Erin Patrick O'Connor

Tucson, Ariz.

Immigration, environment, wildfires and Arizona sunsets

Education: Arizona State University, BA

Erin Patrick O’Connor is a senior video reporter covering immigration enforcement and the southwest. He is two-time Pulitzer finalist and an Alfred I. duPont award winning video reporter on staff at The Washington Post. He is based in Tucson, Ariz.
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Latest from Erin Patrick O'Connor

In a first, Phoenix hits 100 straight days of 100-degree heat

The relentless and record heat is testing the will of Phoenix residents.

September 3, 2024

Trump event at wall Bush built highlights an unkept promise

The Republican presidential nominee heaped praise on a section of barrier that was actually built by one of his predecessors.

August 25, 2024

    Arizonans are tired of campaign stops at the border wall

    Arizona rancher John Ladd and Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway are tired of border wall campaign stops.

    August 24, 2024

      Arizonans are tired of campaign stops at the border wall

      The border wall has been a go-to campaign stop for both parties, but Arizonans who have seen decades of inconsistent border policy and have had enough.

      August 23, 2024

      As repression in Nicaragua deepened, one bank kept the money flowing

      How foreign development loans helped the Ortega regime build a brutal police state in Nicaragua.

      August 22, 2024
      Police and protesters clash in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, on April 20, 2018, following pension cuts and an increase in taxation.

        Historic wave of Chinese migrants crossing U.S. border

        Post reporters Cate Cadell and Nick Miroff followed the path of the more than 55,000 Chinese migrants coming into the United States via the southern border.

        July 29, 2024

          ‘Lucky to be alive’: Risking everything to flee China

          Lei Xiaoyue and his family fled economic turmoil in April and came to the United States as part of a historic wave of migration from China.

          July 27, 2024

            Arizona voters feel energized by Kamala Harris

            Arizona State Representative Analise Ortiz (D) notices enthusiasm amongst voters in her competitive west Phoenix district after President Biden's withdrawal.

            July 25, 2024

              The political journey of Kamala Harris

              Vice President Harris grilled Trump administration officials as a senator. As vice president, she became a prominent voice on abortion rights and other issues.

              July 22, 2024

                Police circulated photo of gunman before he shot at Trump

                Police circulated a photo of Thomas Matthew Crooks before he fired at former president Donald Trump on July 13.

                July 17, 2024