Eli Murray is a graphics editor at The New York Times, where he uses code to create graphics and crunch numbers on investigations. He is also a 2023 Senior Fellow for the Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship. Before joining The New York Times, Murray spent eight years at the Tampa Bay Times as an investigative reporter specializing in data work. In 2022 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, along with his colleagues Corey Johnson and Rebecca Woolington, for their work on the series Poisoned, which shone a spotlight on a Tampa-based lead smelter that was poisoning its workers and the community. Murray grew up in rural Illinois and received an associate degree from Sauk Valley Community College before pursuing a bachelor’s in journalism at the University of Illinois.
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A new investigation will delve into pollution threatening water system in Florida’s Tampa Bay region
More than 150 sites could be contaminated, and a new reporting project will conduct targeted environmental testing to see whether they present a risk to surrounding communities.