Tag: Investigative Post

Dec 7

2019

Gambini joins Investigative Post staff

Phil Gambini is off to a running start with Investigative Post. Gambini joined the Investigative Post reporting staff last week after five years with the Niagara Gazette. He broke his first story Friday and has another teed up for this coming week. In recent months, while still with the Gazette, Gambini teamed with Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney to report on several stories on the Western Regional Off Track Betting Corp. “Phil’s a digger,” Heaney said. “He’s widely respected in Niagara County for his work with the Gazette and his reporting skills are going to be a real asset to[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Dec 7

2019

Spotlight reporter’s dismay over clerical abuse

Published by Investigative Post staff

Matt Carroll has something to say about the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. And he said it Wednesday here in Buffalo. He was a reporter on The Boston Globe Spotlight team that produced more than 600 stories on the topic in 2002-03. He and his colleagues won a Pulitzer Prize and were later the subject of the Academy Award winning film “Spotlight.” Carroll spoke to an audience of about 140 on Wednesday at an event at 166 Chandler sponsored by Investigative Post. Attendees included many people involved in the effort to reform the Buffalo diocese. Carroll answered questions[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Nov 6

2019

iPost annual fundraising drive underway

Published by Investigative Post staff

Investigative Post has launched its annual fundraising drive, which is critical to underwriting our reporting efforts in the coming year. Once again, donations of up to $1,000 made by Dec. 31 will be matched by NewsMatch, funded by seven national foundations and media organizations. During last year’s annual drive, Investigative Post raised $43,883 in matchable donations from 359 contributors. “Our goal is to top those numbers, which would enable us to expand our coverage and hopefully hire a fourth full-time reporter,” said Jim Heaney, Investigative Post’s editor and executive director. The annual drive culminates another successful year of journalism for[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Sep 26

2019

Multi-skilled journalist joins iPost staff

Published by Investigative Post staff

Ali Ingersoll, known to many local television viewers for her work at Channel 4, has joined the reporting team of Investigative Post. Ingersoll, 29, spent the past year in the United Kingdom, earning a Masters of Science degree in Computational and Data Journalism from Cardiff University in Wales and working at Bloomberg News in London. Her work with Investigative Post will include, but not be limited to, coverage of criminal justice issues, along with television production and data acquisition and analysis. “Ali has experience and skills that will significantly strengthen our news organization,” said Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney. “She’s[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Sep 5

2019

iPost announces fall events

Published by Investigative Post staff

Investigative Post has scheduled the first two events of its 2019-20 event series. The season kicks off Thursday, Oct. 10, with a 5:30 p.m. social at Community Beer Works introducing Investigative Post’s new reporting team. Geoff Kelly, Kate Kaye and Ali Ingersoll will be on hand to meet with attendees and answer questions. Kelly, former editor of The Public and Artvoice, joined the iPost staff in April; Kay started in August. Ingersoll starts Sept. 23. Editor Jim Heaney will also be on hand. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Investigative Post will host a discussion with Christopher Klein, author of When the Irish Invaded Canada:[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Aug 14

2019

Introducing our new reporter

Published by Investigative Post staff

Kate Kaye, a 20-year reporting veteran who has covered business and technology for a variety of publications, has joined the reporting staff of Investigative Post. Kaye’s career has included stints as a reporter, editor, book author and podcast host. She returns to her native Buffalo after working in New York City, and most recently, Portland, Ore. “A chance meeting at a journalism conference led to a job offer from Jim Heaney to move back to my hometown to join Investigative Post,” said Kaye. “Once the shock wore off, I realized the opportunity to immerse myself in the Buffalo culture and[...]

Posted 5 years ago

Jun 4

2019

Newman joins Investigative Post board

Published by Investigative Post staff

Declaring “a healthy community starts with transparency,” Michael F. Newman, a civically engaged business executive has joined the board of Investigative Post. Newman is executive vice president of NOCO Energy Corp., where he is responsible for business development. Newman is very active in the community, presently serving as chairman of the Kaleida Foundation, treasurer of Buffalo Prep, and a board member of Erie Community College. He was named one of the 125 Most Influential People in Western New York in 2012. Newman graduated from Canisius College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Master of Business Administration in[...]

Posted 5 years ago

May 7

2019

iPost announces three summer events

Published by Investigative Post staff

Investigative Post has scheduled three events for this summer, capped by its popular benefit concert at Sportsmen’s Tavern featuring Tom Toles and The Outlyers. The Aug. 16 show will cap a summer that also includes two speaker panels at Big Ditch Brewing. On Tuesday, June 4, Geoff Kelly, former editor of The Public and Artvoice, will discuss the past, present and future of the alternative press in Buffalo. On Wednesday, July 17, two Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists, Toles and Adam Zyglis of the Buffalo News, will discuss their craft and current affairs at Big Ditch. Toles, editorial cartoonist with The[...]

Posted 6 years ago