Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas
More food for thought about the South Texas Project nuclear plant, which has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build two new reactors: Read more about CPS Energy: Tracking the safety record of a nuclear plant Express-News Reporter Tracy Idell Hamilton revealed Sunday the city could be on the hook for $400 million in …
If you missed this week’s debate about nuclear energy, Public Citizen posted complete videos of the Clean Tech Forum at the Pearl Brewery. At issue is whether CPS Energy should invest at least $5.2 billion in two new reactors at the South Texas Project nuclear plant in Matagorda County. Read more about CPS Energy: Readers …
Express-News Reporter Brian Chasnoff uncovered a serious paperwork problem at the San Antonio Police Department in his front-page story today: 2,300 police reports documenting a wide variety of crimes have gone missing. Read more about SAPD: Does risk of police chases outweigh benefits of capturing suspects? Brian wrote: The San Antonio Police Department has misplaced …
I toured the South Texas Project nuclear plant today in Matagorda County for a story about its safety record. Here’s a snapshot of the plant and the thick concrete dome that houses one of the nuclear reactors.
What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Nieman Journalism Lab: Right-wing think tank hires investigative reporter. “Is it journalism? Or is it advocacy?” Online Journalism Review: Robert Niles interviews Thomas Maier about his multimedia story investigating the aftermath of U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific. Niles asks whether the Web is forging a marriage between …
Investigative Reporter Karisa King continues digging into the property tax system in Bexar County. She’s been examining how homeowners and businesses try to find ways to lower their property appraisals, which in turn lowers their tax bill. Her Sunday story disclosed how the owners of the PGA Tour golf resort, which was built after years …
As South Texas deals with a seemingly never-ending drought, San Antonio Express-News Environmental Reporter Anton Caputo teamed up with Austin American-Statesman Reporter Asher Price for a story about the water supply that cools nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project in Matagorda County. The utility companies of both cities own a stake in STP, which …
Interesting letter-to-the-editor today in the San Antonio Express-News written by Linnea Schlobohm, who sums up one of the main themes of this blog better than I ever could: After reading Brian Chasnoff’s beautifully crafted story on the San Antonio River, “Paradise Lost to Progress” (Front Page, Sept. 6), I remembered a recent TV comment predicting …
Two years ago, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, my colleagues Karisa King and Scott Stroud wrote a story that went beyond the platitudes of politicians and pundits. Karisa and Scott checked to see if Texas was actually safer after receiving more than a billion dollars in Homeland Security grant money: …
During the hottest summer in recorded history, many San Antonio residents turned off their sprinklers and watched their lawns turn the color of hay as they followed water restrictions enacted by the San Antonio Water System. But what did SAWS require of businesses that consume millions of gallons of water in a single month? While …