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Aug 14

2019

Introducing our new reporter

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Kate Kaye, a 20-year reporting veteran who has covered business and technology for a variety of publications, has joined the reporting staff of Investigative Post. Kaye’s career has included stints as a reporter, editor, book author and podcast host. She returns to her native Buffalo after working in New York City, and most recently, Portland, Ore. “A chance meeting at a journalism conference led to a job offer from Jim Heaney to move back to my hometown to join Investigative Post,” said Kaye. “Once the shock wore off, I realized the opportunity to immerse myself in the Buffalo culture and[...]

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Jun 4

2019

Newman joins Investigative Post board

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Declaring “a healthy community starts with transparency,” Michael F. Newman, a civically engaged business executive has joined the board of Investigative Post. Newman is executive vice president of NOCO Energy Corp., where he is responsible for business development. Newman is very active in the community, presently serving as chairman of the Kaleida Foundation, treasurer of Buffalo Prep, and a board member of Erie Community College. He was named one of the 125 Most Influential People in Western New York in 2012. Newman graduated from Canisius College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Master of Business Administration in[...]

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Jun 3

2019

iPost coverage of police drowning wins award

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Reporting that showed how the Buffalo Police Department put Officer Craig Lehner in harm’s way before his drowning in 2017 has won a statewide reporting award. The New York State Associated Press selected the story by Daniela Porat as the top investigative  story broadcast in 2018 on radio stations in mid-sized markets. The story aired on WBFO. Porat reported that the current in the Niagara River was too swift for an inexperienced diver like Lehner and that he was not properly trained and equipped.   The Lehner family subsequently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and police department.[...]

Posted 5 years ago

May 29

2019

Investigative Post is hiring reporters

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Investigative Post, a nonprofit investigative reporting center in Buffalo, N.Y., is looking for two experienced reporters to join our award-winning team. We’re looking for reporters with at least five years of experience and  a track record of producing compelling, high-impact stories. Good writing skills are a must; data skills a plus. We produce stories for online, television, radio and print; applicants with a newspaper background will get plenty of help learning broadcasting skills. And if you’re a television investigative reporter, by all means apply. Salary commensurate with experience and skills; compensation includes health insurance and retirement plan. Send cover letter,[...]

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May 6

2019

Heaney wins investigative reporting award

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Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney, whose reporting exposed corruption in the Buffalo Billion program, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. The award, named in honor of the pioneering investigative reporter from the late 19th century, is granted by the Albany-based Museum of Political Corruption. “The judges found much about Heaney’s passion for justice and determination to uncover the truth that mimics Bly’s celebrated career,” according to the museum’s press release announcing the award. Heaney in 2014 exposed irregularities in the state’s awarding of a contract to LPCiminelli to develop a $750[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Apr 12

2019

Geoff Kelly joins Investigative Post

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Geoff Kelly, former editor of The Public and Artvoice, has joined the reporting staff of Investigative Post. “I’m really excited to bring Geoff onboard. He’s a gifted reporter and editor and has a wealth of knowledge about the community,” said Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney. Kelly was a co-founder and editor of The Public, a weekly alternative newspaper launched in 2014. Prior to that, he was editor of Artvoice for 10 years, and editor of the weekly paper Pulp in Pittsburgh for two years prior. At Artvoice and The Public, much of his reporting focused on local government and politics,[...]

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Jan 1

2019

Probe into cop drowning voted top story of ’18

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An investigation by Daniela Porat that documented how Buffalo police put diver Craig Lehner in harm’s way was voted by readers as Investigative Post’s best story of 2018. Porat’s deeply researched story reported that Lehner, who drowned during a training exercise in October 2017, was not sufficiently trained and equipped to handle the swift currents of the Niagara River. Wrote Porat: “Trainees for swift water diving elsewhere typically start out in water moving somewhere between 1 and 4 knots, or under 5 miles per hour. But the Niagara River on the day Lehner trained – and drowned – was moving[...]

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Dec 11

2018

Vote for iPost story of the year

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Investigative Post continued to produce hard-hitting investigations in 2018. We’ll leave it up to you readers to decide which was the best one. Editor Jim Heaney has selected what he considers our best enterprise stories. Links are below, followed by a poll. You’re permitted to vote just once. We’ll post the results the first week of January. Buffalo Billion project falls short of mark Buffalo not enforcing its fair housing law Safety ignored in police diver drowning OTB board members receive gold-plated perks High cost of teacher health insurance Neighbors oppose landfill expansion IBM’s dysfunctional call center Pegula’s back fracking[...]

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