Abuse of Faith: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms | The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News

A team of reporters compiled news stories and court records to document cases of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest coalition of Baptist churches in the United States. The journalists discovered that church pastors, employees and volunteers sexually abused more than 700 people — most of them children — in the past two decades. Stories by Robert Downen, Lise Olsen and John Tedesco

Spirit of Fear: Hundreds of sex abuse allegations found in fundamental Baptist churches across U.S. | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Women and children have faced rampant sexual abuse while worshipping at independent fundamental Baptist churches around the country. The network of churches and schools often covered up the crimes and helped relocate the offenders, an eight-month Star-Telegram investigation has found.” Stories by Sarah Smith

Unwatched | The Austin American-Statesman

“A yearlong American-Statesman investigation for the first time reveals in stark detail the dangerous conditions that exist inside many Texas daycare sites, leaving hundreds of children with serious injuries and nearly 90 dead as a result of abuse or neglect since 2007.” Stories by Andrea Ball and Tony Plohetski

Houston police officer in drug raid had previous allegations against him | The Houston Chronicle

Before a deadly drug raid in Houston left two civilians dead, Houston Police Officer Gerald Goines had been involved in “multiple shootings, racked up a smattering of written reprimands, faced several lawsuits and is currently accused of fabricating a drug deal then lying about it in court to win a conviction against a man who has long maintained he’s innocent, according to a Houston Chronicle review of internal police records and court documents.” Story by Keri Blakinger and St. John Barned-Smith

Serial crimes, no hard time | The San Antonio Express-News

Repeat DWI offender James Preston Green managed to stay out of jail for years, even though he repeatedly violated conditions of his probation, lied to law enforcement and berated and threatened the officers who chased and arrested him. After the Express-News published an investigative story about Green, a warrant was issued for his arrest. Story by Brian Chasnoff

Amid historic flooding, Austin water systems sank | The Austin American-Statesman

Records obtained by the American-Statesman shed new light on the water crisis that caused Austin to issue a rare, citywide boil-water notice last year. Story by Elizabeth Findell

Section 8 vouchers are supposed to help the poor reach better neighborhoods. Texas law gets in the way | The Texas Tribune and Reveal

“While states and cities across the U.S. have outlawed discrimination against voucher-holders, Texas is one of just two states that’s done the opposite. In 2015, Texas passed a law that ensured landlords cannot be punished for discriminating against families with vouchers. The law essentially legalized a long-standing practice among landlords that blocked voucher-holders, who are overwhelmingly black and Hispanic, from moving to better neighborhoods.” Story by Edgar Walters and Neena Satija

Signs and blunders | The Texas Observer

The Texas Observer investigated the sudden opposition to a proposed Texas historical marker detailing how, in 1918, Texas Rangers and other vigilantes massacred 15 unarmed civilians in the border town of Porvenir. “An Observer investigation, involving dozens of interviews and hundreds of emails obtained through an open records request, reveals a county still struggling to move on from a racist and violent past, far-right amateur historians sowing disinformation and a state agency that acted against its own best judgment.” Story by Daniel Blue Tyx

He’s built an empire, with detained migrant children as the bricks | The New York Times

An investigation of the nonprofit Southwest Key Program, which provides housing to migrant children, reveals how chief executive Juan Sanchez “built an empire on the backs of a crisis.” Sanchez was paid $1.5 million — twice as much as his counterpart at the Red Cross — and his organization has a record of “sloppy management and possible financial improprieties.” Story by Kim Barker, Nicholas Kulish and Rebecca R. Ruiz

Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people’s property. Not everyone was guilty of a crime | The Texas Tribune

“Last year alone, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors throughout Texas grew their coffers more than $50 million by seizing cash, cars, jewelry, clothing, art and other property they claimed were linked to a crime.” Some of those seizures involved people who were never charged with a crime, but Texas officials don’t keep track of how often that happens. Story by Edgar Walters and Jolie McCullough

Rape suspects walk free. Victims don’t get justice. And police get to count it as a success | Reveal, Newsy and ProPublica

“Across the country, dozens of law enforcement agencies are making it appear as though they have solved a significant share of their rape cases when they simply have closed them, according to an investigation by Newsy, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica based on data from more than 60 police agencies nationwide.” Story by Mark Greenblatt, Mark Fahey, Emily Harris and Bernice Yeung

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These amazing stories are being published during difficult times in the news business. Last week, the San Antonio Express-News laid off 14 journalists. That’s on top of a depressing number of lay offs at news outlets across Texas and the rest of the country.

