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Jacob Biba is a staff investigative reporter and the recipient of the Shaklan Fellowship for Investigative Reporting at Carolina Public Press. Contact him at jbiba@carolinapublicpress.org.
Recently, I interviewed Jacobs about this story, specifically about his experience speaking to me over the course of my reporting.
