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Category: Data Driven Investigation

Getting Away With Murder – Part 1

September 18, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Getting Away with Murder – Part 1
Winner of Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting

Family abuse a secret buried with victim

Gannett News Service series

Marjorie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe


It is easy to kill a child and bury the secret.

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Getting Away With Murder – Part 2

September 17, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Getting Away with Murder – Part 2
Winner of Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting
Sloppy investigations miss murderers
Gannett News Service Series
Marjorie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe

Deep in the boot heel of rural Missouri, no one knows why Dante Mosby died.


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Getting Away With Murder – Part 3

September 16, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Getting Away With Murder – Part 3
Winner of Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting
Tiny victims leave tiny clues
Gannett News Service Series
Marjorie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe



In the tiniest of murder victims, even the best medical detectives can miss the clues.


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Getting Away With Murder – Part 4

September 15, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Getting Away With Murder – Part 4
Winner of Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting
SIDS sometimes used to cover up child-abuse deaths
Gannett News Service Series
Marjorie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is so hard to distinguish from murder that some medical examiners say they rely on the Three Baby Rule.


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Getting Away With Murder – Part 5

September 14, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Getting Away With Murder – Part 5
Winner of Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting
Reforming the Investigation System
Gannett News Service Series
Marjorie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe

When the hospital notified coroner Sue Townsend about the baby, she was alarmed.

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Unequal Opportunity: Losing Ground on the Employment Front

September 13, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation, Workplace Economics

Unequal Opportunity: Losing Ground on the Employment Front
The Wall Street Journal
Rochelle Sharpe

In Latest Recession, Only Blacks Suffered Net Employment Loss –Firms Added Whites, Asians and Hispanics Overall, But They Deny Any Bias – Effects of Seniority, Location

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The Waiting Game: Women Make Strides, But Men Stay Firmly in Top Company Jobs

September 13, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

The Waiting Game: Women Make Strides, But Men Stay Firmly in Top Company Jobs
The Wall Street Journal
Rochelle Sharpe

Thirty years after the Civil Rights Act barred sex discrimination in the workplace, the debate over women’s progress in corporate America boils down to this: You’ve come a long way – maybe.

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Family Friendly Firms Don’t Always Promote Females

September 12, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Family Friendly Firms Don’t Always Promote Females
The Wall Street Journal
Rochelle Sharpe

Family-friendly companies aren’t always a woman’s best friend.

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No, your iPhone will not cure your acne

September 11, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

No, Your IPhone Won’t Cure Your Acne
Many health apps are based on flimsy science at best, and they often do not work
The Washington Post


Rochelle Sharpe

When the iTunes store began offering apps that used cellphone light to cure acne, federal investigators knew that hucksters had found a new spot in cyberspace.

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Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary

September 10, 2018 admin Data Driven Investigation

Forty Percent of Medicare Spending on Common Cancer Screenings Unnecessary
The Huffington Post
Rochelle Sharpe and Elizabeth Lucas

iWatch News investigation documents $1.9 billion in wasted federal health care expenditures.

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