Correspondent covering social and cultural conflicts.

My reporting for BuzzFeed News' award-winning Investigations team gets results. A recent series on how the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) funds anti-poaching guards who have tortured and killed people prompted legislation and policy changes in the US as well as government investigations in Europe and an internal review overseen by a former UN special rapporteur for human rights that corroborated our findings and forced WWF to change its policies. My investigation into Massage Envy, the largest massage franchise in the U.S., found that franchises were systemically mishandling sexual assault complaints. First, the billion-dollar company said that wasn’t its problem to solve. Days after my story, ME announced sweeping policy changes.From 2013-2016 I was a senior reporter on the National Desk where I reported primarily on sexual violence and the criminal justice system. My stories prompted national legislation and changed Maryland state law. Other pieces of note include the first mainstream profile of Juanita Broaddrick (Bill Clinton's rape accuser), the Stanford Victim's letter, and a series on sexual misconduct by university professors. You can read some of my favorite pieces here: katiejmbaker.com/clips or view all of them at buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker

I've consulted on TV shows including The Newsroom (2012) and Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers (2018).

I've freelanced for a variety of publications. In 2018, I wrote a cover story for the New York Times Sunday Review about #MeToo and my work covering institutional responses to sexual violence and harassment.

Wrote investigative features, including cover stories. Was one of the first reporters to interview Bill Cosby's victims.

I was one of the first reporters in the U.S. to cover campus sexual assault.

My front page investigation into San Francisco’s crisis pregnancy centers led to legislative action. At the time, SF was the only city in the country to successfully pass legislation of this kind.