If you’ve visited ProPublica’s website recently or encountered ProPublica’s work on other platforms like Apple News or Instagram, you may have noticed that things look a little different. We updated our logo and typeface, improved the design and functionality of our homepage, and improved the way we present our work. I would like to tell you a little bit about what has changed and why.
The biggest changes you’ll notice on our homepage are structural. Many of our surveys come with supporting materials such as visual explanations, methodology details, and how to submit a tip. The new design lets you package these parts together, making it easier to find the big picture. We’ll also highlight more of our best research from our archives, so readers have a chance to catch any reports they missed.
Our new homepage allows us to package our research with supporting materials, such as methodology and translations, to better showcase our visual journalism.
We’ve also improved the way you view articles, including more information about our journalists and partners, photos, and a secure way to contact us if you want to contribute to our journalism. Many of our articles are available in other languages or can be listened to with audio narration. While these options have become more prominent, we are also committed to staying focused on what matters most: reporting and visual storytelling.
ProPublica also has a new logo and typeface. We think they are bolder and cleaner, while maintaining the connection to the classicism of our name, and we think they do a better job moving between the many screens where our work can be found. Our previous visual identity was built for a different era, launched and updated before mobile phones and social media.
ProPublica’s efforts on other platforms like Instagram and Apple News have a new look to make us more recognizable.
What hasn’t changed is our commitment to investigative journalism in the public interest, our independence and the rigor we bring to every story.
More changes will be rolled out in the coming months. We hope you like what you see. As always, if you have any feedback, we’d love to hear from you. Please email [email protected] If you notice a bug or have suggestions for what else we can do.
Many thanks to our partners at Gretel and the many colleagues here who helped conceive this work, especially the design team of Sophie Greenspan and Jeff Frankl, led by Allen Tan.
