Jul 29
2018
Kevin Hardwick and Bill Conrad interview Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney on the media, the rise of Investigative Post and its coverage of the Buffalo Billion on their Sunday morning interview program.
Jun 5
2018
Investigative Post’s reporting for television and radio has been cited for excellence by the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association. A story on Eighteen Mile Creek, reported by Dan Telvock and co-produced with WGRZ TV News, won second place in the investigative category for large upstate markets. Eighteen Mile Creek in Niagara County is so polluted that the state Department of Health doesn’t want people to eat the fish caught there. It’s one of only six waterbodies in the state with such a warning. This hasn’t stopped another arm of the state, the Department of Environmental Conservation, from stocking[...]
Apr 26
2018
Investigative Post has added two members to its board of directors and elected Jody Kleinberg Biehl as president. Biehl, an original member of the board dating to 2012, will fulfill the balance of the term of David Cay Johnston, who resigned citing a daunting workload as a best-selling book author, lecturer and teacher. Johnston, a former Pulitzer Prize winner with The New York Times, praised Investigative Post for its “superb work … first-rate reporters … and success in raising money.” Biehl is a faculty member in the University of Buffalo English department and director of U.B.’s journalism program. She also serves[...]
Mar 29
2018
Investigative Post is looking for a hard-nosed reporter to join its award-winning team. Based in Buffalo, Investigative Post has earned a reputation as one of the leading local nonprofit investigative reporting centers in the country. We do newspaper-quality investigative reporting and produce stories for print, online, television and radio. Our reporters are adept producing pieces for all platforms. Our partners include the NBC and NPR outlets in Buffalo and our audience reach of up to 265,000 readers, viewers and listeners per story is the largest of any news outlet in upstate New York. Our work has been cited for excellence[...]
Feb 12
2018
Investigative Post is in the market for a development director with a track record of building a strong donor and membership base. We are in an aggressive growth mode and looking for an energetic and accomplished fundraiser to expand our already substantial donor base. Investigative Post is an award-winning news organization focused on exposing corruption, malfeasance, injustice and environmental degradation. We distribute our work widely through our website and network of television, radio and newspaper partners. Job duties include: Prospecting, cultivating and stewarding of major donors. Selling sponsorships to corporate and labor underwriters. Building relationships with and writing grant proposals[...]
Jan 6
2018
Readers have voted Daniela Porat’s story about misconduct by Buffalo police as Investigative Post’s best story of 2017. Buffalo police who cross the line, published and broadcast Sept. 20, documented how the department’s Strike Force and Housing Unit conduct illegal searches and sometimes submit dubious testimony. Defense attorneys described some officers as “vigilantes” with a “cowboy mentality.” Reported Porat: “I think they have a complete disregard for the Constitution of the United States, and most importantly, the Fourth Amendment,” said Michael Stachowski, a Buffalo defense attorney. “They just seem to roust kids in the street, chase people, and hope they[...]
Dec 19
2017
Investigative Post produced another bumper crop of hard-hitting stories in 2017. The best ones? We’ll leave that up to you readers to decide. Dan Telvock continued his relentless coverage of lead poisoning in Buffalo’s inner-city, radioactive contamination in Niagara County and pollution along Scajaquada Creek. Charlotte Keith exposed yet more wrongdoing and broken promises involving the Buffalo Billion. Daniela Porat documented abuse and other shortcomings in the Buffalo Police Department. Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney selected 10 stories for consideration as the best of 2017. They include, in no particular order: Entrepreneurs take state grants and flee WNY (43North) Buffalo[...]
Dec 9
2017
This edition of Investigative Postcast features a Dec. 4 panel discussion on the growing hostility towards the press, and the public’s right to know, from the White House to the State House to City Hall. Panelists included Jerry Zremski, Washington bureau chief of The Buffalo News, Jimmy Vielkind, Albany bureau chief of Politico New York, and Steve Brown, investigative reporter with WGRZ. Jim Heaney, Investigative Post editor, moderated.