Jeremy Bernfeld

Senior Editor for Investigations/Interim Managing Editor

Jeremy leads the investigations desk at Ocean State Media, helping the newsroom publish more investigative and accountability journalism that matters to Rhode Island and the Southcoast.

Prior to joining OSM, Jeremy was the director of collaborative reporting at WAMU in Washington, D.C., and founder of Guns & America, an award-winning national reporting project covering the role of guns in American life. He was also the editor of Harvest Public Media, a collaborative project covering our food system based in Kansas City.

A native New Englander, Jeremy currently lives in Providence, where he spends his time chasing after his wife, daughter and dog, and occasionally riding his bike.

Recently published
As temperatures plunge, advocates urge expanded coordination and awareness of warming centers
Mayor Brett Smiley said initial indications are positive, but that he ordered the city to engage an outside firm to review the city’s response
Dr. Rasha Alawieh was deported to her native Lebanon in March
Rhode Island’s senators say the Trump Justice Department bypassed a bipartisan process in appointing Charles ‘Chas’ Calenda, calling him unqualified for the top federal prosecutor role