Currently: @bagehots.bsky.social business journalism fellow at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Usually: Investigations @businessinsider.com/ Global Reporter @ Axel Springerhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3mtmpun77xc2qI'm officially a student again! This was my first week as a @bagehots.bsky.social fellow at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. I'm thrilled to return to my alma mater after nearly a decade (!) and dive into all things business and finance with this talented group of reporters over the next year.21 Aug 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmpun77xc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3msbc2x3it22qMy latest for @businessinsider.com: In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police. https://www.businessinsider.com/flock-camera-misread-license-plate-reader-california-roseville-police-2026-704 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbc2x3it22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3mkipmjjai225I'm honored to say I'll be a @bagehots.bsky.social fellow at Columbia University starting in August! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkipmjjai225https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3mhqxumtm4s26California education officials have released an audit into a local school district and its ties to a private boarding school in China, finding “sufficient evidence” of “fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices.” https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/23/val-verde-california-schools-china-ties-0083840523 Mar 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqxumtm4s26https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3mhj3mu6gus27New: CA officials have released a blistering audit in response to a 2021 @businessinsider.com investigation into a school district and its ties to a private school in China, finding evidence of fraud, misappropriated funds, or other illegal fiscal practices: https://www.businessinsider.com/audit-val-verde-pegasus-school-china-2026-320 Mar 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj3mu6gus27https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3mgnrbcbaz22vNew: we've found a dozen instances in which misreads by Flock's license plate cameras, or lack of verification by officers, resulted in people who hadn't committed crimes being stopped at gunpoint, sent to jail, or mauled by a police dog, among other outcomes. https://www.businessinsider.com/flock-safety-alpr-cameras-misreads-2026-309 Mar 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnrbcbaz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3mejnuirl5226Scoop for @businessinsider.com: Sam Altman's eye-scanning startup Tools for Humanity is bleeding high-level employees, including two C-suite executives and several senior staff who have departed in recent months. https://www.businessinsider.com/high-level-departures-tools-for-humanity-sam-altman-alex-blania-2026-210 Feb 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejnuirl5226https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3m5ezly6sm222NEW: Sam Altman's iris-scanning startup has raised hundreds of millions of dollars on a futuristic premise: proving someone is human in the age of AI. Its goals are ambitious — a billion users across the world. So far, it's less than 2% of the way there. https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-orb-eye-scanning-startup-billion-user-goal-viability-2025-1111 Nov 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ezly6sm222https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lvnvnfmnas25NEW with @dakincampbell.bsky.social: we’ve learned that NBCUniversal, CNBC, Comcast, and Marcus Lemonis — celebrity host of CNBC’s “The Profit” — settled with 40 small businesses that appeared on the show for $11 million, over harm they say they endured. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-profit-marcus-lemonis-lawsuits-settlements-the-fixer-fox-2025-805 Aug 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnvnfmnas25https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lsbruhpork23The Supreme Court last week expanded prisoners' access to jury trials, for cases related to the Prison Litigation Reform Act under the Seventh Amendment. Re-upping the story from @hannahbeckler.bsky.social and I about the stakes of the case: https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-plra-8th-amendment-prisoner-lawsuit-jury-trial-access-2025-223 Jun 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbruhpork23https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lnj2i2sn322iI'm honored to be named a a Livingston finalist with @hannahbeckler.bsky.social for our series exposing how the Eighth Amendment has been gutted for this nation's prisoners. These were tough stories to report, and I'm grateful to be recognized alongside such a stellar group of journalists. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnj2i2sn322ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3llot4xw7vs26"I don't know if I'd trust getting on a plane." We spoke to over a dozen current and former employees at @noaa.gov. They expressed concern over less accurate forecasts and aviation issues, among other things, amid steep cuts. https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-noaa-cuts-air-travel-extreme-weather-hurricane-tornado-2025-331 Mar 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3llot4xw7vs26https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lkee2rvz7c2bI wrote about little DOGEs everywhere — from the GOAT committee in Wisconsin, to FLOGE in Florida. https://www.businessinsider.com/state-doge-iowa-wisconsin-florida-elon-musk-2025-314 Mar 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkee2rvz7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lkbmrgdlbk2jI'm thrilled to see that our reporting on "The Gutting of the Eighth Amendment" is a finalist for @americanbar.org's Silver Gavel Award. This kind of reporting is difficult, and it means a lot to see the work recognized — especially among such impressive company. https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/aba-names-silver-gavel-finalists/13 Mar 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbmrgdlbk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3liwskpz5gk22The Supreme Court is set to hear a case tomorrow, related to the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act, that could expand prisoners' access to jury trials. @hannahbeckler.bsky.social and I wrote about the case here: https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-plra-8th-amendment-prisoner-lawsuit-jury-trial-access-2025-224 Feb 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwskpz5gk22https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lhlzdfjn6k2vFederal workers: is there something happening internally at your agency that you feel the press hasn't covered, or that needs more scrutiny and attention? I'd love to chat with you. You can reach me on the encrypted messaging app Signal at neinbinder.70. Happy to talk off the record at this time.07 Feb 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlzdfjn6k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social/post/3lhh2valrns2aFinally created a Bluesky account, and my first post is about our @businessinsider.com project over two years in the making exposing how the Eighth Amendment has been essentially gutted for this nation's 1.2 million prisoners. https://www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amendment-prohibit-protect-prisoners-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-gutted-2024-1205 Feb 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:yyehf4gfeabdpsnu5tsgrwog/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhh2valrns2a