The Rostenkowski Investigation
The Sun Times story, led by journalists Charles Neubauer, Mark Brown and Michael Briggs, uncovered a corruption case against Rep Dan Rostenkowski’s campaign that had paid Dan Rostenkowski $73,000 in building rent and used taxpayer’s funds to personally acquire cars for himself.
How Medicaid Grew
Voting Rights: The Next Generation
Smoke Screen, Parts I and II
An year long investigation, Smoke Screen, Parts I and II, shed light on the manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes. The thrust was on how the tobacco industry, through the manufacturing process, is able to control the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.
Lost in America: Our Failed Immigration Policy
Lost in America was a 7-part investigative journalism series published in The Miami Herald that documented and uncovered the then Haitian and Cuban immigrant exodus into Miami and the country’s discriminatory immigration policies. The series exposed cases of illegal detention and mistreatment of the Haitian and Cuban refugees and the differential treatment immigrants from Cuba and Haiti were subjected to viz refugees from other nationalities.
Lethal Doses: Radiation That Kills
The series broken by Dave Davis and Ted Wendling detailed victims of botched radiation therapy and lax regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies.
FDIC: Protector Turned Predator
Race and Risk: HUD’s $67 Million Plan and Housing Deal
This first appeared as a front-page story in which journalists Craig Flournoy and Randy Lee Loftis expose the government’s plans to force thousands of poor black residents to live in a Superfund toxic site.
Murder on Trial
Murder on Trial is a four-part series by Athelia Knight that examines three years of homicides in the District of Columbia. The articles provide insights into the low rates of conviction and the heavy caseload crushing the criminal justice system.