AnalysisJustice Chicago’s Burge convicted, thanks in part to John Conroy It’s a moment that seemed like it would never come. But yesterday former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was convicted for perjury and obstruction of justice related to his years-long practice of torturing… Esther KaplanJune 29, 2010
ImpactJustice Five Indicted in Glover Case Three New Orleans police officers and two former officers have been indicted in the shooting death of Henry Glover, a resident of New Orleans who bled to death while in police custody in the days after Hurricane Katrina. Esther KaplanJune 11, 2010
AnalysisBusiness, Labor Regulators Charged with BP Oversight Used Porn, Crystal Meth on the Job No comment necessary. Nice story, AP. Esther KaplanMay 26, 2010
AnalysisPolitics Right-Wing Think Tanks Discover “Investigative Reporting” There’s a fascinating story in the new Washington Monthly by Laura McGann about the new wave of highly partisan “investigative reporting” on the right. Sometimes, as she points out, these efforts produce strong, legitimate muckraking work… Esther KaplanMay 12, 2010
NewsHealth Get Breast Cancer; Lose Health Insurance Thanks to Lucinda Marshall at Feminist Peace Network for pointing us to an amazing, if demoralizing, investigation into WellPoint… Esther KaplanApril 26, 2010
ImpactJustice New Developments in Post-Katrina Shootings Yet another officer has been implicated in covering up the death of Henry Glover, who died while in the custody of the New Orleans Police Department, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports…. Esther KaplanApril 17, 2010
ImpactJournalism A Nod from the WashPost A Roy Harris piece in The Washington Post today on the Pulitzer Prize and the future of journalism mentions an Investigative Fund collaboration with ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune… Esther KaplanApril 12, 2010
ImpactJournalism Three Investigative Fund Stories Honored by IRE Today Investigative Reporters and Editors honored two Investigative Fund stories published in collaboration with The Nation — A.C. Thompson’s exposé of racial violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Aram Roston’s probe into corruption in US contracting in Afghanistan. Plus… Esther KaplanMarch 29, 2010
ImpactJournalism More Award Finalists Aram Roston’s Investigative Fund probe, “How the US Funds the Taliban,” which ran as a Nation cover story, has just been named a finalist for the Daniel Pearl Award… Esther KaplanMarch 18, 2010
Inside TIBusiness, Environment Spreading the Word on Fiji Water Anna Lenzer’s Fiji Water investigation from late last year is still making waves. After tearing up the Twittersphere for months, attracting defensive counter-Tweets from Fiji Water owner Lynda Resnick, and being reprinted as far and wide as the UK and Australia, the investigation started to leak into foodie circles…. Esther KaplanMarch 2, 2010