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Wyatt Massey @news4mass.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

My latest investigation for @spotlightpa.org uncovers harrowing situations inside Penn State Health's operating rooms and sterilization unit at Hershey Medical Center. In one case, an emergency brain operation was done with “contaminated” surgical tools, internal records show.

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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 11/05/2026

Check your e-mail inbox for our weekly edition of "Local Matters," an IRE-sponsored newsletter featuring the best local watchdog journalism from across the country. Subscribe for free: bit.ly/4aorGJx. Submit your best work at localmatters@ire.org

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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 23/03/2026

As DeeDee would say, “the work continues.” Abrazos from bootcamp at the @mujschool 🖤💛 Thank you, trainers, for continuing the work despite the unbearable loss we’re still processing. To support future IRE trainings like this, consider donating in Diana’s name through the Ring of Honor. Link in bio.

Three of IRE's trainers stand in front of a projector screen with a tribute to IRE's late executive director, Diana Fuentes.

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Amber Gaudet @amb-balam.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Charlotte-area surgeon Dr. Timothy Ryan Heider has been sued for wrongful death or malpractice again and again, often settling out of court. But the surgeon is still operating. And data shows doctors like Heider face few consequences from regulators. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

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Wrongful death lawsuits stacked up. But a Charlotte-area surgeon kept operating.

Former patients and their loved ones say North Carolina doctor with a string of malpractice settlements should face more accountability.

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Baxter🐾 @baxtersclaws.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Bless this reporter for finding some obscure meeting notes on one of the biggest transit projects in the city that “had a plan” to tell the public about it eventually lmao

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Local Matters Newsletter @localmatters.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Hello! Feeling so much gratitude this week for local news 🗞️🥰 We are off for the holiday but the letter will return next Sunday! As always, don’t be shy. Pitch us your great investigations!! Email localmatters@ire.org The note can be this simple: Hi! For your consideration [link] — So-and-So

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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Lucas County’s juvenile court is reconsidering its relationship with Ashland County youth treatment center Mohican Young Star Academy after being made aware of The Marshall Project reporting that detailed fights inside the facility. www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...

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Juvenile court reconsiders placement at youth treatment center after recent reports of fighting

Lucas County’s juvenile court is reconsidering its relationship with an Ashland County youth treatment center after being made aware of recent reporting ...

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Maddi O’Neill @maddioneill.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Thank you @localmatters.bsky.social! Subscribe to their incredible newsletter here: linktr.ee/lmattersnews

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Tolly Taylor @tollytaylor.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

EXCLUSIVE: Baltimore's comptroller has asked the city inspector general to investigate after 11 News Investigates uncovered financial discrepancies at one of the state's biggest nonprofits. Officials say the nonprofit may have broken state laws and could face a $20K fine. 👇

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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 15/05/2025

IRE's AccessFest Conference returns this fall, with a major gift to celebrate our 50th birthday! Registration is just $50 right now for all attendees. We’re honored to have @slooterman.bsky.social and @wendyluwrites.bsky.social join us for the keynote conversation. www.ire.org/2025-accessf...

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IRE’s AccessFest Conference returns online this October - Investigative Reporters & Editors

The AccessFest Conference will be Oct. 9-11, 2025, featuring keynote speakers Sara Luterman of the 19th and Wendy Lu of the New York Times.

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Carli Brosseau @carlibrosseau.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A judge ordered Columbus County to respond to our longstanding public records requests related to alleged corruption and other misconduct. www.theassemblync.com/politics/cou... #ncpol

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Judge Orders Columbus County Sheriff to Release Additional Records

At a hearing on our ongoing records suit, the judge directed the county to grant access to public records about former sheriff Jody Greene.

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A new investigation from TMP-C and Scott Noll at WEWS. She went to jail pregnant. What happened next isn't even a statistic. Why didn't Cuyahoga County tell Ohio offcials about a pregancy loss? Because the fetus was not incarcerated. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/15/c...

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How Sheriffs Fail to Report Miscarriages, Stillbirths In Ohio Jails

One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an ‘egregious performance failure’ by medical staff.

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Susie Neilson @susien.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New from me and @meganmunce.bsky.social - California government officials have called a hearing on widespread, algorithm-driven underinsurance among wildfire victims, citing our @sfchronicle.com investigation into the issue. Gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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A ‘silent threat’: California officials announce hearing into wildfire victim underinsurance following Chronicle investigation

A state board plans to hold a hearing on potential legislation to address underinsurance caused by flawed algorithms, unearthed by Chronicle reporting.

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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Proud of colleagues like @koriedean.bsky.social, who work hard to reveal things a lot of people in power would like to keep shrouded in darkness.

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Jacqueline Rabe Thomas @jrabethomas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A $300k state grant was stolen, so nearly everyone at this Hartford nonprofit that has received $8 million in state aid this year was laid off. Leaders of the org didn't tell the state or their board of the theft for 3 months. www.ctpost.com/connecticut/...

