David S. Fallis

Washington, D.C.

Deputy investigative editor

Education: University of Oklahoma, BA in journalism, 1988

David S. Fallis is the deputy editor for The Washington Post’s Investigations Unit. In 2015, he helped lead and edit a team of Post journalists that identified and analyzed nearly 1,000 fatal shootings by police nationwide. For that year-long work, The Post was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, a Polk Award for National Reporting and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service. He was part of a team in 2016 that investigated the Drug Enforcement Administration's slowed enforcement amid the opioid epidemic, reporting that was recognized with a Polk Award. He and other reporte
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“Broken Doors,” Episode 2

A family confronts a sheriff after a deadly no-knock raid.

April 15, 2022

    Why do police departments settle misconduct cases? Ask The Post.

    Four Post journalists who have been reporting on policing in America will answer your questions on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern.

    March 9, 2022

    Chat Transcript: How the Afghanistan Papers came together

    Washington Post reporters will be taking your questions on how the investigation came together.

    December 12, 2019

    How drugs intended for patients ended up in the hands of illegal users: ‘No one was doing their job’

    Wholesale distributors sent pills to drugstores that fueled the opioid epidemic.

    October 22, 2016

    How drugs intended for patients ended up in the hands of illegal users: ‘No one was doing their job’

    Wholesale distributors sent pills to drugstores that fueled the opioid epidemic.

    October 22, 2016

    Nine Va. children died in unregulated day care in 2014, the deadliest year in a decade

    It was the deadliest year in about a decade for kids in unregulated homes as state officials seek more oversight.

    December 30, 2014

    Virginia lawmakers consider proposals to regulate unlicensed in-home day cares

    The plans follow a recent Washington Post series on in-home providers, which aren’t regulated by the state.

    September 23, 2014

    After the death of a child, Va. parents cope with questions about unregulated day care

    Three-month-old Logan Guralny died in an unregulated day-care home. His parents still wonder why.

    August 31, 2014

    In Virginia, thousands of day-care providers operate without government oversight

    The Post found there were 43 child deaths in such settings in the past decade in the commonwealth.

    August 30, 2014

    Pain and gain: An Alabama clinic stands out amid data on Medicare payments

    In Huntsville, Alabama Pain Center profits are driven by unique injections given to pain pump patients

    May 10, 2014