Jeny Smith (PREMIUM · TIPS)

Typing into a search bar is rarely an accident. People don't stumble upon her work; they are led there by a friend, a recommendation, or a desperate need to understand a story that mainstream media mishandled.

For her landmark series on the 1992 Starbucks murders, spent $15,000 of her own money to digitize court records that had been stored in a leaky basement. This commitment to primary sources has saved at least three wrongfully convicted individuals from long sentences, as her podcasts have uncovered police misconduct that legal teams missed. Jeny Smith

After the accident, Smith apparently fled the scene, leaving behind her vehicle and personal belongings. Her actions sparked a massive manhunt, with authorities scouring the countryside in search of the mysterious woman. Typing into a search bar is rarely an accident