Debbie Cenziper
@debbiecenziper
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, author and director of Medill Investigative Lab @NorthwesternU. Reporter @propublica.
Only 4 more months until my 2nd book is released: a story about an unheralded team of Nazi hunters and the men they brought to justice decades after the war. @HachetteBooks: bit.ly/Citizen865Book #HistoricalNonfiction #WW2 #HachetteBooks

Dirty equipment, foul water, falsified records: The FDA allowed some of the most troubled factories in India to continue shipping generic drugs to the U.S. even when its own inspectors warned of life-threatening lapses in quality. @propublica propublica.org/article/fda-dr…
Student journalists at @MedillSchool traveled to coal country to tell this important story for the @PittsburghPG @MIL_Medill @MikeSallah7 post-gazette.com/news/health/20…
Important reporting by @viki_malis @kmdaily7 and Sadie Leite at @MedillSchool
This is bleak. FDA Cuts Will Limit Scrutiny of Troubled Foreign Drug Factories, Inspectors Say propublica.org/article/fda-cu…
This is bleak. FDA Cuts Will Limit Scrutiny of Troubled Foreign Drug Factories, Inspectors Say propublica.org/article/fda-cu…
'Daddy needs a new kidney': We had an essential drug for transplant patients tested at an independent lab as part of an ongoing investigation into the FDA's oversight of foreign drugmakers. Here are the results. @propublica propublica.org/article/fda-ta…
Happy to see the work of the student journalists @TheAlligator cited in this NYT story. nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/…
After the FDA denied our requests to quickly release records that would identify the generic drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories, ProPublica sued. The request was part of our ongoing investigation about drug safety. @propublica propublica.org/article/fda-dr…
So impressed with the more than 20 student journalists at Northwestern University's Medill Investigative Lab who contributed to today's ProPublica investigation on drug safety. @MedillSchool propublica.org/article/fda-dr…
Marty Baron on the consequences of cancelling subscriptions
EXCLUSIVE: In wake of massive recall, SEC launches investigation into whether Philips Respironics concealed the dangers in its breathing machines -- costing investors hundreds of millions w/@michael_korsh @sightsonwheels post-gazette.com/business/healt… via @PittsburghPG
“I still don’t have my husband. But it sounds like a good amount of money coming out of their pocket, so it makes me feel a little bit happier.” Philips agrees to $1 billion settlement over defective breathing machines. w/ @debbiecenziper and @michael_korsh and @sightsonwheels
Loved seeing grads from the Medill Investigative Lab at Harvard last night for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. All worked on "With Every Breath," a @propublica @PittsburghPG series named one of six Goldsmith finalists @MedillSchool

NEW: The revelations in this series of stories on Philips CPAP machines just keep coming. From @propublica and @PittsburghPG, including @debbiecenziper and @MikeSallah7. propublica.org/article/fda-re…
I've worked in four newsrooms after graduating from @TempleUniv. This investigation by @MikeSallah7, @michael_korsh, @debbiecenziper, @Wrschgn and others remains the most impressive investigative journalism I've seen in any of them. The latest installment. post-gazette.com/business/healt…
With Every Breath: Remarkable student journalists at the Medill Investigative Lab traveled the country last year to interview patients impacted by the Philips recall. @MonicaSager3 @mgfleming12 @mollyfburke @sightsonwheels @susantisarkar and others propublica.org/article/philip…
Amid recall crisis, Philips Respironics has agreed to stop selling sleep apnea machines in the United States under an agreement with the government. @propublica and @PittsburghPG has been investigating for more than a year. @MikeSallah7 @michael_korsh propublica.org/article/philip…
This short documentary on the Philips CPAP recall by @LizMoughon @ProPublica is stunning. propublica.org/article/how-pa…
Congressional Watchdog Will Launch Inquiry Into FDA Oversight of Medical Device Recalls Sens. Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal called for the investigation, citing stories about Philips Respironics recall by @propublica @PittsburghPG propublica.org/article/gao-wi…