❖ Documented repeated sediment pollution violations at the
construction site of Scout Motors’ upcoming $2 billion EV plant
using state inspection records.

❖ Produced stories at the intersection of business and politics,
including a church’s attempt to redevelop a struggling mall with
public funds and enforcement gaps that allowed a prominent rock
club to operate for months without a license.

❖ Coverage of officials’ response to fast growth in Camden led to
beat expansion to cover the community and later Richland County.

❖ Produced a weekly newsletter and averaged five stories a week.

❖ Business coverage in New York’s Capital Region ranged from
challenges faced by new marijuana shops to migrants seeking work.

❖ Held New York’s federal delegation accountable with a story that
investigated why a 2016 law against ticket bots had only been
enforced once and highlighted stalled efforts to strengthen it.

❖ Along with producing crime follow-up and suburban coverage,
reported that a city homelessness initiative in Bridgeport, following
previous stories on an encampment, brought little change.

❖ Award-winning reporting on backlash to a proposal to continue
accepting refugees in Bismarck attracted national attention.

❖ Enterprise stories included reporting on owners who left residents
without electricity for days in a low-income apartment complex
and long-term tenants without water for weeks in a Minot motel.