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
The proposed service reductions would affect 58 bus routes in total, eliminating 17 of those routes entirely
The deadly fire at the Fall River assisted living facility appears to have started in a resident’s room on the second floor
The Massachusetts-based developer announced a plan to revamp the building in 2022
The Fall River Fire Department first responded to the Gabriel House of Fall River assisted living facility after 9 p.m. Sunday
Sgt. Joseph Hanley pleaded guilty to an assault charge stemming from a 2020 incident in which he was filmed kicking and punching a handcuffed man