Nick Fountain

Nick Fountain appears in Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines as the Planet Money participant giving a Valentine to 404 Media’s reporting on ICE and technology.

His segment highlights reporting method as much as reporting output. Fountain praises 404 Media for being open about how it searches federal procurement records, turning contracts, vendors, and government purchases into a practical Procurement Records Journalism path for accountability.

Connections

• Planet Money and NPR - show and network context.
• 404 Media - publication he praises.
• ICE and Palantir - enforcement and vendor context from the segment.
• Procurement Records Journalism - reporting method emphasized in the source.