The watchdog journalism roundup is a place to read some of the best stories Texas journalists are publishing — and to see what we’re at risk of losing.

Ballet San Antonio dancer faces sexual assault charges | The San Antonio Express-News

A week after San Antonio’s premiere ballet organization announced its artistic director was no longer with Ballet San Antonio after an internal investigation, the Express-News revealed that another employee, dancer Hugo Rodriguez, faces two felony charges of sexual assault after Rodriguez was accused of raping two fellow dancers. The turmoil at the ballet is occurring as the organization reports a $140,000 financial shortfall. Story by Dawn Kopecki and John Tedesco

St. Luke’s to Suspend Heart Transplants After Recent Deaths | The Houston Chronicle and ProPublica

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, a renowned heart transplant facility, temporarily suspended its program following two patient deaths and reports by the Houston Chronicle and ProPublica about an “outsized number of transplants resulting in deaths” and the loss of top doctors. “St. Luke’s heart transplant survival rate, the most important measure of a program’s quality, now ranks near the bottom nationally,” the “Heart Failure” series found. Story by Charles Ornstein and Mike Hixenbaugh

Blood Will Tell | ProPublica and New York Times Magazine

Joe Bryan, a small-town school principal, has spent three decades in prison for the murder of his wife — a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Bryan said he was 120 miles away the night his wife was killed in their home. But his conviction was based almost entirely on “blood splatter” analysis, a technique that authorities use with little training or scientific oversight. Anyone who takes a 40-hour class can suddenly become a courtroom expert — even an investigative reporter who signed up for such a class to learn about the case. Story by Pamela Colloff

Six months after a sex-crimes detective was fired, a woman still waits for justice | The San Antonio Express-News

The Express-News examined internal police records to learn that a San Antonio police detective bungled scores of sex-crime cases going back as far as 2010 — not 2015 as officials originally said. “Nearly six months after the detective, Kenneth Valdez, was indefinitely suspended, which is tantamount to being fired, records and video obtained by the San Antonio Express-News reveal conflicting accounts of what went wrong.” Story by Emilie Eaton

Former Congressman Steve Stockman convicted on federal corruption charges | The Houston Chronicle

Former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman was convicted of masterminding a scheme that diverted $1.25 million in charitable donations from conservative philanthropists to cover personal expenses and campaign debts. “The criminal probe of Stockman was triggered by investigations by the Sunlight Foundation and the Houston Chronicle that examined a series of 2013 checks that straw donors made to Stockman’s tapped-out congressional campaign fund. ” Story by Gabrielle Banks

Sid Miller’s political consultant hit up campaign donor for $29K loan | The Austin American-Statesman

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s top political consultant, Todd M. Smith, told a San Antonio businessman he could get appointed to an advisory role on health care policy in return for contributing to Miller’s campaign. Then Smith hit the businessman up for a personal loan of $29,000, according to a promissory note the two signed. Story by Sean Collins Walsh

Zoo director’s departure came amid questions on finances, communication, culture | Waco Tribune-Herald

The Tribune-Herald obtained text messages and emails related to the departure of Cameron Park Zoo Director Jim Fleshman, revealing for the first time he was asked to resign under a cloud. Zoo officials tried to keep the truth from the public, with one person texting: “We need to make sure there is no discussion about the circumstances.” Story by Phillip Ericksen

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City of San Antonio awards developers $10 million in incentives for luxury condo tower — $173,400 for each unit | The San Antonio Express-News

A city program to encourage people to live in downtown San Antonio is spending $10 million in tax incentives and fee waivers on the Arts Residences and Thompson San Antonio hotel, a 20-story luxury tower of hotel rooms and condos. One City Council critic calls it a “ludicrous” amount of money to spend on housing that few residents can afford. Story by Richard Webner

Standoff: How the Dallas SWAT team cornered and killed the July 7 police shooter | The Dallas Morning News

Hours of interviews with Dallas SWAT officers revealed new details about how police cornered and eventually killed gunman Micah Xavier Johnson, who was on a mission to kill police on July 7, 2016. Told in a narrative that puts readers in the shoes of SWAT officers engaged in a deadly, close-range shootout with Johnson, the story shows what they dealt with and how they came up with the idea to put a bomb on a remote-controlled robot to take out Johnson. Story by Jamie Thompson

Caught on Camera: TxDOT dumping roadkill, waste and more | KXAN-TV

A hidden-camera investigation by KXAN revealed that Texas Department of Transportation employees used state equipment to dump roadkill and debris near a state highway. KXAN also discovered oily sludge seeping into the soil and running down the back of the dump into a drainage area within the sensitive Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. The station’s findings sparked an inquiry by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Story by David Barer, Jody Barr and Josh Hinkle

