Shannon Dooling
Shannon Dooling is an investigative reporter in Boston. Her work can be found on WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, and nationally with ProPublica and NPR. Her reporting focuses primarily on immigration and criminal justice.
In 2019, she broke the national news story about the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle a humanitarian immigration process designed to allow seriously ill immigrants to stay in the U.S. for medical treatment. She’s also shed light on how Boston police share information with federal immigration officials.
Her reporting has won several Edward R. Murrow awards, including awards for continuing coverage and investigative reporting. In 2022, she was part of the team recognized with the National Headliner Award for their series on civil asset forfeiture in Massachusetts.