Hacienda in Richmond, California, is one of the Bay Area’s worst public housing complexes. Using inspection reports and some data visualization techniques, we illustrated the squalid conditions that residents had lived with for years.

California lawmakers unanimously approved legislation designed to prevent for-profit schools from preying on veterans at taxpayer expense – but not before the bill’s author removed most of its significant provisions.

One of the biggest challenges in The Center for Investigative Reporting’s ongoing quest to define and measure media impact is finding a common vocabulary for communicating it outside our own newsroom.