Dan Keating

Washington, D.C.

Reporter on data/graphics

Education: Williams College bachelor's degree in psychology

Keating reported at The Berkshire Eagle for four years including three years as a police and court reporter. He worked for 11 years at The Miami Herald, including four years in the Key West Bureau. He then specialized in data analysis. Keating was part of a team that won a Pulitzer at The Miami Herald for exposing vote fraud, and a team that was a Pulitzer finalist the year before for uncovering police fraud. Keating has taught data and analysis as an adjunct in the graduate program at Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park, from 2012 through 2018.
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Latest from Dan Keating

100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 12 months during the pandemic

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a record number of Americans died of drug overdoses in the 12 months ending April 2021. Overdose deaths have doubled since 2014, and fentanyl now is responsible for more than 60 percent of overdose fatalities.

November 17, 2021

For many ICU survivors and their families, life is never the same

Physical, mental and cognitive problems can last years after covid-19 or other severe illness is conquered

November 12, 2021

Booster shots are most popular in poorly vaccinated states where coronavirus rages

Several northern, mostly rural states that are battling coronavirus surges with few mask mandates and low vaccine rates are now leading the nation on another preventive front: booster shots.

November 11, 2021

Covid cases in kids are soaring. In Tennessee, most remain unmasked and unvaccinated.

In August, for the first time in the pandemic, the rate of coronavirus infections among children topped those for adults and seniors, driven by the highly contagious delta variant, according to a Washington Post analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

October 5, 2021

    Mapping America’s hospitalization and vaccination divide

    The geography of covid-19 vaccinations and hospitalizations across the United States reveal a stark divide: areas with low rates of vaccination have higher rates of admitted patients.

    September 23, 2021

      The pandemic marks another grim milestone: 1 in 500 Americans have died of covid-19

      The burden of death in the prime of life has been disproportionately borne by Black, Latino, and American Indian and Alaska Native people.

      September 15, 2021

      U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge

      “A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes” is driving pandemic’s fourth wave in the United States.

      September 3, 2021

      Sturgis motorcycle rally linked to more than 100 coronavirus infections amid delta surge

      The 121 cases among five states almost certainly represent an undercount because the rally concluded less than two weeks ago and contact tracing is challenging in connection with an event that lures attendees nationwide.

      August 26, 2021

        Spread of delta variant ignites covid hot spots in highly vaccinated parts of the U.S., Post analysis finds

        But life in highly vaccinated states is still safer, with one third the new cases and one fourth the hospitalizations of low vaccinated states.

        August 12, 2021

          For unvaccinated, coronavirus is soaring again

          An analysis of adjusted rates for cases, covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations shows the country’s summer upswing is slamming the unprotected while others enjoy freedom.

          July 19, 2021