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Technology & Power
The Quiet Expansion of Surveillance Infrastructure
A document-led examination of how cameras, sensors, and analytics can spread across public spaces through separate projects that are rarely viewed together.
Corporate Investigations
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.
Technology & Power
The Paperwork Behind a Failed Technology Rollout
Reconstructing how ambitious digital projects move from proposal to deployment, and where warning signs can disappear between teams.
Investigative Journalism
How a Housing Register Becomes a Measure of Inequality
Investigating what waiting lists reveal about demand, eligibility rules, supply constraints, and the families behind the statistics.
Investigative Journalism
Inside the Market for Political Advertising Data
Examining the infrastructure that connects audience data, advertising platforms, targeting tools, and campaigns without making claims about any specific campaign.
Climate Accountability
The Environmental Permits That Decide What Gets Built
A close look at permitting files and the information they contain about environmental risks, mitigation promises, and enforcement.
Science & Evidence
When Scientific Findings Become Public Policy
Following the evidence chain from research paper to advisory process to policy document, and identifying where interpretation can change along the way.
Science & Evidence
How a University Research Grant Becomes a Public Record
Tracing grant announcements, project reports, procurement records, and research outputs to understand how public research funding can be audited.
Public Accountability
What Happens to Public Land After a Development Deal
Investigating valuations, planning permissions, contractual obligations, and long-term public-interest commitments attached to major land transactions.
Corporate Investigations
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.
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Technology & Power
The Digital Forensics of a Disappearing Web Page
Exploring archives, cached records, version histories, and metadata to reconstruct information that vanished from an institutional website.
Investigative Journalism
The Hidden Geography of Emergency Healthcare Access
Mapping distance, transport, capacity, and service changes to investigate why access can differ dramatically between neighboring communities.
Public Accountability
How Regulators Decide Which Complaints Get Attention
Examining triage systems, staffing, statutory duties, and risk categories that determine how institutions respond to large volumes of complaints.
Climate Accountability
When Climate Risk Becomes a Property Problem
Investigating how flood, heat, wildfire, and coastal risk enter planning decisions, insurance markets, and property valuations.
Corporate Investigations
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.