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Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching

Fuzzy matching is a process for linking up names that are similar but not quite the same. It has become an increasingly important part of data-led investigations as a way […]
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Diplomats for Sale

A diplomatic passport has become the ultimate luxury item for the world’s super rich. It allows the holder to live tax free, bypass customs and carry contraband across international borders. […]
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Trump, Inc.

On September 25th, 2019, the White House released its notes from President Trump’s July phone call with the new Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump asked Zelensky to “do […]
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The Coroner Who Conned a County

Coroner Barry L. Busby was the most popular elected official in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, winning his eighth full term in November 2018 with the highest vote total on the local […]
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The Power Brokers

In 2012, Darius Anderson, a longtime California lobbyist, political powerbroker and developer, led a team of North Bay business executives to purchase the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Anderson’s media company, […]
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The pillage of public funds in Puerto Rico going on behind the chat

#RickyLeaks is the story of how the revelation of 889 pages of a Telegram chat between Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Nevares and his closest aides triggered citizen protests that […]
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Behind the scenes of organ donation, a tug of war: Save lives or pursue justice?

The series uncovered ongoing conflicts between elected county coroners and representatives of the state’s two organ procurement organizations over whether the coroners’ death investigations or the life-saving organ donations should […]
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Big Spending, Little Accountability

In “Big Spending, Little Accountability,” this collaborative team of reporters revealed how Pennsylvania state lawmakers have for years taken advantage of notoriously weak campaign finance laws to hide millions of […]
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Pa. lawmakers explain their pension plan choice

This was a story package designed to inform the public of the pension plan option that their state lawmakers chose for themselves after creating some new retirement savings options that […]
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Uncovering dark money in 2020 elections and beyond

Dark money is playing a major role in 2020 elections. This panel will provide an overview of what you need to know to uncover dark money activity and try to […]
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Tracking money to candidates up and down the ballot in 2020

Whether you are vetting a president, Supreme Court justice, or mayor, we'll give you all the tools you need to unearth the secrets of public officials and candidates. Using public […]
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