David Kross
David Kross investigates companies, contracts, markets, public finance, and the financial structures that can be difficult to see in headline numbers.
17 Stories
How Investigative Reporters Follow the Money
Explaining the practical techniques reporters use to connect budgets, companies, ownership records, contracts, and financial disclosures without overstating what documents prove.
The Audit Trail Behind a New Urban Transit Line
A document-based reconstruction of planning decisions, cost revisions, and milestones surrounding a large public transport project.
How a Port Modernization Project Changes the Local Economy
Following land, logistics, employment, and procurement records to examine the less visible consequences of a major transport investment.
The Quiet Business of Selling Access to Public Information
Looking at the ecosystem around research, databases, consultants, and information services that can turn public knowledge into a private advantage.
Behind the Numbers: Reconstructing a Regional Employment Claim
A methodical look at how employment figures are assembled, revised, and communicated when headline numbers become politically important.
The Offshore Ownership Maze Behind Commercial Property
A guide-style investigation into the layers of companies and filings that can make property ownership difficult to understand from public records alone.
The Human Cost Hidden in a Supply Chain Dashboard
Looking beyond logistics metrics to the workers, subcontractors, and local communities represented only indirectly in corporate reporting systems.
The Consultants Behind Major Public Reform Programs
Following advisory contracts and implementation documents to understand what consultants are asked to do and how their recommendations shape policy execution.
The Real Story Behind a Sudden Factory Closure
Using company filings, local records, employment data, and supply-chain clues to reconstruct the forces surrounding an industrial shutdown.
How a Public Tender Can Favor Complexity
A document-led look at technical specifications, qualification rules, scoring models, and why some tender structures can narrow the field of bidders.
The Supply Chain Behind a Household Essential
Following an everyday product from raw material to warehouse to retailer to understand how disruptions, concentration, and contracts shape consumer prices.
How Data Errors Become Official Statistics
Investigating the path from raw administrative records to published statistics, with attention to revisions, missing data, and classification choices.
What a Company’s Supplier List Can Reveal
Using supplier disclosures, filings, shipping information, and procurement patterns to investigate how corporate dependencies become visible.
When a Safety Recall Meets a Fragmented Supply Chain
Investigating how warnings travel through manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and regulators when a product problem crosses multiple jurisdictions.
The Public Records That Explain a Sudden Price Spike
Tracing procurement, inventories, transportation costs, market concentration, and policy changes to understand how price shocks develop.