investigative reporter

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In 1872, he leveraged secret fare reductions from railroads to buy out 22 of 26 competitors in the “Cleveland Massacre,” a fact revealed by Ida Tarbell, the original investigative reporter.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Times investigative reporter Kim Christensen and then-colleague Ben Poston, California’s promised reforms are still, inexplicably, a work in progress.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Liu, a prominent investigative reporter in China, was previously arrested in 2013 on suspicion of defamation after accusing a high-ranking official of corruption.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

She previously worked in New York as an investigative reporter for the Global Migration project at Columbia Journalism Investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

So, as any good investigative reporter would do, he decided to pick a few key pieces and see if the old axiom was true.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn