@fincarterr

writing about stuff in @wired @ft @vice junior reporter at @dispatch__media [email protected]

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Joined May 2021
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New piece for @VICE investigating the rise of 'gas station heroin' and whether it could fuel the next stage of America's opioid crisis. Link below.
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Very excited for this new role. Gonna be writing and commissioning a lot more for @dispatch__media so get at me with pitches, tips, and anything else interesting. And apply for my old job.
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@jacobfurediSep 30
Delighted that @fincarterr is becoming our first junior reporter. Which means we're looking for a new editorial assistant. It's a great opportunity for an early-career journalist. Only downside is you have to work with me. Apply here. 👇
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Psyched to have commissioned this article by the great Nico Walker. It's the best thing you'll read about 9/11 this year. I'm looking to commission more articles for Dispatch. Get at me: [email protected]
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@dispatch__mediaSep 10
On 11 September, 2001, two crews left the same Lower East Side firehouse for the World Trade Center. One came home. The other didn’t. Novelist Nico Walker has spent months reconstructing what happened to the men of Engine 28 and Ladder 11 — and those they left behind. 👇
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. @fincarterr is a serious, budding journalistic talent. He really throws himself into his reporting, possibly too much, but there you go.
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@jacobfurediJul 21
A dizzyingly brilliant portrait of Barrett Brown, Palantir, and what obsession can do to a person. Everyone should be following @fincarterr 👌
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For @dispatch__media, I head to Mexico, where I smoked meth and discussed Palantir with Barrett Brown. Read below.
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Palantir's greatest enemy

Barrett Brown has spent 15 years investigating Peter Thiel • Now he lives in exile in Mexico • But he's plotting his comeback

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For @VICE, I headed to Cancún to party with Americans on July 4th. Full piece below.
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‘God Bless Gringolandia’: VICE Celebrates Independence Day in Cancún

The Mexican resort has been named “the world's most disappointing tourist destination.” It is also America's most popular. Where better to spend July 4?

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‘The Demon, the Devil, The Beast’: How ‘Gas Station Heroin’ Got Americans in a Headlock

A highly addictive opioid—sold across the U.S. in sweet, fruity flavors—is creating misery wherever it goes. We spoke to ex-users of “7oh.”

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For @dispatch__media I headed to Germany to write about the Illuminati, Playboy Magazine, and Epstein. Full piece below.
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The home of the Illuminati

250 years ago, a secret society was born in Ingolstadt • It promised to reshape the world • What if it did?

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@dispatch__mediaMay 5
250 years after its birth, what remains of the Illuminati? @fincarterr went searching for the group's descendants in Ingolstadt: 👁️
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@jacobfurediMay 5
What happened to the Illuminati? What is the Illuminati's net worth? Illuminati wife? @fincarterr answered all this and more by returning to the group's hometown. A fascinating piece 👇
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@dispatch__mediaMay 5
250 years after its birth, what remains of the Illuminati? @fincarterr went searching for the group's descendants in Ingolstadt: 👁️
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@jacobfurediApr 7
Possibly the most extraordinary long read we've published on Dispatch. Definitely the oddest. Beautifully executed by Chandler Fritz 👇
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@dispatch__mediaApr 7
'He helped me become a woman." Chandler Fritz reports from the first funeral held for an AI companion in America:
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@jacobfurediMar 5
There's already a glut of armchair analysis doing the rounds on Iran. So here's an antidote to that: a raw, unfliching diary from our reporter in Tehran.
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@dispatch__mediaMar 5
Internet blackouts, sudden explosions and overpriced cigarettes. Read our reporter's account of everyday life in Tehran, Iran:
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@LongreadsJan 27
"I obtained a video showing the system working live: as a victim enters their details, the information instantly appears on the phisher’s screen." —@fincarterr for @dispatch__media #longreads dispatch-media.com/the-stude…

The student behind a phishing empire

£100m stolen across Europe • Using tech supplied from a bedroom in Canterbury • How did Ollie Holman do it?

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@dispatch__mediaJan 22
How did a 21-year-old student mastermind a phishing empire that stole £100m from victims in 24 countries? Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, @fincarterr reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
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New investigation for @dispatch__media on a 21-year-old student who built a £100 million phishing operation from his university room.
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Read the full piece here dispatch-media.com/the-stude…

The student behind a phishing empire

£100m stolen across Europe • Using tech supplied from a bedroom in Canterbury • How did Ollie Holman do it?

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@jacobfurediJan 22
Pretty extraordinary investigative work here from @fincarterr. A forensic profile of a 21yo who built a phishing empire from his student halls in Canterbury.
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@dispatch__mediaJan 22
How did a 21-year-old student mastermind a phishing empire that stole £100m from victims in 24 countries? Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, @fincarterr reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
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