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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 21/09/2026

We're looking to hire for our yearlong investigative fellowship. This is a paid position, 40 hours per week, starting in January. Apply: recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/...

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 09/04/2026

Only Metlakatla tribal members are allowed to fish within the Annette Islands Reserve, which extends 3,000 feet from shore.

A map of Annette Island in Alaska, home of Metlakatla. A fishing boundary is drawn 3,000 feet off the shore.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 26/03/2026

Brooklyn Park is the epicenter of Minnesota’s group home boom. Some 300 group homes are licensed to operate there, more than any other city in the state, including Minneapolis and St. Paul, the state’s largest cities. MAP: www.apmreports.org/story/2026/0...

Group homes are concentrated in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis.
Most parts of the Twin Cities haven’t seen the rapid growth in group homes that Brooklyn Park and other nearby suburbs have experienced.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 20/01/2026

New editorial opening. Apply here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/...

The Senior Editor, Investigations, will be a leader in our nationally renowned investigative, podcast, and documentary journalism unit, APM Reports, and the award-winning newsroom at MPR News. In addition to top-flight narrative audio chops, the ideal candidate will have the flexibility to shape stories across a variety of channels, including digital long-reads, data visualizations, social media and video. In this role, the ability to work collaboratively with leaders and teams from other departments and other news organizations is essential. The Senior Editor will work on future seasons of our hit podcast Sold a Story and another investigative podcast currently in development, as well as collaborations with MPR News and other public media organizations. There will also be opportunities for them to act as a player/coach with the teams they lead.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 12/12/2025

In Season 1, the Sold a Story podcast dispelled one of the big myths about learning to read: that schools didn't need to teach kids how to sound out letters. Host Emily Hanford says new myths are popping up to take its place. Catch up at soldastory.org.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 20/10/2025

This job will be the boss of everyone here at APM Reports. Please apply: recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/...

APM Reports strives to raise awareness, trigger debate and prompt positive change via non-partisan, independent investigative and documentary journalism.

We are located in St. Paul, Minnesota, as part of American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 17/10/2025

Teachers, parents and community members: We've added new discussion guides to help you talk about the podcast Sold a Story: soldastory.org/discuss

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 29/08/2025

In the past three years, 26 states have enacted laws to better align reading instruction with scientific research. We updated our map to include Missouri. More: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

A map of the United States shows states that have enacted laws in the past three years. They are colored three shades of blue to represent the year of the legislation.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 27/08/2025

But most of the Institute of Education Science’s work has been stopped. Seventy-eight contracts haven’t come back.

A treemap identifies terminated contracts. They are sized by dollar value and shaded colors based on whether they have been reinstated.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 26/08/2025

Episode 14: The Cuts Listen at soldastory.org.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 25/08/2025

The board canceled more than a dozen tests when it revised the NAEP schedule in April. This annotated version of the previous schedule, adopted in 2023, shows which tests were canceled. Topics annotated with a red star are no longer scheduled for revision.

A screenshot from a document showed scheduled NAEP tests. With red Xes and slash lines, canceled tests have been noted.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 21/08/2025

New episode of Sold a Story. 𝟭𝟰: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Dept of Ed. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools. Listen: www.apmreports.org/episode/2025...

An illustration depicts workers leaving the Department of Education after losing their jobs.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 07/08/2025

Explore the database of nursing homes in the story. For each one, see: • Percent of residents with a serious mental illness • Number of abuse-related citations • Nurse staffing rating www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

A map of the continental United States with colored dots representing nursing home locations.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 16/07/2025

Here's @katereports.bsky.social on the impact of her reporting on Illinois hospitals. Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 29/05/2025

Emily: "One of the words I really like is orangutan." Kid: 😒

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 09/04/2025

Sometimes, there isn’t a rental inspection at all. We reviewed data from nearly 300 cities that responded to a request for information. Of those, more than 60% said they do not inspect rental units.

We contacted hundreds of Minnesota cities and asked whether they have a rental ordinance and inspect rental properties. Sixty percent of the cities that responded do not have a rental inspection program. This map of the state locates the cities that responded and identifies whether they inspect rental properties.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 24/03/2025

New episodes of the Sold a Story podcast: soldastory.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 06/03/2025

March 6 is #ProtectMyPublicMedia Day, a national day of action with the goal to celebrate public media and advocate for public media funding. Learn more: www.americanpublicmedia.org/action

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 06/03/2025

Steubenville became a model of reading success, but a new law in Ohio put it at risk. We look at the "science of reading" lists, why Steubenville's program isn't getting on many lists, and the surprising power of one curriculum review group. New episode of Sold a Story today: soldastory.org

Nancy and Bob were betting that if you put a bunch of effective educational practices together, the result would be a successful school. A school that would make a difference for kids.

But Bob and Nancy didn’t know if their program would work. It was kind of like they were making a soup. They knew the ingredients were good. But what about the soup? Would the soup taste good? Would the recipe actually work?

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 27/02/2025

Success for All is the program at the heart of Steubenville's remarkable reading results. It's been around for decades, and numerous studies have shown it's effective. We trace the history of the program and why it's never really caught on. Episode 12 of Sold a Story: The Evidence soldastory.org

"Consider an old story about a little town that decided to build a gorgeous playground on some land that it had. The problem, however, was that this beautiful land was at the edge of a cliff. And it occurred to the town fathers that there was a danger that children might fall off the cliff. So the local playground board had huge debates. Should we build a fence at the top of the cliff? Or should we put an ambulance at the bottom?" -Bob Slavin

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 15/01/2025

APM Reports is hiring for a summer internship. This is a full-time paid position from June through August. Apply here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/...

