Olga Pierce

lincoln, nebraska, united states

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I am an investigative reporter and data journalist. My current gig focuses on gun violence, but I have written award-winning stories about unemployment insurance, legislative redistricting and the foreclosure crisis, and patient harm in hospitals. My main data analysis tools are R and SQL.

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ChatGPT Might Have a School Shooting Problem

Last month, David Riedman asked ChatGPT to help him plan a school shooting. It declined and directed him to a crisis hotline. But then he asked the chatbot to plan a Nerf ambush. The bot called it a “fun strategy problem,” and laid out a five-step plan, i... See more

thetrace.org•Olga Pierce•Dec 17, 2025

Shootings at High School Football Games Are Down in 2025

Panic in the bleachers. Horror at homecoming. Shootings at high school sporting events have become a tragic fact of life, with 281 people shot during the last 10 years, according to a new analysis by The Trace. The bulk of these shootings take place at or... See more

thetrace.org•Olga Pierce•Dec 4, 2025

Guns, gun violence, homicide rates | Homeland Security Newswire

GUNSAn Analysis by The Trace of 150 U.S. Cities Shows One of the Greatest Drops in Gun Violence — Ever Gun violence is trending downward for more than three quarters of cities with the most shootings, according to a new analysis by The Trace’s Gun Violenc... See more

homelandsecuritynewswire.com•Olga Pierce•Oct 29, 2025

Data: Gun Violence Is Still Declining in Cities Across the U.S.

Gun violence is trending downward for more than three quarters of cities with the most shootings, according to a new analysis by The Trace’s Gun Violence Data Hub. For more than half of those cities, the rate of decrease is even greater than it was last y... See more

thetrace.org•Olga Pierce•Oct 23, 2025

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Master Of Science, Journalism at Columbia University - Graduate School Of JournalismGraduated: 2008

International Economics at Georgetown UniversityGraduated: 2005

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ChatGPT Might Have a School Shooting Problem

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Data: Gun Violence Is Still Declining in Cities Across the U.S.

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Data: Gun Violence Is Still Declining in Cities Across the U.S.