Press, Etc

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I can think of no better place to start, than this fantastic article by David Daley (Twitter: @davedaley3) who is regarded by me, Barack Obama and, well, everyone, as the expert among journalists on the topic of Gerrymandering, Operation RedMap, and The Hofeller Files:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-files-of-the-master-of-modern-republican-gerrymandering 

David wrote the book on exposing Gerrymandering, literally. The book is "Ratfucked" (good title) and its follow-up, is "Unrigged".

Along w the article for The New Yorker (link above), he did a fabulous series for The Intercept, called "Rigging the Vote". David was the first journalist that I trusted with an un-edited copy of the files. These articles are the best and most thorough analysis available other than court records.***

 https://theintercept.com/series/rigging-the-vote/ 

The saga of The Hofeller Files truly begins with an article in which David was interviewed. His statement about hard drives was what inspired me to mention them to Common Cause:

 https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/ned-barnett/article217611305.html 

For the record, Common Cause did not put me in touch with David. That distinction belongs to Sam Levine, who was writing for HuffPost when he interviewed me for the following article:

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-hofeller-redistricting-files_n_5d0d1956e4b07ae90d9cbef9 

Sam has since moved to The Guardian. Good move, Sam!!

Mike Wines was the first journalist I talked to about "The Hofeller Files". He broke the story about their involvement in the census citizenship question: 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/us/census-citizenship-question-hofeller.amp.html

He also covered the less known "severed matter" of the disputed ownership of my hard drives:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/us/gerrymander-north-carolina-hofeller.amp.html

Hansi Lo Wang of NPR is the census go to guy. His coverage is great. I gave him the scoop on the publishing of The Hofeller Files:

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/05/785672201/deceased-gop-strategists-daughter-makes-files-public-that-republicans-wanted-sea

Go to Common Cause NC to get the play-by-play on lawsuits, Common Cause v Lewis and Common Cause v Rucho:

https://www.commoncause.org/north-carolina/

Reading NC Policy Watch inspired me to contact Melissa Boughton, who flew in to Lexington, KY and interviewed me about the challenges of publishing The Files. Melissa remains the only journalist that has been in my home (no regrets, we had a lot of fun):

 http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2019/12/20/the-gerrymanderers-daughter/ 

I worked for almost three months with Charles Bethea, on this beautifully written article about me and Dad (one of The New Yorker's most read of 2019). Exhaustive (but actually not the least bit exhausting) explanation of the "estranged daughter" tie-in, and prerequisite if you want to talk to me about pretty much anything:

 https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-father-a-daughter-and-the-attempt-to-change-the-census 

Listen to this fantastic interview with Caroline Casey  for her radio show, "Visionary Activist".  This one has the distinction of being uplifting and hopeful. Plus for me, I get to actually talk about being an anarchist, not just have it mentioned:

 https://coyotenetworknews.com/radioshow/the-hofeller-files/ 

While you're listening, this podcast, from "The Heart" series, "Race Traitor", by Phoebe Unterman, features me in episode four, "Betray White Fathers". This is very moving and thought provoking. It chokes me up every time:

 https://www.theheartradio.org/race-traitor/2020/5/5/betray-white-fathers-4-of-4 

If you know of a link that I should add to this list, please contact me by email: slhofeller@gmail.com