Sep 6
2012
Shredd & Ragan of 103.3, The Edge, spoke Thursday morning with iPost’s editor about the sentencing of former Common Council Member Brian Davis to one year in prison on corruption charges. Heaney’s reporting of Davis’ malfeasance prompted state and federal probes that lead to his prosecution.
Sep 5
2012
The prestigious Knight Foundation has awarded Investigative Post, in partnership with the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, a major grant to help fund environmental coverage and research collaborations with local colleges and universities. The non-profit investigative reporting center, serving Buffalo and Western New York, also announced Wednesday the hiring of a development director and its first full-time investigative reporter. “Investigative Post has made steady progress since launching in February and the Knight Foundation grant enables us to take the next step,” said Jim Heaney, editor and executive director of Investigative Post. The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, on behalf of[...]
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2012
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Sep 2
2012
Aaron Bartley is arguably Buffalo’s leading community activist, someone who has worked in the trenches since his college days. Bartley is a Buffalo native and graduate of City Honors, Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School. While at Harvard co-founded the Harvard Living Wage Campaign in support of the university’s service workers. He then served as labor organizer in SEIU’s Justice for Janitors campaign in Boston. Eight years ago, Bartley co-founded People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH Buffalo), which has focused on organizing residents of the city’s West Side to improve employment opportunities and housing and other neighborhood conditions. PUSH Buffalo[...]
Sep 1
2012
PUSH Buffalo Executive Director Aaron Bartley explains how the Webster Block deal incorporates progressive politics. Story by WGRZ based on Investigative Post interview.
Aug 30
2012
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