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CT demands Hartford nonprofit return state aid amid theft concerns

Leaders of a Hartford nonprofit waited months to notify state officials of an alleged cyber theft of $300,000 in taxpayer-funded grants, records show.

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Maria Carrillo @havana58.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Brace yourselves, then read this story by Lauren Peace. It's heart-wrenching but proud of @tampabaytimes.bsky.social for drawing attention to domestic violence. I hope it inspires lawmakers and police to figure out a better way to handle situations like this one. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

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Susie Neilson @susien.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Can confirm @localmatters.bsky.social is the best - encourage anyone who can to chip in $5 a month to recognize the great work of volunteers!

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Joe Murphy @joemurph.com · 13/04/2025

Giving a shout-out to the @localmatters.bsky.social newsletter, which consistently delivers the best journalism from local news across the U.S., you can sign up for the once a week email here visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin... or follow 'em on BlueSky

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Local Matters Newsletter (@localmatters.bsky.social)

A free weekly newsletter, curating the best in U.S. local journalism. By Joey Cranney, Brett Murphy, Bethany Barnes and Lulu Ramadan. Sponsored by Investigative Reporters & Editors and the Knight Foun...

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Bethany Barnes @betsbarnes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

“Florida’s legislature needs to act immediately to stop the pollution of our waterways.” www.tampabay.com/investigatio...

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Florida must act quickly to stop water pollution, federal lawmakers urge

After a Times investigation found rising contamination, congressional leaders sound alarm.

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McKenna Schueler @shecarrieson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Scoop from me: Emails first obtained by @orlandoweekly.bsky.social show that staff in Florida Gov. DeSantis' office drafted legislation for Republican lawmakers to file this year that aims to roll back certain child labor protections for workers as young as 14. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for child labor rollbacks behind the scenes, records show

Email communications first obtained by Orlando Weekly through a public records request show that staffers from DeSantis's office emailed draft legislation for Republican lawmakers to file.

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Rebecca Woolington @rwoolington.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

NEW: Florida touts spending millions of dollars to reduce water pollution. But the efforts aren’t working. Instead, hundreds of waterways have become dangerously contaminated. From the amazing Zack Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru and Bethany Barnes: project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

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Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

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Susie Neilson @susien.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

NEW INVESTIGATION: California is facing an underinsurance crisis, as wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild their homes. Insurers often blame homeowners for this crisis. But as @meganmunce.bsky.social & I found, the companies are largely responsible. Read more tinyurl.com/39pdydwj

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A broken system is keeping California homes underinsured. Millions are at risk

California's biggest insurance companies are using faulty algorithms and flawed processes to estimate rebuilding costs — leaving millions of homeowners unprotected from disaster.

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Mark Katches @katches.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The depth of reporting from Tampa Bay Times journalists Zachary T. Sampson, Shreya Vuttaluru and Bethany Barnes is stunning and extraordinary. : #WastingAway gets to the heart of why Florida’s gentle giants – the manatees – have been perishing. A MUST READ. project.tampabay.com/investigatio...

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Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

So @garrettshanley.bsky.social, the Univ of Florida student journalist who broke the Ben Sasse scandal wide open, has another banger today about Florida's surgeon general, who has almost nothing to show for his six-figure, second job as a tenured prof at UF www.alligator.org/article/2025...

Now, more than three years into his tenure, internal records and interviews with more than a dozen professors and administrators raise questions about whether Ladapo is meeting UF’s expectations.

Ladapo’s work calendar shows monthslong stretches with little or no activity. Instead of attaining grants and conducting research, he spent his first year revising manuscripts and writing his memoir, “Transcend Fear,” which details his skepticism of vaccines.

He also promised to bring hundreds of thousands in research dollars from the University of California at Los Angeles, his previous employer. That never happened. He blamed his former boss, claiming she withheld the funds over disagreements about COVID-19 policies. A review of internal reports and public directories indicate Ladapo hasn't secured any research grants for UF.

His classroom contributions are similarly sparse. Ladapo agreed to dedicate 20% of his time to teaching; so far, that’s amounted to a handful of seminars and guest lectures. A proposed course on “critical evaluation of scientific evidence” has yet to materialize.

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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 27/03/2025

“You’re his property”: A local sheriff in Mississippi staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found. buff.ly/tx797O5

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Charlotte Alden @charlottealden.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

New from me: Bellingham's public school district is facing another lawsuit regarding its handling of sexual harassment complaints. I spent several weeks digging through documents related to this case, as the family has spent 2.5 years filing complaints and appeals in pursuit of accountability.

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District sued, family of student who was sexually harassed calls response ‘catastrophically broken’ | Cascadia Daily News

They claim in a federal lawsuit that Bellingham Public Schools officials were dismissive; policies out of state compliance for years

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McKenna Oxenden @mackoxenden.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

New from me: I reviewed 49 cities and counties in the Houston region to see what details are publicly provided and posted when it comes to agenda items for public meetings. The findings? Harris County is among the worst.

