Melanie Hicken (@melhicken) 's Twitter Profile
Melanie Hicken

@melhicken

@CNN senior investigative writer. Mom. NYU adjunct prof. SU/NYU grad. Loves investigative reporting & good wine. [email protected].

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Bravo to the Los Angeles Times for having this story prominently on their homepage. We as a society don't talk enough about the traumatizing effects of mass shooting coverage. latimes.com/california/sto…

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"This industry is not safe, and the Coast Guard must do more.” More than a year after a cadet accused her boss of rape, she is still waiting for justice. cnn.com/2023/03/16/us/…

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“…a mariner who failed a drug test after using CBD oil for knee pain had his credential revoked, while a chief mate who raped his female second mate multiple times, according to a Coast Guard administrative complaint, was allowed to keep his credential.” cnn.com/2023/03/16/us/…

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The Coast Guard buried its report for several years on systemic sexual abuse at the Academy that was largely ignored & only briefed Congress this week when CNN reached out for comment. So please take a moment to read this important reporting Melanie Hicken Blake Ellis Audrey Ash

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**CNN EXCLUSIVE** The coast guard has been hiding a damning investigation and report about sexual assault at its academy for years - until CNN recently uncovered it. Pamela Brown on what she learned:

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A secret investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the US Coast Guard Academy, the training ground for the agency's top officers, uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials. 🧵

A secret investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the US Coast Guard Academy, the training ground for the agency's top officers, uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials. 🧵
Kaniela Ing (@kanielaing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To reporters covering the #MauiFire: Please stop characterizing Front Street and Lahaina Town as a “tourist spot” It was the original Capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. King Kamehameha’s palace is here. Kānaka Maoli still live here, on their ancestral land from the 1800s.

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In a rare move, the US Coast Guard released a highly critical report today saying it had “failed to keep our people safe,” while vowing to make reforms that would better protect them. cnn.com/2023/12/06/pol…

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As a lifelong Los Angeles Times reader, current subscriber and someone who started my career at LAT-owned community newspaper, it's breaking my heart to see it yet again become a shell of itself.

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25 protesters within the pro-Palestine encampment were hospitalized overnight, a UC Divest at UCLA spokesperson said in a press conference.

Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“They are out there for the right reasons… they are out there not because they are ‘pro-Hamas.' They are out there because they are outraged by what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza.” Bernie Sanders discusses the student anti-war protests sweeping colleges in America.

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Wanted to share one of the most important, hardest stories I’ve ever written. I appreciate the students who trusted me to convey their experiences of April 30-May 2. Please give it a read. dailybruin.com/2024/05/07/i-t…

Kyung Lah (@kyunglahcnn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UCLA counter-protests got bloody. Our CNN investigation shows you who was behind the violence -- and the ones ID'ed not all students. Video w/Patricia DiCarlo @annamajacnn @alligordon @yahyaghazala

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More receipts here. Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment CNN investigation team reviewed 100s of videos:Blake Ellis Melanie Hicken Alli Gordon Yahya Abou-Ghazala em steck Daniel Medina Anna-Maja Rappard Read the report/see images here: cnn.com/2024/05/16/us/…

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All those political texts hammering your cell phone? Elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns, losing their life savings. Don't miss our CNN investigation: cnn.com/interactive/20…

Zach Montellaro (@zachmontellaro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great story from CNN on something that many folks in politics *know* is happening, but is so hard to capture: the explosion of small-dollar donations has a really ugly underbelly

Melanie Hicken (@melhicken) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Grateful to the many many sources who helped this report come to fruition, including countless family members, some who at first wondered if we were scammers trying to take advantage of their elderly family members.

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As someone who teaches early career journalists at American Journalism Online and works with them at @cnn, I can't disagree with this more. Is there any profession than loves to attack itself from within more than journalism? Let's do better. I rarely ever tweet, but this got me fired up