Know anything about how a state’s Medical Examiner system works, or even what it does? Neither did I.

I provided 6 header illustrations and a comic for a special NJ Advance Media investigation into New Jersey’s dysfunctional Medical Examiner system. The illustrations helped depict parts of reports that couldn’t be photographed, and the comic aimed to show how the system was set up to work versus how it actually does.

The investigation was reported by Stephen Sterling and S.P. Sullivan and directly led to a reform bill signed by Governor Murphy.

You can read the investigation here.