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Harris County’s routinely long Commissioners Court agendas are often short on details

Of the cities and counties in the Houston area, Harris County is among the worst at providing background information with Commissioners Court agendas.

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Local Matters Newsletter @localmatters.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Toxic household products, open records law violations and a dangerous hospital. Read this week's Local Matters newsletter with stories from @ajc.com, @oregonian.com, @latimes.com, @sfpublicpress.bsky.social & more! conta.cc/4kWZ8tU

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 20/03/2025

In California, people banned by the state from operating assisted living facilities have been able to stay involved in other kinds of care facilities, a Times investigation found.

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They were banned from assisted living. They stayed in the caregiving business.

A Times investigation found that being banned from operating assisted living homes in California didn’t stop people from being involved in other care facilities.

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Ryan Gabrielson @ryangabrielson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

As Joaquin Palomino and Cynthis Dizikes dug into horrors at for-profit psych hospitals, Santa Rosa Behavioral stood out for its willful refusal to fix failures - and California health regulators' refusal to intervene. (Gift link) www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

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This Bay Area psychiatric hospital is plagued by Violence and neglect. California has chosen not to interfere

Violence and neglect plague the Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. The California Department of Public Health has chosen not to meaningfully intervene.

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Lisa Gartner @lisagartner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Don't miss the latest from @sfchronicle.com on California's for-profit psychiatric hospitals. Where Gov. Newsom has promised a national model for mental health, patients at Santa Rosa Behavioral Health are finding violence, abuse and other dangers. 🎁 link: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

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This Bay Area psychiatric hospital is plagued by Violence and neglect. California has chosen not to interfere

Violence and neglect plague the Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. The California Department of Public Health has chosen not to meaningfully intervene.

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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

New: Last year, I acquired a leaked document showing that the DEA audited Baltimore’s jail over failing to track 92,500 methadone pills. A subsequent records request revealed the state’s violations of the Controlled Substances Act extended to the women’s prison in Jessup. Read more:

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Nichole Manna @nicholemanna.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

NEW: In 1991, the Duval County jail was a hive of informants, cultivated by prosecutors who went there to seek detainees willing to rat on someone. “The bold informants would talk openly while others would talk in secret,” one former inmate told me. jaxtrib.org/2025/03/17/o...

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'Open for business:' It pays to be an informant. Telling the truth is optional

It is no mystery why detainees will seize the chance to testify that they heard someone confess – whether true or not.

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Local Matters Newsletter @localmatters.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The reshaping of the federal government is a local story. We compiled a special letter to roundup reporting that local journalists are doing to chronicle how communities are being affected. Stories from @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, @ajc.com, @lookoutnews.bsky.social & more conta.cc/4bOtmLc

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Omar S. Rashad عمر @omarsrashad.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

NEW: Valley Children's Hospital has paused its annual Kids Day fundraiser one year after financial controversies. The fundraiser was questioned after the nonprofit's sky-high executive compensation and billion-dollar investment portfolio became public knowledge. fresnoland.org/2025/03/12/k...

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Kids Day at Valley Children’s paused after financial controversies

A year after uproar over Valley Children’s Hospital’s finances and executive compensation, its annual Kids Day fundraiser.

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Omar S. Rashad عمر @omarsrashad.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Here's the investigation that revealed not only the billion-dollar investment portfolio, but also that Valley Children's Hospital donated about $73 million to its associated medical group and claimed it as a community benefit in tax filings. fresnoland.org/2024/05/08/v...

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Is Valley Children’s taking more than it’s giving back to Fresno?

Of the $90.5 million the hospital spent on direct community investment in the last decade, 80% went to its associated medical group.

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Josh Hinkle @hinklej.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Landing page launched! “Texas Energy Crossroads” is a partnership between the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, @thehill.com, @kxan.com investigators & Texas @nexstarmediagroup.bsky.social stations, examining the the state’s oil & gas industry under a new Trump administration. kxan.com/energy-crossroads

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Local Matters Newsletter @localmatters.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Crumbling schools, deaths in jail and controversial drug tests: Check out Sunday's Local Matters newsletter, with stories from @latimes.com, @heraldleader.bsky.social, @themarshallproject.org, @azluminaria.bsky.social, @sfchronicle.com & more! Read it here: conta.cc/4kAwnCU

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Rona Kobell @rkobell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Impact journalism at its best from @invisibae.bsky.social and @lizbowie.bsky.social. They exposed a problem school admins didn't want to talk about - getting students to school! - and forced a conversation among council, MTA, and school leaders. #localnews www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

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Baltimore City Council members press for solutions to student transit nightmare

Baltimore City Council members pressed officials in the school district and the Maryland Transit Administration to find solutions to improve mass transit students.

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Emily Hopkins reporting for Mirror Indy @emilyhopkins.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I've be struggling to comprehend how the sweeping disruptions to federal programs and mountain of executive orders is having a real-time effect on people here in Indianapolis. So I'm starting this thread to keep track of stories documenting the impact. Let's go.

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