‘They’re just setting those babies up for the penitentiary’: How minor offenses feed overcrowding at Houston youth jail | The Texas Tribune

Kids across Texas are getting in less trouble with the law — yet Harris County is locking up more juveniles. The Texas Tribune analyzed county data and found that a rising number of offenses were for minor violations that shouldn’t have landed kids behind bars in the first place. Story by Neena Satija

Sheriff media consultant works without contract | The Victoria Advocate

The Victoria County Sheriff’s Office paid media consultant William Ward Wyatt more than $68,000 in fees without any contract or document laying out his duties. The payments occurred during a period when the sheriff’s office failed to get timely information to the public about serious crimes. Story by Jessica Priest

Assisted living facility hit with violations after Trouble Shooters begin investigating | News 4 San Antonio

State officials investigated Amber Oaks, an assisted living community for the elderly in San Antonio, after New 4 San Antonio obtained photos and video from inside the facility. The TV station learned that a rat had bitten one resident, and another elderly woman had resorted to squashing bed bugs herself. Story by Jaie Avila

Dallas City Council candidates accepted $78,000 from people tied to bus agency bribery case | The Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV

The FBI is investigating a company that pumped $78,000 into the campaigns of 15 Dallas City Council candidates, some of whom said they didn’t know who was writing the campaign checks. Story by Miles Moffeit, Tristan Hallman and Holly K. Hacker

New Details Alleged in Scheme to Make Millions Off First Border Wall in Texas | The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

Court records are revealing new details about a $232 million project to build a fence on the Texas border and rehabilitate aging levies — while paying companies tied to Godfrey Garza Jr., Hidalgo County’s drainage director. Story by Kiah Collier and T. Christian Miller

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How renting furniture in Texas can land you in jail | The Texas Tribune and NerdWallet

“Rental companies can avail themselves of a little-known law written decades ago by the rental industry lobby — in Texas and in many other states — that can turn a dispute over a love seat or big screen TV into a criminal offense report, a trip to jail and even felony theft charges.” Story by Jay Root and Shannon Najmabadi

Tricentennial leaders crafted partnership with local TV station before releasing RFP | The San Antonio Express-News

“Emails obtained by the San Antonio Express-News under the Texas Public Information Act show that Tricentennial Commission officials, operating under city authority, had been discussing a partnership with KSAT since January 2016, raising questions about whether the commission appropriately handled the process of selecting that outlet as its broadcast partner.” Story by Josh Baugh

Charities still waiting for millions pledged for Harvey relief | The Houston Chronicle

“After Hurricane Harvey made landfall Aug. 25, major corporations such as Exxon Mobil Corp., Home Depot Inc. and Kellogg Co. announced big financial pledges to help the people of Texas and Louisiana feed their families and rebuild their homes. Two months later, at least $76 million in pledges from companies, foundations and individuals still has not been delivered to the designated charities, a Houston Chronicle review found.” Story by Emily L. Mahoney

Mayor Adler aide’s nonprofit benefited from lax oversight on city contracts | The Austin American-Statesman

“A nonprofit co-founded and once run by an Austin City Hall insider reaped $1 million in public money for programs he helped create, a seven-month American-Statesman investigation found. It was possible thanks, in part, to a city procurement system that allows departments to award millions in contracts with little oversight or accountability — or even having to put the work up for bid.” Story by Nolan Hicks

Cameras on school buses catch thousands breaking law; less than half of drivers pay fines | KSAT

School districts are trying to discourage drivers from endangering students who ride school buses. “But the KSAT Defenders have learned less than half of the drivers who are issued citations aren’t actually paying them and there’s not much that can be done to force drivers to pay up.” Story by Tim Gerber

Some high-profile local divorce cases are hidden from the public. Why? | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“A Star-Telegram investigation found a number of cases that cannot be accessed through the county’s computer system. The documents for about a half-dozen cases the Star-Telegram researched don’t appear, raising concerns about whether the public can actually find all the open records in Tarrant County’s family courts.” Story by Max B. Baker

Emails: ICE whiffed in hunt for Austin’s ‘egregious’ criminal immigrants | The Austin American-Statesman

“As the first nationwide immigration raids of the Trump administration were unfolding in February, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials struggled to justify their claims that they had netted serious criminals in the Austin area, according to internal emails published this week.” Story by Sean Collins Walsh

Everyone knew Houston’s reservoirs would flood — except for the people who bought homes inside them | The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

