This story was produced as a project for the 2019 Impact Fund.
Reporter Lenny Bernstein and videographer Jon Gerberg of The Washington Post recently spent time in a Brooklyn ICU. Here's how they approached the risks.
This story was produced as a project for the 2020 Impact Fund....
As a reporter, you can do your part by both exposing the problems discovered by regulatory bodies and exposing the big gaps in the regulatory safety net.
Some children have been sexually assaulted. There are documented cases of child abuse. There have even been riots.
In December, when people started to be allowed to return to their homes — if they were standing — benzene was discovered in the water supply.
Some people say they only had minutes to prepare before they had to flee their homes during the Carr Fire in Shasta County last year. Such short notice was extra challenging for seniors and people with disabilities.
Even when the facts are presented and real people share their stories, some readers don’t believe it.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Monica Vaughan, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship.
Other stories in this series include:
An investigation revealed that lead from the gun range contaminated the inside of the gymnastics center. The county health department closed the youth facility Friday until further notice. And the process of figuring out if vulnerable children have been poisoned from lead exposure is underway.
