Rob Picheta @robpicheta

2x Emmy-winning Enterprise Writer and digital journalist at CNN. I cover international politics, cultural affairs, communities and more. Joined March 2009

Tweets

570
Followers

2K
Following

954
Likes

7K

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

3 weeks ago

In a beautiful house in northern California, one woman is trying to save men from themselves. I went to her five-day, men-only retreat to witness her experiment for myself. And it took an unexpected, inspiring turn. My latest feature is out now: cnn.com/2026/06/21/us/…

0 0 2 322 0

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

5 months ago

My full long read on the downfall of Hanceville’s police department is live on CNN. I tried to tell the story of a town, not just the scandal that has come to define it. You can read it here: cnn.com/2026/02/07/us/…

0 0 1 300 3

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

5 months ago

I’m very grateful to everyone who spoke with me over the past months, and who met with me during my time in Hanceville. And I’m in awe of Elijah Nouvelage’s stunning photos, which you saw throughout this thread.

1 0 0 427 0

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

5 months ago

An Alabama police dispatcher died at his desk. His body was undiscovered, in a building full of cops, for nearly 24 hours. Then all hell broke loose. My latest investigation is about a small town and the policing scandal that threatens to tear it apart. 🧵

2 4 21 28K 14

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

5 months ago

@jaktv That's very kind, thank you

0 0 0 75 0

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

7 months ago

You can read my full investigation into Patriot Front, and their 124-acre Tennessee compound, at this link: cnn.com/2025/12/15/us/…

0 0 11 848 2

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

7 months ago

The Tennessee compound gives Patriot Front a key base from which to network, train and grow. “When an extremist group purchases property and starts creating a meeting place … we call those insular communities, and those are particularly worrisome,” Daryl Johnson, who warned of the threat of domestic extremism in a landmark 2009 report, told CNN. “It’s a next phase (in) becoming more radical and hardline, because you’re creating a meeting space that’s private, that’s isolated, where people can come (and) do pretty much whatever they want.”

1 0 5 495 1

View Details

Rob Picheta @robpicheta

7 months ago

Patriot Front are one of the most active White supremacist groups in the US. And now, they're building a secretive compound in eastern Tennessee, where they're training new recruits. My investigation into that base was published today. Here's what I found... 🧵