"Do you want new wave or do you want the truth?"

Joey is an LA-based investigative journalist and documentary photographer. He covers policing, surveillance, protests, prisons, and inequality. He is also a job creator by keeping public agencies throughout California busy processing his public records requests.

Bylines in The Guardian, Wired, LA Public Press, Knock LA, and Prism Reports.

Joey belongs to the IWW Freelancers Union and the National Press Photographers Association.

You can reach me via email at joey [at] joeyscott.xyz.

If you have a tip or sensitive information, you can also reach out using the secure end-to-end encrypted app Signal. If you’ve never used Signal, here is a how-to guide from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

My Signal username is joeyneverjoe.69.

Featured Work:

California Highway Patrol is Using Military Equipment Against State Law.

Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped

Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

The GuardianSam Levin

https://lapublicpress.org/2024/05/two-nights-of-violence-at-uclas-solidarity-encampment/

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

The locations of microphones used to detect gunshots have been kept hidden from police and the public. A WIRED analysis of leaked coordinates confirms arguments critics have made against the technology.

WIREDCondé Nast

LAPD Is Using Israeli Surveillance Software That Can Track Your Phone and Social Media

The software, built by Cobwebs Technologies, uses AI to track, surveil, and create profiles of people based on online and phone data.

Knock LAJoey Scott

Photography

Occidental College undergrad workers join the campus labor movement

In Los Angeles, Rising Occidental Student Employees is fighting for fair wages amidst the city’s cost of living crisis.

The Real News NetworkMel Buer

Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other

As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, cross-industry supporters from hotel workers to the Teamsters are joining the picket lines.

The Real News NetworkMel Buer

Echo Park Lake Reopened, But Its Food Vendors Have Been Fenced Out

Three food vendors at Echo Park Lake talk about what the park means to them and how it’s changed since the reopening.

theLAndGabe Fuente

Attacks on Trans People in LA Despite Legal Protections

Despite California’s legal protections for trans students, trans workers, and trans healthcare recipients, attacks on trans people continue.

Knock LAKatie Fedigan-Linton