March 3rd, 2005 | by Derek | published in Broadcast
Jeremy Finley of WSMV-Nashville compared prison parolee data to ZIP codes in the Nashville area, uncovering a trend that is populating felons together and trapping ZIP codes in a “cycle of violence.” He found the highest number of felons living in the 37207 ZIP code. “There are more than 200 convicted criminals in this ZIP [...]
February 3rd, 2005 | by Derek | published in Broadcast, Paper Trail
Dion Lefler of the Wichita Eagle, along with KWCH-12 Eyewitness News, found that while Wichita paid $7 million to lure outdoors retailer Gander Mountain to a downtown development project, “the vast majority of cities and counties that have a Gander Mountain store didn’t pay any public money to get one. The investigation found four other [...]
December 10th, 2004 | by Derek | published in Broadcast, DIY
In a nine-month investigation, BBC reporter Jamie Doran discovered that HIV-positive children in New York City are being given experimental and highly toxic drugs without the consent of guardians or relatives. One doctor who has studied the effects of such drugs says they are “lethal.” If parents or caretakers refuse to give children the medication, [...]
December 4th, 2004 | by Derek | published in Broadcast, FOIA
Mark Segraves of WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C., used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents showing that dozens of documents and artifacts have been stolen or have gone missing from the National Archives. “Handwritten letters written by Ulysses S. Grant, a photo of President Ronald Reagan with Margaret Thatcher and a portrait of [...]
December 1st, 2004 | by Derek | published in Broadcast, Local Data
Scott Zamost, Patricia Andreu, Pedro Cancio and Ed Garcia of South Florida’s NBC6-TV obtained records of emergency calls to Broward County’s main 911 center, finding that the sheriff’s office “failed to meet the state standard of answering 90 percent of 911 calls within 10 seconds. In fact, NBC 6 discovered an average of only 65 [...]