Selected publications on politics, energy, health care, business, telecommunications, information technology, local government, and journalism best practices.
USA TODAY
(2019 to Present)
- It may not have started here, but the novel coronavirus became a U.S. tragedy
- The Trump campaign made stops nationwide. Then coronavirus cases surged.
- A year into the pandemic, thousands of students still can’t get reliable WiFi
- We took a look into the Capitol Police budget after the riot.
- Capitol Police have a $500M budget. Why were they unprepared?
- Low Medicare payments led to less COVID testing
- Hospitals narrowly avoid ventilator shortage, even in New York
- U.S. exported millions in masks and ventilators ahead of the coronavirus
- Coronavirus: How face mask supply in the U.S. dropped
- What one company’s ventilator work says about our chances to outpace coronavirus
- Coronavirus pushed learning online, but half of U.S. lacks access
- Unemployment funds were in trouble before coronavirus. Now claims are sky high.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
(2018 to 2019)
- Still Buffering: East Texans say internet service available to them is too slow and too expensive
- Still Buffering: Rural libraries fill the void for residents without broadband
- Still Buffering: How East Texas lags the state in broadband
- Health care driving employment in Tyler and Longview, says study from Dallas Federal Reserve
- A look at the top salaries at Tyler Junior College
- A look at the top salaries in the Tyler Independent School District
- A look at the top salaries in the Tyler city government
- A look at the top salaries in Smith County government
- Opioid problem in East Texas mainly involves prescription drugs
- Criminal justice officials in Smith County say high bonds are necessary
- Facing increased inmate population, Smith County seeks to negotiate new contracts
- Smith County Jail population at highest level in three years
- Access, cultural competency required to improve infant mortality, study says
- NET Health seeks community input on $67,500 infant mortality grant
- Women’s health experts discuss maternal mortality at Tyler Junior College
- ‘Our babies are dying’: Black leaders speak out on infant mortality
- Tyler area infant mortality rates higher for black, Hispanic women
- Commercial development on the rise in Tyler, moving farther south
- 73-year-old woman testifies Smith County official assaulted her
- Attorney for Joann Hampton rejects plea deals, says she’s ‘not guilty—of anything’
- Boosted by PACs, conservative incumbents running for Texas House outraise rivals
- Cruz, Patrick headline event for conservative PAC
- Cruz won’t support immigration compromise
VTDigger.org
(2015 to 2017)
- Seven Years of Disability Discrimination Complaints Target UVM Medical Center
- Doctor: Hospital Using Federal Program to Undercut Our Price
- Workers Call for More Resources to Treat Psychiatric Patients
- Regulators Approve Independent Surgical Center
- Board Grants Anonymity to Surgical Center Investors
- Independent Doctors Locked In Regulatory Battle with Hospitals
- Burlington Woman Who Took Her Own Life ‘Fell through the Cracks’
- Special Report: VTel Built Wireless System In Chittenden County
- Medicaid by the Numbers: Reforms, Demographic Changes Drive Up Enrollment
- Medicaid by the Numbers: Vermont Pays Top Dollar for Opiate Addiction Drugs, Antipsychotics, and Antidepressants
- State Cancels Procurement on Two Health Care Tech Projects
- Lawmakers Urged to Scrutinize the Scope of IT Projects
- State IT Projects Could Reach $1.3 Billion
- Special Report: Rural Communities Push Back Against Solar
- Special Report: Tax Breaks Drive Vermont’s Solar Gold Rush
- Special Report: SEC Investigates Broadband Company Founder
Rutland Herald and Times Argus
(2013 to 2015)
- Vermont medical pot growers seek to break even
- Rutland High School students rally against After School app
- Public Service Board orders new review of pipeline
- Document urges Public Service Board to review pipeline
- International Paper to ‘wait and hold’ on gas pipeline case
- Vermont Gas says Phase 1 still in the public good
- Public Service Board declines to reopen gas pipeline case
- Gas pipeline case sent back to state regulators
- State seeks to re-evaluate pipeline approval
- Residents seek legal aid on gas pipeline
- Rutland Plywood workers see their livelihood in ruins
Quill Magazine
- Use Social Media as a Watchdog Spotlight
- Reporting on Non-Profit Compensation
- Hit the Jackpot with Lottery Records
One-offs
- Medical group will lobby to get provider on health care board (Vermont Public Radio)
- Gannett shakeup leads to new competition in Vermont Statehouse (Columbia Journalism Review)