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Nichole Manna

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Covers:  investigations, crime, police, criminal justice, public safety, jails, sheriffs
senior investigative reporter at @TheFloridaTrib + part of @ProPublica's Local Reporting Network.

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Nichole Manna’s Biography

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I’m an investigative reporter for the The Tributary in Jacksonville. I cover criminal justice and policing.

Nichole Manna’s Journalist Portfolio

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Jacksonville's jail death rate tripled after privatizing medical care

Jacksonville's jail death rate tripled after privatizing medical care

Deaths in the Duval County jail have tripled since Armor Correctional Health Services started handling health…

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His death was ruled 'natural.' But what Tarrant jailers did to him suggests otherwise

His death was ruled 'natural.' But what Tarrant jailers did to him suggests otherwise

A Star-Telegram investigation finds Tarrant County blamed an inmate’s death on “natural causes” from a diseas…

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No doctors, no grocers, no help. Death comes early in these Fort Worth neighborhoods.

No doctors, no grocers, no help. Death comes early in these Fort Worth neighborhoods.

In an investigation into the area’s low life expectancy that began in August 2019, the Fort Worth Star-Telegr…

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JPS was told in 2017 to upgrade elevator that crushed nurse in 2019. It never happened

JPS was told in 2017 to upgrade elevator that crushed nurse in 2019. It never happened

John Peter Smith Hospital officials knew in 2017 that an elevator that crushed a nurse in January needed upgr…

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Arlington officer shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop. Experts ask why

Arlington officer shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop. Experts ask why

Video released by the Arlington Police department shows the fatal shooting of O'Shae Terry on Sept. 1. Office…

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Dallas police shooting: Arrest and search warrants differ | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Dallas police shooting: Arrest and search warrants differ | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

A search warrant for Botham Jean's apartment contradicts what an arrest warrant for the off-duty Dallas polic…

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Articles

He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.

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By Nichole Manna Verified
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Reporting Highlights Struggling to Breathe: Before he died in the medical ward of a jail, Brian Tracey had spent nine days struggling to get enough oxygen and passing out. Long History of Complaints: Armor Correctional Health Services had been sued for subpar care and had been convicted of felony abuse over the death of an inmate.
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Legacy of Jim Crow looms over Jacksonville Death Row case

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By Nichole Manna Verified
| The Florida Trib Verified
Video footage footage courtesy of WJXT/News4Jax William “Bill” White had just called his client to the witness stand to testify. It was the assistant public defender’s first jury trial before Jacksonville Circuit Judge R. Hudson Olliff, and he began his questioning by addressing the defendant, a Black man in his 20s, as “Mr. Ponder.” Judge Olliff cut him off and summoned White to the bench.
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State began, then halted, probe into murder conviction that relied on a known liar's testimony

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By Nichole Manna Verified
| The Florida Trib Verified
John Zipperer emailed Ronnie Ferrell’s appellate attorney in 2008, calling eyewitness Sidney Jones a “lying piece of shit.” It wasn’t until then that Ferrell’s team learned of Jones’s 1979 perjury conviction.
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Awards

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Green Eyeshade Awards

2024 - Public Service in Online Journalism

Second place for coverage of medical neglect in the Duval County jail.

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Green Eyeshade Awards

2024 - Investigative Reporting/Online

First Place for coverage of medical neglect in the Duval County jail

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National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation

2024 - Investigative and General Reporting

Honorable Mention for my reporting on medical neglect in the Duval County jail.

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Livingston Award

2021 - Finalist for excellence in local news

I was finalist for the excellence in local news Livingston Award for my work investigating health care disparities within a Fort Worth ZIP code.

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Texas Associated Press and Managing Editors

2023 - Star Reporter of the Year

Third place for TAPME's Star Reporter of the Year for my ongoing coverage of the deaths and conditions inside the Tarrant County Jail.

Texas Associated Press and Managing Editors

2022 - Star Investigative Reporter of the Year

Honorable mention for Star Investigative Reporter of the Year for my Killed in Crisis series.

Texas APME

2021 - Community service reporting

Second place for reporting on health care disparities in the neighborhoods with the lowest life expectancy in Texas.

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Texas APME

2021 - Star Online Report of the Year

First place, group award for covering health care disparities in the neighborhoods with the lowest life expectancy in Texas.

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Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Excellence Award

2013 - Finalist for Journalist of the Year
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Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Excellence Award

2014 - Malcolm Law Investigative Journalism Award

Second place for discovery that a public school teacher faked his background check and got a job despite being a convicted felon. The man was charged and the school changed their process for background checking new candidates.

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Tennessee Press Association

2013 - Investigative Reporting

Third place

Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Excellence Award

2014 - Daily Deadline
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Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Excellence Award

2014 - Feature writing

Second place

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Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Excellence Award

2014 - Multimedia

Second place, group award

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Tennessee Press Association

2013 - Best News Reporting

Second place

Great Plains Newspaper Contest

2017 - General News

First place, group award for coverage on the opioid epidemic in Nebraska.

McClatchy President’s Award

2018

Awarded the McClatchy President’s Award for breaking national coverage of a fatal officer-involved shooting in Wichita because of a swatting call.

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