investigative journalism

The National Republican Congressional Committee has launched an internal probe to find out who snuck a hidden camera into its headquarters for a 60 Minutes piece, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.

The station’s former managing editor Dave Manney returns to lead the NBC O&O’s I-Team, effective June 6.

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ABC affiliate WJLA Washington (DMA 7) announced today that on Tuesday, May 10, investigative reporter and anchor Lisa Fletcher will become the station’s senior investigative reporter.  She […]

With more than $4 million recovered since its launch in 2014, Telemundo Responde (Telemundo Responds) expands this month to Telemundo’s KTAZ Phoenix and KHRR Tucson under Victor Hugo.

Fox O&O WTTG Washington announced today that chief investigative reporter Emily Miller is leaving the station. In a statement, WTTG GM Patrick Paolini said: “Unfortunately, Emily has decided to move […]

Social media users are breathing fire over several reports of lavish overhead spending and curious practices by the Wounded Warrior Project. The nonprofit, which raised more than $372 million last year, reportedly invests just 60% of its earnings into programs for veterans. And employees who question the nonprofit’s practices get the ax, according to two separate investigative projects, one from CBS News and the other by the The New York Times.

E.W. Scripps-owned ABC affiliate KGTV San Diego (DMA 28) has hired Adam Racusin, as an investigative reporter. A Los Angeles native, Racusin joins KGTV from KEYE Austin, Texas, where he […]

For decades, local investigative reporting has been done largely by regional newspapers like The Globe in Boston. With their substantial staffs — often several hundred journalists — newspapers could do the painstaking, time-consuming and often unglamorous work that can lead to breakthrough stories. But now, with newspaper profits hit hard by the sharp decline in print advertising, and with newsroom staffs withered after endless rounds of cost-cutting layoffs, local investigative journalism is threatened.

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8), has added investigative reporter Mike Beaudet to its investigative unit, 5 Investigates starting today. As a multimedia investigative journalist, Beaudet will join reporters […]

In addition to reporting for the Denver ABC affiliate, Tony Kovaleski will also train investigative journalists for Scripps stations across the country.

The new unit at Meredith’s CBS affiliate has more than 100 years of experience.

KHOU, the Tegna-owned CBS affiliate in Houston, is shining its investigative light on some housing problems in the city, with stories across its Monday newscasts.

In the years since people in the news industry first began talking about “convergence” and the melding of traditional print and video forms online, plenty of newspapers have created video operations. And there are examples of TV stations making big digital investments. Still, there are limits to convergence: You don’t see many local stations turning out longform narratives, for example. That’s what makes a recent year-long investigation by Noah Pransky of Tegna’s WTSP Tampa about the influence a private PR consultant wields in local politics, so unusual.

Full Measure is the first-ever program produced by the Sinclair Television Group, which owns 162 TV stations, covering 38% of the nation’s TV homes. Most stations will air it at 9:30 a.m. Sundays, or later in the morning in some markets where Sinclair owns more than one station. The program’s mission is accountability reporting and investigations. Sinclair and former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson say Full Measure will come without a political agenda, although shared history makes that a pertinent question.

The Associated Press will bring data journalism to a wider range of news organizations with the help of a $400,000 grant from the Knight Foundation, the AP said today. AP will use the funds to bring on more data journalists and increase its distribution of localized data sets.

Ross Jones, investigative reporter at Scripps-owned WXYZ Detroit will join the Scripps Washington Bureau as an investigative correspondent. In his new role, Jones will provide investigative reporting to all Scripps […]

NBC-owned KXAS Dallas and the Dallas Morning News are the winners of RTDNA’s 2015 Gannett Foundation Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism. The two won for their Injured Heroes, Broken Promises series of stories that focused on the treatment of soldiers by the Army’s Warrior Transition Units, designed to help service members who have suffered physical and psychological wounds adjust to civilian life.

NBC-owned WNBC New York (DMA 1) today expanded its investigative unit with the hiring of journalist Sarah Wallace. Wallace, who worked at WABC New York until earlier this year, brings […]

PBS’s venerable documentary franchise Frontline is expanding into multi-part investigative series, exec producer Raney Aronson told reporters Sunday during PBS’s portion of the Television Critics Association’s press tour.

Tegna-owned ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 40), has added investigative journalist David Bailey to its Watchdog Investigative Team. He starts on Sept. 1. Bailey has been the chief […]

The station group’s new half-hour investigative series, Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson, will launch Oct. 4.

Joseph Sledge was convicted of a double murder in Bladen County, N.C., and spent 37 years in prison. Then, new evidence proved he couldn’t have been the killer. A new […]