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Complete record — 2018–2026

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All the investigations from 2018 to 2026, each with its methods notes, source breakdown, ethics log and impact record. Filter by desk, or open any row for the full story.

Mar 2024 · Investigative · Lakeshore Ledger Quiet Demolitions: The Rezoning Plan That Cleared 4,200 Families Without One Public HearingChicago, IL — $340M in property moved off the public record. 6,800 words Jan 2024 · Investigative · Cross-Border Desk Partner Shell Architecture: How $2.3 Billion Slipped Away From Three Sanctioned Entities in 48 Hours Through One Offshore IntermediaryPanama City / London / Dubai — three newsrooms, four countries. 11,200 words Oct 2023 · Profile · Sterling’s Monthly The Firm Behind a Decade of Public ApologiesWashington, DC — a crisis firm’s client list reads like institutional failure. 7,200 words Sep 2023 · Opinion · The Coastal Courier The Neutrality Trap: How “Both Sides” Reporting Becomes Cowardice in the Costume of ObjectivityLondon, UK — 214 broadcasts coded, double-blind. 3,900 words Aug 2023 · Profile · Harbor Longform Review The Last Decoder: Portrait of the Cryptographer Who Cracked Three Governments’ Surveillance SystemsNairobi, Kenya — seven months, five countries. 9,100 words Jun 2023 · Investigative · Civic Ledger The Vanishing Payout: How a Federal Flood Agency’s Adjusters Underpaid 23,000 Louisiana ClaimsNew Orleans, LA — 23,000 claim records, FOIA’d over two years. 8,400 words Feb 2023 · Breaking · Meridian Wire First Light from Varenka: Filing From the Last Open Road Into a Besieged TownVarenka, Eastern Borderlands — nine dispatches in 72 hours. 4,200 words Nov 2022 · Dispatch · The Westerly The Hands Behind Last Weekend’s Dress: Inside a Dhaka Garment FactoryDhaka, Bangladesh — three weeks on the factory floor. 5,600 words Apr 2024 · Profile · Parkside Magazine The Apology Machine: Inside the Crisis Team That Writes Corporate RemorseSan Francisco, CA — three weeks embedded. 6,100 words

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