest and @OPB published her story đź§µ https://t.co/vtFnEafcWW
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She called 911 nine times in six months seeking help before neighbors found her dead.
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@ka_tornay
Kaylee Tornay
5 months
Let the fact that I'm using X signal how strongly I believe this story is worth your time.
@investigatewest
InvestigateWest
5 months
Year after year, an Oregon wood treatment facility let a toxic chemical leach into a river that supplies water for a nearby town. As @ka_tornay @aspenford_ report, state regulators were investigating violations but didn’t stop the company from releasing more polluted stormwater🧵
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@WhitneyBryen
Whitney Bryen
5 months
@AspenFord_ @danielwinvw @ka_tornay But @ka_tornay's also wants to know: Do Oregon parents get enough mental health support during pregnancy? Help her answer that question by telling her what you think.
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We want to hear from you about how behavioral health care — or a lack of it — impacted a pregnancy
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@Wilsoncriscione
Wilson Criscione
8 months
Good journalism matters: State officials investigated Providence Sacred Heart only because they read reporting from @ka_tornay and @WhitneyBryen. Officials quickly found deeper issues with the hospital failing to properly screen patients.
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InvestigateWest
8 months
UPDATE: Spokane hospital where 12-year-old died endangered other suicidal patients, investigators find https://t.co/Q7d3RB28f2
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@WhitneyBryen
Whitney Bryen
8 months
Providence Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane is refusing to answer questions about the safety of patients following a 12-year-old's suicide. But a state investigation could provide answers. Reported with @ka_tornay.
@investigatewest
InvestigateWest
8 months
IMPACT: The WA Department of Health has opened an investigation into a Spokane hospital after learning of Sarah Niyimbona’s death from InvestigateWest's reporting. https://t.co/ATXzRE5IJ6
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@Wilsoncriscione
Wilson Criscione
8 months
Washington health officials — after reading @ka_tornay and @WhitneyBryen's reporting — launched an investigation into a 12-year-old’s suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. Read more on this developing Spokane story here:
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State regulatory officials, elected leaders learned of tragedy from InvestigateWest report
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@Wilsoncriscione
Wilson Criscione
10 months
Oregon has spent $46 million fighting black market cannabis in the last seven years. Is it working? Well, nobody seems to know, including the state agency managing the funding. From @ka_tornay
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Experts say the state’s lack of market-related data may be hampering its efforts
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
Smart, sharp and important coverage from @RachelSpacek
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InvestigateWest
1 year
NEW: Bird flu is spreading rapidly, but in the Northwest, farm workers — the people closest to the danger — are rarely tested for exposure. The latest from: @RachelSpacek (cc: @Report4America) https://t.co/ExGkEFtCQ1
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@aaronlmorrison
Aaron L. Morrison
1 year
Hey journalism students! The @AP is now accepting applications for its paid, four-month global news internship program. Locations this year include NYC, LA, and D.C., as well as Japan, London and Cairo. Find a list of internship roles here:
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
What all of these states have in common, though, is a shortage of support professionals to provide the care these kids need. Which means many parents will continue to fill that gap — paid or unpaid.
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
You sure can't paint the Northwest w/ 1 broad brush. In OR and WA, parents of medically complex kids are lobbying to become Medicaid-paid caregivers. In ID, where that program exists, officials are trying to eliminate it, citing fraud & waste. https://t.co/A4GNCJhcJm
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Alleging abuse of program benefits that fueled rising costs, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare seeks to end program.
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
This Election Day, I’m voting for every local reporter (to have a wonderful day)
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@IBWellsSociety
Ida B. Wells Society
1 year
Investigative journalists with at least 3 years of professional experience, freelancers included, are invited to apply to our inaugural Investigative Reporting Fellowship! This program will include training and guidance from top journalists. Apply here: https://t.co/tOXXtnKnw7
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
Everyone go look at the new improved https://t.co/1GojcrkmhF!
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@IDTheftCenter
IDTheftCenter
1 year
Thank you, @ka_tornay and @investigatewest, for speaking with Eva Velasquez (@ITRCCEO), President and CEO of the #IDTheftCenter, about your story.
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InvestigateWest
1 year
NEW: When your own spouse steals your identity—and you can’t press charges. A Portland woman’s story sheds light on a justice system failing to protect victims.
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
RIP to memories of pie shakes after prom đź’ś
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
Many identity theft victims never see justice in a criminal court because they don't know who the thief is. People like Danielle Del Prado, however, can face a paradoxical obstacle: that she knows the alleged thief — her wife — too well. https://t.co/v3Rw271jWW
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
@thebulletin @investigatewest Here's the original story — a tough but important read. https://t.co/CdF99jHoWK
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Kaylee Tornay
1 year
Grateful to see the editorial board of my hometown paper @thebulletin encouraging readers to spend time with my @investigatewest story from last week about Pam Antoni, who died by suicide despite multiple contacts with the Deschutes County crisis system. https://t.co/hqlJtH2aJa
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@Wilsoncriscione
Wilson Criscione
1 year
An Idaho agency will keep funding a nonprofit that’s under federal investigation after we exposed how it exploited trafficking victims. But the state cut funding for a different nonprofit, believing its director was the whistleblower behind the articles. https://t.co/IVmuXw4XaK
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Records indicate the decision to defund nonprofit was punishment for alleged involvement in InvestigateWest articles
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@WhitneyBryen
Whitney Bryen
1 year
Help me report on jails in Idaho, Washington and Oregon. If you have stories or experiences to share, DM me here. Or, email me. Call me. Text me. Scream from the rooftops. Well, maybe not that last one. Contact info at the bottom of the story below. 👇
@WhitneyBryen
Whitney Bryen
1 year
Idaho doesn’t require jails to report deaths of detainees. As a result, some sheriffs are choosing not to tell the public when someone dies in their care. This is the first in a series of stories I have coming on jail oversight in the PNW.
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