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Of Note: Interview on Investigative Journalism

John McQuaid, co-author, with Mark Schleifstein, of Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms, interviews Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public […]
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"Fatal Food"

Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard News Service, along with contributions from Sruthi Kunnel and Lee Bowman, completed an investigation into food-borne illness outbreak reports made to the Centers for Disease […]
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Police pensions pumped up by overtime pay

Brian Sharp of the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y., takes a look at the Rochester police department's overtime pay, an issue gouging the city's budget. Inflated wages due to […]
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Empire Zone abuses afford millions to a lucky few

The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard's Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach expose abuses of New York's "Empire Zone" tax breaks which negate the programs intended purpose:" to create jobs in targeted impoverished […]
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"Blighted Homeland"

In a 4-part series, the Los Angeles Times looks at the lingering results of uranium mining on a Navajo reservation where almost 4 million tons of uranium was mined for […]
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"House of Lies" continued

In another installment of The Miami Herald's House of Lies series, reporter Debbie Cenziper found documents, emails and correspondence that showed Miami-Dade government leaders were warned about serious breakdowns in […]
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Prince George's County officials abuse credit card privileges

Cheryl W. Thompson of The Washington Post reports that officials in Prince George's County charged thousands of dollar in personal purchases to county-issued credit cards. " The Washington Post reviewed […]
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Cardiologist given no-show contracts at New Jersey medical school

Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin of The Star-Ledger cover the details emerging from a “whistle blower lawsuit” against the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In an effort […]
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Beyond Sago - a series on mine safety

Ken Ward Jr. of The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette analyzed government reports and data and found that 9 out of every 10 coal mining deaths nationwide over the last 10 years […]
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College coaches cash in

Jodi Upton and Steve Wieberg of USA Today have taken an extensive look at the contracts of NCAA Division 1-A football coaches. "Head coaches at the NCAA's top-level schools are […]
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