Projects
Betrayed by silence
For decades, leaders of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have been reassigning, excusing and overlooking sexually abusive priests among their ranks. Some received additional retirement benefits. The revelations prompted a top church lawyer who brought the story to MPR News. The reporting led to the resignation of Archbishop John Ninenstedt and bankruptcy.
Mesabi Academy
The investigation centered around problems at a juvenile justice facility in northeastern Minnesota. The team of reporters interviewed victims, children and families, former employees and regulators. The reporting - which led to the facility’s closure and a legal settlement of nearly $1.5 million - found that Mesabi Academy became a dumping ground for boys who were difficult to place in other treatment centers.
Public Media Accountability Initiative
APM Reports has partnered with public radio stations and digital partners across the country to foster growth in investigative reporting. The partnership has allowed us to pool our resources and knowledge to pursue reporting that exposes neglect, injustice, abuse and improper behavior among powerful people and organizations.
Stories
Government Accountability
THC edibles surge in Minnesota but safety rules are loose and regulators aren’t ready
Elaine Chao, champion of Trump’s infrastructure plan, keeps stock in building company
Words and deeds out of alignment for potential Cabinet appointment and Fox News personality
More than half of Trump’s Cabinet engaged in questionable or unethical conduct
Gov. Dayton provided severance to political appointees who resigned their positions
Business Journalism
As concerns rise over youth vaping, Juul quickly puts together an army of lobbyists
How a Covid-19 testing company accused of sloppiness, fraud and profiteering kept expanding
EPA’s late changes to fracking study downplayed risk of polluted drinking water
Public Safety
St. Louis’ Murder Total Has Fallen, but Some Killings Went Uncounted
St. Louis cops are hiding key details about homicide cases from the public
Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute controversial police killings or brutality cases as county attorney
Health Care
Lax Oversight, no-bid contracts and mysterious pricing: Inside the black box of Covid testing
Public health labs suffered budget cuts prior to the pandemic
Concerning Levels of Forever Chemicals Polluting Henderson, Kentucky
Data Journalism
Partnerships
ProPublica
Marketplace
EPA's late changes to fracking study downplayed risk of polluted drinking water
EPA reverses course, highlights fracking contamination of drinking water
Reveal and the Center for Investigative Reporting
A team of reporters from APM Reports, Reveal and the Center for Investigative Reporting, Wisconsin Watch, WLRN in Miami and WABE in Atlanta cover election administration issues in 2020.
Wisconsin Watch
How Wisconsin’s 23,000 rejected absentee ballots could spell trouble for the November election
Postal delays, errors in Wisconsin and other swing states loom over election
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis cops are hiding key details about homicide cases from the public
Winter Homeless Deaths Expose Divisions Between St. Louis Officials and Providers
Louisville Public Media
Kentucky officials told a Henderson company that it produced concerning levels of forever chemicals but our reporting found that government officials failed to tell residents about the problem. The pollution prompted a potential business to reconsider moving to Henderson.
‘Concerning’ Levels Of Forever Chemicals Polluting Henderson, Ky.
PFAS pollution could last millennia. Ky. officials told the polluter, but not residents
Western Ky. city grapples with widespread pollution from Teflon recycler
Kentucky’s Governor eased life-saving restrictions to Covid-19 despite a backlog of reported deaths that showed twice as many people dying than the public knew.