Investigative Reportage

Investigative Research & Reporting

Investigative Research & Reporting, an in-depth form of journalism, focuses on uncovering hidden truths, such as political corruption, corporate wrongdoing, or societal injustices. It goes beyond standard news reporting by using meticulous research and a narrative storytelling style to hold powerful entities accountable.

Core Characteristics of Investigative Reportage

Discovery of Secrets: Its primary goal is to reveal information that someone—often those in power—wants to remain hidden.

Original Digging: It is a proactive process where journalists conduct their own investigation through interviews and document analysis, rather than just relaying tips or leaks.

In-Depth Narrative: Unlike brief "breaking news," reportage often utilizes a literary style, providing detailed accounts and context to engage the reader on a deeper level.

Public Interest: It functions as "watchdog journalism," aiming to incite social change or reform by exposing systemic failures.

Common Methods

Extensive Research: Searching public records, cross-referencing databases, and using freedom of information laws.

Data Analysis: Utilizing techniques like computer-assisted reporting (CAR) to identify patterns in large datasets.

Investigation of Allegations of Fraudulent Misrepresentation

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation, corroborated by primary source evidence obtained by public records act requests, of allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation by a mutual benefit nonprofit corporation of its legal designation, in the act of obtaining recurring public funds from two government agencies.

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Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of allegations of willful negligence of public safety by the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors and administration for failing to ensure the performance of licensed engineering inspections of a deteriorating tourism attraction for several decades.

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Investigation of Allegations of Repeated Herbicide Violations

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Repeated Herbicide Violations

Investigation of allegations of negligence and government cover-up resulting from the Tuolumne County Public Works Department repeatedly spraying multiple banned herbicides for three years adjacent to unprotected wellheads, from 2014 to 2016, in violation of the California Code of Regulations for Wellhead Protection, Groundwater Protection, General Standards of Care, and Protection of Persons, Animals, and Property.

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"Police helicopters cutting corners over Phoenix neighborhood"

"RESIDENTS FED UP WITH POLICE CHOPPER"

AZFamily | Arizona News, April 27, 2023

"Phoenix neighborhood ‘fed up’ with noise from police helicopters

taking shortcuts over their homes"

"When neighbors began complaining, police officers started showing up at their door. Was this an intimidation attempt?"

This Arizona's Family Investigates television news report and article was produced by Arizona’s Family (KTVK 3TV, KPHO-TV CBS 5, azfamily.com) in Phoenix, initiated and based upon my issue spotting and providing source material to the television station's Investigative Journalist.

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The story behind the story... During 2022, while temporarily in Phoenix for access to Cronkite resources, I had suspected that the helicopter fleets of the Phoenix Police Department, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety were all in violation of the optimal published FAA flight path, with the helicopters routinely generating 75 to 80 decibels at ground level while flying excessively low when routinely taking shortcuts over a long established residential neighborhood during aircraft egress and ingress to the regional airport where their respective fleets were based.

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"Homeowners 'fed up' with police helicopters taking shortcuts over their neighborhood"

"INTIMIDATION FROM ABOVE?"

AZFamily | Arizona News, April 27, 2023

"When neighbors began complaining, police officers started showing up at their door. Was this an intimidation attempt?"

"Phoenix neighborhood ‘fed up’ with noise from police helicopters

taking shortcuts over their homes"

This Arizona's Family Investigates live streaming YouTube report was produced by Arizona’s Family (KTVK 3TV, KPHO-TV CBS 5, azfamily.com) in Phoenix, initiated and based upon my issue spotting and providing source material to the television station's Investigative Journalist.

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The story behind the story, continued... My research and escalation of this matter resulted in Arizona's Family Investigates pursuing the issue I had spotted, and producing an investigative report where I am interviewed, airing on the evening news in Phoenix. The productive outcome of this investigative reporting is that the law enforcement agencies, especially the Phoenix Police Department, became largely compliant with the established FAA flight path in the intervening months to the relief of a noise weary community and elementary school.

Addendum: In March 2025, this investigation that had begun in 2022 while I was temporarily in Phoenix to have direct access to Cronkite resources, and resumed while I was again in Phoenix for a time during 2025, concerns the Phoenix Police Department Air Support Unit’s fleet of helicopters disruptive flight path and low altitude departures and arrivals from a regional airport.

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Independent Investigative Reporter

Investigative Reportage

Investigative Research & Reporting

Investigation of Allegations of Government & Nonprofit Misconduct and Corruption

Investigation of Allegations of Fraudulent Misrepresentation

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Repeated Herbicide Violations

Investigation of Allegations of Willful Negligence of Public Safety

Investigation of Allegations of Repeated Herbicide Violations

Investigation of Abusive Law Enforcement Practices

"Police helicopters cutting corners over Phoenix neighborhood"

"Homeowners 'fed up' with police helicopters taking shortcuts over their neighborhood"

Investigative Research Notes