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 17/12/2024

We reviewed more than half of the designs for the saturated buffers installed under Iowa’s Batch and Build program. Most would have fallen short of a federal standard meant to ensure minimum quality of the devices, but the standard was lowered twice.

A chart shows blue dots representing saturated buffer designs. They are clustered on the left, mostly below a red line marking a 2017-20 standard for system drainage capacity.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 18/11/2024

In the past two years, 25 states have enacted laws to better align reading instruction with scientific research.

A map of the United States shows where new laws have passed regarding reading instruction. Two colors of blue are used, for laws passed in 2023 and 2024. The podcast Sold a Story came out in late 2022. Some additional states had laws or policies on the books prior to the podcast.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 12/11/2024

We spent more than six months surveying tribal clinics and pharmacies around the country. Dozens refuse to provide Plan B — or impose restrictions. Here's what Oklahoma looks like:

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 12/11/2024

We’re thrilled that Sold a Story has been selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential. Listen: apple.co/soldastory

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 17/04/2023

APM Reports is an independent nonprofit newsroom. Here's how you can find our work. Listen to our podcasts: apmreports.org/podcasts Get email notifications: apmreports.org/email-notifications Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/apmreports Follow on Instagram:...

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 28/03/2023

To analyze whether former county commissioner Vaughn Hartung was being tracked, @jenpenned compared geolocation data from the GPS tracking device with Hartung’s work calendar and building access log.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 25/01/2023

We're hiring an investigative reporting intern for this summer. It's a paid 40hr/week job that can be remote. Apply here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG…

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 18/11/2022

We found that 18 states have minimal or no involvement in which core reading programs districts adopt, aside from setting broad educational standards. Review your state policy on our map:

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 17/11/2022

Parents, teachers and lawmakers want answers. In our final episode, we try to get some answers. Listen at soldastory.org.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 11/11/2022

We sent public records requests to 100 of the largest school districts about using of Heinemann materials. We asked for records detailing how much they paid the publisher and whether they evaluated the programs they bought. Explore the map of responses:...

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 10/11/2022

Teachers call books published by Heinemann their "bibles." Some of those products are rooted in a debunked idea about how children learn to read. But they've made the company and some of its authors millions. Episode 5: soldastory.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 03/11/2022

Teachers sing songs about Lucy Calkins. She’s one of the most influential people in American elementary education today. Her admirers call her books bibles. Why didn't she know that scientific research contradicted reading strategies she promoted? Ep 4: soldastory.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 28/10/2022

George W. Bush made improving reading instruction a priority. He got Congress to provide money to schools that used reading programs supported by scientific research. But backers of Marie Clay’s cueing idea saw Reading First as a threat. Episode 3: soldastory.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 26/10/2022

Sixty years ago, Marie Clay developed a way to teach reading that she said would help kids who were falling behind. They’d catch up and never need help again. Today, her program remains popular. But Marie Clay was wrong. That's Episode 2 of Sold a Story: soldastory.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 25/10/2022

Corinne Adams watches her son’s lessons during Zoom school and discovers a dismaying truth: He can’t read. Kids need specific skills to become good readers, and in many schools, those skills are not being taught. Listen to Episode 1 of Sold a Story: soldastory.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 03/10/2022

When two hurricanes hit the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, they left a sea of blue tarps and rubble in their wake. More than half the housing in the surrounding parish was damaged.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 15/08/2022

Camille Leihulu Slagle is Native Hawaiian. She wants to give back to her people through science, studying the volcanoes central to Hawaiʻi's landscape and culture. Her story is available now as a dedicated episode of the Educate podcast. educatepodcast.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 08/08/2022

For Reuben Kitto Stately, education is truth-seeking. He knew focusing on American Indian Studies would help him understand the history of colonization in America. His story is part of "Standing in Two Worlds," our new audio documentary. Learn more:...

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 29/07/2022

GS Labs has opened and closed facilities in spurts. The company's expansions and contractions at times correlate with nationwide increases in Covid cases, represented by the pink shaded areas below.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 29/07/2022

GS Labs expanded rapidly. Beginning in fall 2020, the company opened at least 75 testing sites in at least 21 states. Many sites remained open for only a few months.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 13/04/2022

Utah's Office of Licensing gathers reports of abuse and neglect at the more than 100 teen treatment programs it regulates. In 2021, the office found more than 200 rule violations, the most in the past six years.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 12/04/2022

Ep7 of Sent Away: WE FAILED YOU The power of speaking out — and of celebrity. Paris Hilton goes public with allegations against Provo Canyon School. And she sparks a movement. Others share their stories. And a lawmaker hears them. Listen: sentaway.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 16/03/2022

When Meagan Crider began exchanging notes with a staffer at the Utah teen treatment center where she was staying in the early 2000s, the extra attention felt exciting. Crider was 16 years old. The staff member was an adult several years older.

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 11/03/2022

In Episode 2 of #sentawaypod ... With the state off its back, Integrity House is free to grow. We learn what it was like to live there day after day — what the people who worked there saw, and what the state did when one of them blew the whistle. Listen: sentaway.org

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APM Reports @apmreports.org · 09/03/2022

Every year, thousands of children and teenagers cross state lines and are put in treatment centers. Utah, the home of nearly 3,000 placements per year, is dominant in the industry.

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