Articles for Investigative Post staff

May 5

2016

Recognition for iPost’s Charlotte Keith

Charlotte Keith has been selected as a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, which honors the work of journalists in nation under the age of 35. Keith, a 24-year-old reporter for Investigative Post, is one of 28 finalists for local reporting based on her story last summer on continuing problems within the Erie County Department of Child Protective Services. Her story was selected from an entry pool of more than 250 stories. Finalists move on to a final round of judging; winners will be announced June 8. Other finalists hail from such news organizations as The Washington Post,[...]

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Apr 18

2016

iPost, WGRZ win prestigious Murrow award

A team project by Investigative Post and WGRZ broadcast last year about Buffalo’s failure to solve most of its murder cases has won the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting. The project was selected as the best investigative work broadcast in small television markets in the New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey region by the Radio-Television Digital News Association. The stories were reported by Jim Heaney, Investigative Post’s editor, and Steve Brown, investigative reporter with WGRZ. Video was shot and edited by Andy DeSantis and Bob Mancuso. Their work is under consideration for the Murrow national award, which will be announced in June. The[...]

Posted 9 years ago

Mar 21

2016

Higgins interview at iPost luncheon

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins discussed a range of local, national and international issues in an interview March 9 with Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney. In perhaps his most noteworthy comment, Higgins gave poor to middling grades to local leadership for what he said is its aversion to risk taking.

Posted 9 years ago

Mar 11

2016

Investigative Post seeking volunteers

Want to help Investigative Post? We’re seeking volunteers to assist our outreach and fundraising efforts. We are looking for individuals to update our database of donors and continue to build our mailing list of potential supporters. The work will involve research, including online search, and data entry. Part-time, flexible hours. If interested, please email Quinn DelZoppo.  

Posted 9 years ago

Jan 10

2016

Investigation of landlord voted top story

Dan Telvock’s investigation into the checkered history of one of the city’s biggest landlords was voted Investigative Post’s best story of 2015 by readers in an online poll that concluded Friday. The story revealed that Greenleaf & Company, which is working with City Hall and Buffalo State officials to build off-campus student housing, has a history of renting substandard apartments and not paying bills to contractors or taxes on time to the city, state and federal government. Four other stories garnered significant votes from 193 readers who participated in the online poll: Telvock’s story about ground contamination of land targeted for[...]

Posted 9 years ago

Oct 26

2015

iPost provides “a strong dose of reality”

The current issue of Buffalo Spree includes a plug for a “New York News” segment taped over the summer by WMHT, the PBS station for Albany and the Capitol Region, which includes comments by Jim Heaney and Charlotte Keith of Investigative Post. The story deals with progress developing Buffalo’s waterfront and the lack of progress revitalizing the Central Terminal. Spree reported that Matt Ryan, the program’s managing editor, “interviews the usual rash-rash suspects – local politicians and other boosters – but he speaks to more cautiously optimistic types like Investigative Post’s Jim Heaney.” “Overall, it is a positive segment, but[...]

Posted 9 years ago

Oct 23

2015

Event will examine the Buffalo Billion

Investigative Post’s new event season kicks off Monday with a “warts and all” presentation that assesses the Buffalo Billion program. Jim Heaney and Charlotte Keith have broken a number of unsettling stories about the program. Enough to persuade U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to launch a federal investigation into the awarding of contracts and for members of the city’s African-American community to demand more diversity in the hiring of construction workers at the SolarCity plant at Riverbend. “Governor Cuomo would like everyone to believe the Buffalo Billion is, to use his words, ‘a phenomenal success,’ ” said Heaney, editor of Investigative[...]

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Oct 22

2015

Investigative Post partnering with WBFO

Investigative Post has added WBFO, Buffalo’s NPR News station, to its growing roster of media partners. Investigative Post will produce in-depth stories and provide analysis on breaking news stories covered by WBFO. Investigative Post reporters will also appear on “Press Pass,” which features interviews with journalists from local media outlets. “Our partnership with WBFO adds an exciting dimension to our reporting. We’ve been producing stories for television, print and the web; our work for WBFO adds radio to the mix and makes us a complete multi-media outlet,” said Jim Heaney, editor and executive director of Investigative Post. WBFO News Director[...]

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