Investigative Photo Journalist, covering the Kassenoff Effect and Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice series online for the Davis Vanguard.
Aug 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Sam Bailey of @KansasReflector is my hero. Followed by @newyorkpost for coverage of the Marion County Record newsroom raid. The posted the Search Warrant and named Judge Laura Viar who should be page one in every reporter's notebook today. @nytimes didn't name her /1
/2 when reporters don't name judges, we can't find patterns and root causes of corruption. Meyers and the reporters at Marion County Record didn't have enough to publish the story on a dirty gypsy cop pattern, covering up sexual harrassment cliams. Their work was unpublished.
Apr 17, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
" We contemplated how to cover the judicary" , then the @propublica reporter described the newsgathering process on Justice Clarence Thomas disclosures , or lack there of them when it came to real estate and fancy trips. The topic moved social and mainstream media /1
/2 even when covering other newsworthy issues, @propublica could not swing youTube or other social media they way they could move local newspapers to pick up the topic, until now. If ever newsrooms could see reporting on judges is important , this is it ...