Ryan Devereaux

Type Media Center Fellow

Ryan Devereaux is an award-winning investigative journalist and a fellow at Type Media Center. His forthcoming book for Avid Reader Press examines the collision of politics, polarization, and special interests that fueled the deadliest wolf hunt in the history of Yellowstone National Park.

Prior to becoming a Type Media Fellow, Ryan was a senior investigative reporter for The Intercept for 11 years, where he covered a range of topics from conservation and the environment, to immigration and the border, to the War on Terror and the drug war in Mexico.

Ryan’s work, alone and in collaboration, has been recognized with a number of honors including an Edward R. Murrow award, the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting, and an Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. He was also a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning Drone Papers series, where he investigated civilian casualties resulting from U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.

Highlights

The Grizzly Files: Grizzly Bear Poachers Flout the Endangered Species Act — and Get Away With It

A trove of investigative files reveals that the Department of Justice almost never prosecutes grizzly bear killers under the powerful law.

Boxed In on the Border How Neighbors in the Borderlands Fought Back Against Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s Illegal Wall — and Won

The Biden administration is doing nothing to stop the environmental destruction wrought by Arizona’s construction of a shipping container wall.

Bodies in the Borderlands: Scott Warren Worked to Prevent Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert. The Government Wants Him in Prison.

Thousands of migrants have died crossing the desert in Arizona. The U.S. government is prosecuting activists who try to save lives and recover bodies.