Isabelle Chapman - Producer, CNN Investigates
Isabelle Chapman
Producer, CNN Investigates
Isabelle Chapman is a producer for CNN Investigates.
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Senate candidate Dave McCormick led hedge fund that bet against some of Pennsylvania’s most iconic companies
Oct 9, 2024
From Ukraine to Hawaii, odd behavior of suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt suggested ‘delusion of grandeur’
Sep 17, 2024
The man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday depicted himself on social media as a globe-trotting freedom fighter – tweeting at world leaders, traveling to Ukraine to support its war effort, and professing his willingness to die for the causes he believed in.
Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media
Sep 16, 2024
A man detained Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Florida went on social media to weigh in on politics.
Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own
Aug 23, 2024
Republican candidates and political groups are on track to spend more on Trump’s businesses this year than any year since 2016, federal campaign finance data shows.
New bodycam video shows moment police officer saw Trump shooter just before assassination attempt
Aug 9, 2024
Dramatic video obtained by CNN shows, for the first time, the moment a police officer climbed up to the roof of a building overlooking the Donald Trump rally on July 13 and saw the former president’s would-be assassin just before the shooting began.
What we know about the Trump rally gunman so far
Jul 15, 2024
Interviews with a half-dozen former classmates and neighbors of Thomas Crooks painted him as quiet and aloof, with some remembering him as a misfit in high school.
Takeaways from CNN’s Investigation: How Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras
Jul 10, 2024
A CNN investigation into the company’s hidden camera problem found how it avoids taking responsibility for what happens at the homes it profits from.
No room for privacy: How Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras
Jul 10, 2024
A CNN investigation finds Airbnb fails to protect its guests against the persistent threat within its industry.
Link found in Texas between rising infant mortality and state’s abortion restrictions
Jun 24, 2024
A new study has drawn a possible link between rising infant mortality in Texas and the state’s abortion restrictions, which, when they took effect in 2021, were the strictest in the nation.
Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions, including one just downstream from Key Bridge
Apr 3, 2024
Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions – including one just downstream from Baltimore’s Key bridge
‘Absolutely a wake-up call’: Key Bridge tragedy has markings of 1980 Baltimore crash, but worse
Mar 27, 2024
‘Absolutely a wake-up call’: Key Bridge tragedy has markings of 1980 Baltimore crash, but worse
Inside the underground world of dog fighting: How the brutal blood sport thrives in the shadows
Dec 27, 2023
On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural South Carolina, a team of federal agents wearing tactical gear quietly assembled for a mission that was part raid, part rescue operation.
Here’s what we know about the suspect in the Maine mass shooting
Oct 26, 2023
The suspect in the Maine mass shooting started making statements about hearing voices and wanting to hurt fellow soldiers while serving at a military base this summer, and spent a few weeks in a hospital, law enforcement officials told CNN.
Homemade rockets and modified AK-47s: An annotated look at Hamas’ deadly arsenal
Oct 13, 2023
Homemade rockets. Modified AK-47s. Decades-old Soviet machine guns. Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal that fueled a devastating, multi-pronged attack on Israel over the weekend.
Hawaii delayed diverting water that could have helped Maui wildfires, letters obtained by CNN allege
Aug 18, 2023
A state agency delayed a water management company’s request to make more water available to fight the devastating wildfires on Maui earlier this month, according to letters obtained by CNN.
How a devastating combination of conditions triggered America’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century
Aug 14, 2023
While the cause of the fire has not been determined, observers have pointed to downed power lines, sputtering fire hydrants, and emergency alarms that sat silent as factors that hampered the response to the deadly blaze.
Hawaii underestimated the deadly threat of wildfire, records show
Aug 13, 2023
Hawaii officials underestimated the deadly threat of wildfires even as they acknowledged a lack of necessary resources to mitigate them, according to a CNN review of years of state and local emergency planning documents that show how ill-prepared the state was for the disaster.
