Evan Hill

New York City

Investigative reporter

Education: Northwestern University, BA in Journalism; Columbia University, MA in International Security Policy

Evan Hill is an investigative reporter at The Washington Post focused on open-source and visual forensic techniques. He joined The Post from the New York Times in 2023 and was previously a reporter on The Times's Visual Investigations team, where he shared in three Pulitzer Prizes. Hill was a lead reporter on an investigation that proved the United States killed 10 civilians in Kabul in the final drone strike of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. The investigation prompted the Defense Department to admit its error and offer compensation and relocation to the family and won the 2022 Pulitzer P
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Ukraine planned attacks on Russian forces in Syria, leaked document shows

THE DISCORD LEAKS | Last winter, Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate proposed striking Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries in Syria, before President Volodymyr Zelensky directed a halt to the operations

April 20, 2023

Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows

Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow’s request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, later approved artillery production for Kyiv.

April 17, 2023

Leaked secret documents detail up to four additional Chinese spy balloons

THE DISCORD LEAKS | One balloon flew over a U.S. carrier strike group in the Pacific, and another circumnavigated the globe with sophisticated surveillance technology.

April 14, 2023

He’s from a military family — and allegedly leaked U.S. secrets

Jack Teixiera, 21, took on an online persona seemingly at odds with his military career, and made racist and antisemitic statements while firing a rifle in a video.

April 14, 2023

The key countries and revelations from the Pentagon document leak

The leaked documents contain references to countries all over the world, ranging from China to Haiti.

April 12, 2023

Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says

President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in February planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia and instructed officials to keep production and shipment secret “to avoid problems with the West.”

April 11, 2023

Justice Dept. will investigate leak of classified Pentagon documents

The documents outline a wealth of information about the Ukrainian and Russian militaries, and include highly sensitive analyses about China and other nations.

April 7, 2023

3D analysis shows how Israeli troops fired into group of civilians

In an incident last month that left two Palestinians dead, troops shot at least 14 times in four seconds while civilians would have been visible.

March 10, 2023