Susan Carroll Fellowship
In a three-part series, Steve Eder and James Drew of The (Toledo) Blade report that, since early 2004, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has failed to fully investigate allegations of kickbacks and fraud in its managed-care section. The report, “Falling Down on The Job,” is the latest installment in The Blade‘s two-year investigation into…
Read MoreEric Herman, Stephanie Zimmermann and Art Golab of the Chicago Sun-Times investigated a city program that allows residents to request handicapped parking spots near their homes. A computer-assisted analysis found at least 260 dead people on the list of 11,423 participants. “Throughout the summer and fall, the Sun-Times visited the sites of all 260 active…
Read MoreAlan Judd and Andy Miller of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution presented the first in a series of reports on Georgia’s system of state psychiatric hospitals. Reporters used state vital records and death data, autopsy reports and claims filed against the state to flag 115 suspicious deaths among patients in state custody in the past five years.…
Read MoreCharles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon of the Los Angeles Times explore the investments held by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and found that it “reaps vast profits every year from companies whose actions contradict its mission of improving society in the United States and around the world, particularly the lot of people…
Read MoreSteve Wilson of WXYZ-Detroit looked into Big Three auto executives’ use of corporate jets for personal trips, despite cost-cutting pressures in the industry. The story estimated that non-business travel for a handful of top leaders costs in the neighborhood of $700,000 annually at both Ford and GM.
Read MoreLeann Frola interviewed six award-winning investigative journalists for Poynter Online to find out how they continue to produce high-quality investigative journalism despite industry cut-backs. The interviewees include IRE Executive Director Brant Houston, former board president Deborah Nelson and former board member Stuart Watson.
Read MoreAn article by Josh Margolin and Ted Sherman of The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger uncover new scandals at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). After a long legal battle with the University, the Star-Ledger obtained documents which “paint a picture of a state institution in which high-paid administrators chased state grants they…
Read MoreMichael Biesecker of The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., reports that the city of Durham failed to inform state regulators that there was tainted drinking water in the area. A report submitted in October claimed that the city’s drinking water met federal standards despite the fact that several tests detected lead in the tap…
Read MoreJoseph Neff of The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., that the U.S. government is responsible for paying insurance premiums and benefits for all private contractors working in Iraq. “These insurance policies differ from conventional workers’ comp in one major way: Domestic workers’ comp is heavily regulated and analyzed, but the contractors’ insurance is not.…
Read MoreThe Center for Public Integrity investigated campaign spending for the 2003-2004 federal elections and found that the majority of the money being spent on campaigns is going to campaign consultants. In the 2003-2004 election cycle, approximately 600 consultants were paid $1.85 billion, with 65% of that money going to media consultants.
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