Exclusive: A Baltimore musician was hired to organize a protest. He says he never knew his client had links to pro-China operatives
Jul 26, 2023
In echoes of Russian efforts, a pro-Beijing firm is finding new ways to push its narratives in the US.
Nearly two years after Texas’ six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying
Jul 20, 2023
Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.
OceanGate marketed its vessel as safe. But experts say it used materials that ‘simply didn’t work’
Jun 23, 2023
A CNN review of OceanGate’s marketing material, public statements made by its CEO and court records show that even as the company touted a commitment to safety measures, it rejected industry standards that would have imposed greater scrutiny on its operations and vessels.
OceanGate Expeditions faced hurdles in executing its excursions to the Titanic. Here’s what else we know about the company
Jun 22, 2023
As the search for the missing Titan submersible reaches a critical moment, the company that operates the dive vessel is facing questions about its operations amid mounting reports of safety concerns, mechanical problems, canceled expeditions and an alleged disregard for regulatory processes.
Republican lawmakers are making it harder for power companies to pivot away from coal. Their constituents may be paying the price
Jun 6, 2023
Coal plants that have powered America for generations are increasingly on the chopping block, as utilities around the country move to take advantage of new federal incentives and turn to often-cheaper alternatives like natural gas and renewables.
Dangerous chemical leaks have injured workers at one of America’s largest meat processors
May 4, 2023
Mimi Perkins’ job on the graveyard shift at a Tyson Foods poultry plant started like any other night: hosing down the blood, guts, and stray feathers left behind by hundreds of thousands of dead chickens. Then, she heard a single loud pop.
Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge’s financial disclosures
Apr 21, 2023
The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures, in what legal experts described as an unusual move that conceals the bulk of his personal fortune.
Law enforcement ratchets up presence in voting process as some sheriffs push election conspiracy theories
Nov 4, 2022
Conservatives have pushed infant safe haven laws as an alternative to abortion. But few American women use them
Aug 9, 2022
As many American women reckon with the sudden loss of their constitutional right to abortion, conservatives have floated an alternative they say makes abortion less necessary: safe haven laws. But women rarely use them.
Uvalde school shooting suspect was a loner who bought two assault rifles for his 18th birthday
May 27, 2022
The gunman who killed 19 kids and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was a local high school student with few if any friends who officials said legally purchased two assault rifles and scores of ammo last week for his 18th birthday.
Uvalde school shooter was in school for up to an hour before law enforcement broke into room where he was barricaded and killed him
May 26, 2022
The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday was on the premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday.
‘It’s shameful’: Russian-linked billionaires have given enormous sums of money to the West’s leading educational and cultural institutions
May 11, 2022
Russian billionaires have given enormous sums of money to philanthropies. Experts say it’s an attempt to save their reputations.
Kremlin-connected children grew up in the very countries whose societies their parents claim to reject
Apr 13, 2022
Russian leaders denounce the West while their children live affluent lifestyles abroad. Meet the kids of the Kremlin.
About
Isabelle Chapman is a producer on CNN’s investigative team who has reported on reproductive health, criminal justice and how America deals with its waste.
Her stories on America’s gun-violence epidemic have highlighted authorities’ struggles to respond to mass shootings and unpacked how society missed potential warning signs from perpetrators. After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn federal abortion rights, Chapman traced how state-level policies hinted at the country’s post-Roe future and identified limitations in safe-haven adoption laws some anti-abortion activists see as a solution.
A 2020 investigation into New York City’s largest landfill examined how split-second decisions about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack cleanup may be contributing to lasting health problems for nearby residents.
Chapman won the 2023 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award for her piece, “Gambling ‘America’s Amazon.’” In it, she explored the lesser-known consequences of burning coal and focused on the long-term impacts the industry may have on one of America’s most pristine wetlands.
Isabelle joined CNN in 2016 to work on the network’s social media team. She is a graduate of DePauw University and Columbia University.
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