T. Christian Miller

T. Christian Miller serves as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, teaching courses such as data journalism. A graduate of UC Berkeley with highest honors, he earned his bachelor’s degree there in 1992. Miller has enjoyed a 30-year career in investigative journalism, beginning as a foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times based in Bogotá, Colombia. There, he covered the guerrilla conflict, its ties to the U.S. war on drugs, and reported from more than two dozen countries, including four wars and a presidential campaign. He was briefly captured and held hostage by leftist guerrillas during his tenure. Joining ProPublica in 2008 as a senior reporter, Miller focuses on accountability, transparency, and data-driven journalism, particularly examining military issues, veterans, international affairs, and abuses of power through in-depth narrative investigations using public records.

Miller’s impactful reporting has garnered two Pulitzer Prizes, including one in 2016 for explanatory reporting on law enforcement’s mishandling of sexual assault cases in collaboration with colleagues, and three Emmy Awards. His series “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” (2015, co-reported with Ken Armstrong) inspired the Netflix miniseries “Unbelievable,” viewed by 32 million people worldwide and awarded a Peabody. Notable books include “Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives and Corporate Greed in Iraq” and “A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America” (2018, with Ken Armstrong). Key articles encompass “Firestone and the Warlord” (2014), “Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by its Own Navy” (2019), and recent work like “Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care” (2024). A 2011 Knight Fellow at Stanford University, Miller has served as a member and treasurer of Investigative Reporters & Editors’ board, mentoring emerging journalists and advancing ethical, high-impact reporting in the field.