Ellie Leonard is a small business owner whose work spans writing, editing, and transcription
for documentaries, podcasts, and journalism. She now focuses primarily on writing,
researching, and documenting the Epstein files.
Her writing, editing, or transcription work has involved projects including Allen v.
Farrow, Harry & Meghan, Becoming, and Mayor
Pete, as well as work related to the Weinstein story, including Jodi Kantor and
Megan Twohey’s book She Said.
She writes The Panicked Writer on Substack and has also published work in
The Nerve. Her research is featured in the AP article below, which examines the
role of citizen journalists in reviewing the Epstein documents.
Leonard holds a degree in classics from the University of Washington and has two unpublished
books. A mother of four and part of an Amtrak railroad family, she relocated from Missoula,
Montana, to just outside New York City.
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Ellie’s The Panicked Writer
Andy Thibault is a journalist and private investigator who teaches investigative reporting at
the University of New Haven. He is a contributing editor and columnist for CT
Examiner, with extensive experience in reporting on justice and public
accountability.
He covered both state grand juries in the Showalter hit-and-run cover-up and appeared
alongside his late mentor, John Peterson, in WFSB TV3’s Conspiracy of Silence.
His reporting connects the pursuit of records with the stories those records can reveal.
Thibault served as a commissioner and hearing officer for the Connecticut Freedom of
Information Commission. He was also a research consultant for HBO’s Allen v.
Farrow and covered the Boston Marathon bombing trial for the NBC News
Investigative Unit.
His books and column collections include You Thought It Was More: New Adventures of the
World’s Greatest Counterfeiter, more COOL JUSTICE, and The
History of the Connecticut State Police. His public-records experience brings a
practical perspective to the event’s discussion of records requests and source verification.
Read Andy’s university faculty profile