Investigative Journalism
Reporting on newsrooms, information systems, source protection, verification, and the business of journalism.
Investigative Journalism — Page 2
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.
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.
The Hidden Geography of Emergency Healthcare Access
Mapping distance, transport, capacity, and service changes to investigate why access can differ dramatically between neighboring communities.
Inside the Modern Fact-Checking Workflow
Examining how reporters verify documents, images, datasets, claims, and sources before publishing a high-stakes investigation.
Inside a Public University’s Commercial Partnerships
Examining agreements between universities and private companies, the questions of disclosure they raise, and how research independence is protected.
How News Organizations Protect Sources Under Pressure
Examining newsroom practices around source handling, document security, verification, legal review, and the ethical limits of confidentiality.
How Streaming Changed the Economics of Local Culture
Examining contracts, platform visibility, audience data, and revenue models that affect independent creators in a platform-dominated media economy.
Inside the Business of Reputation Management
Exploring how companies and institutions respond to difficult reporting through public statements, corrections, legal correspondence, and communications strategy.
How Border Data Becomes a Policy Tool
Investigating the collection, classification, and use of movement data in border management and the safeguards surrounding it.
When a Development Promise Meets the Planning Archive
Comparing promotional claims with planning documents, environmental conditions, timelines, and completed work in large development projects.
The Hidden Infrastructure of Online Political Influence
Examining recommendation systems, advertising markets, content networks, and measurement tools without attributing hidden motives to individual actors.
How Investigators Verify an Anonymous Document
Walking through provenance checks, metadata review, corroborating evidence, source interviews, and the standards required before publication.
The Accountability Challenge in Private Healthcare Contracts
Investigating service agreements, performance measures, complaints, and disclosure practices where private providers deliver publicly funded care.
Inside the Global Business of Content Moderation
Investigating the labor, contracts, outsourcing arrangements, and performance metrics behind the systems that review online content.
What Procurement Records Reveal About Public Priorities
Using contracts and spending patterns as a window into how institutions translate strategic promises into actual purchases.