None of the residents interviewed after the floods say they knew they were living inside Addicks or Barker reservoirs — many of their neighborhoods are several miles away from the dams. Several local officials — including Houston’s ‘flood czar’ and a neighboring county executive — said they had no idea the neighborhoods had been built inside the flood pools. Several real estate agents said they didn’t realize they were selling homes inside the pools.” Story by Neena Satija, Kiah Collier and Al Shaw

How dozens in southern Dallas were swindled out of homes — under the government’s nose | The Dallas Morning News

“Alleged scammers took at least $320,000 from victims and were about to close on another $223,500 worth of deals when police intervened in 2016, according to a Dallas Morning News review of deed records and court documents.” Story by Naomi Martin

Excited. Delirious. Dead. | The Texas Observer

Is excited delirium syndrome a medical phenomenon, or a convenient cover for deaths in police custody? Thanks to Vincent Di Maio, a former Bexar County medical examiner turned celebrity scientist, it’s a diagnosis police know well. Story by Michael Barajas

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Investigators: Gym owner started deadly blaze that killed firefighter Scott Deem | The San Antonio Express-News

Local officials have released few details about a deadly blaze that killed San Antonio firefighter Scott Deem. But an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Express-News reveals that arson suspect Emond Javor Johnson was plagued by financial problems and confessed to starting the fire to get out of a monthly $2,500 lease at the Spartan Gym. Authorities arrested Johnson Wednesday. Story by Emilie Eaton, John Tedesco, Caleb Downs, Fares Sabawi and Kelsey Bradshaw

The Wall | USA Today Network

More than 30 reporters and photographers interviewed migrants, farmers, families, tribal members — even a human smuggler — to examine the feasibility of President Donald Trump’s border wall. “In this report, you can watch aerial video of every foot of the border, explore every piece of fence, even stand at the border in virtual reality.”

Harvey laid bare lack of resources, training at Houston Fire Department | The Houston Chronicle

When Houston firefighters rushed into Tropical Storm Harvey’s currents in late August, they were hobbled by a lack of resources, old equipment and a shortage of manpower ready to go when the storm hit, according to a Chronicle review of internal reports and emails, and dozens of interviews with firefighters and other officials. “Internal reports show fire department leaders should have known they weren’t prepared for a catastrophic hurricane.” Story by St. John Barned-Smith

Texas official after Harvey: The ‘Red Cross was not there’ | The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

“The Red Cross’ anemic response to Hurricane Harvey left officials in several Texas counties seething, emails obtained by ProPublica show. In some cases, the Red Cross simply failed to show up as it promised it would.” Story by Justin Elliott, Jessica Huseman and Decca Muldowney

Police responded to his 911 call for help. He died. What happened to Tony Timpa? | The Dallas Morning News

Dallas media organizations spent more than a year examining Tony Timpa’s mysterious death and fighting for public records from the city of Dallas and Dallas County after Timpa’s family complained that police were stonewalling. They discovered that Timpa, unarmed and frightened, died in the custody of police officers as they mocked him. Story by Cary Aspinwall

Kilgore College VP was told quit or be fired, files show | The Longview News-Journal

At the time of his June resignation, records obtained by the News-Journal reveal that former Kilgore College Vice President of Finance Duane McNaney was set to be fired over performance issues and “serious misconduct” — problems that weren’t previously known until the newspaper filed an open records request. Story by Meredith Shamburger

Amid staff exodus at health agency, some say chief has political agenda | The Texas Tribune

Dozens of experienced senior staff members have left Texas’ health and human services agency, saying morale has sunk after the arrival of Executive Director Charles Smith, a longtime ally of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “Current and former employees attribute the exodus to widespread dissatisfaction with the executive commissioner, whom they say lacks technical knowledge of the agency and pushes a political agenda backed by the governor.” Story by Edgar Walters

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Texas cities unprepared for monster floods | San Antonio Express-News/Texas Tribune/ProPublica

With Hurricane Harvey bearing down on Texas and forecasters warning the storm could dump 20 inches of rain in some counties, it’s a good time to revisit news stories about the monster floods that keep striking Texas.

Hell and High Water and Boom Town, Flood Town by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune reveal why Houston is woefully unprepared for big storms.

The San Antonio Express-News detailed how the spread of parking lots, buildings and other forms of “impervious cover” worsens the impact of flood waters. “It’s only in the past two decades that San Antonio has had drainage regulations,” the newspaper reported. “Before that, developers were required to do very little to address excess stormwater runoff caused by their projects.” Stories by Vianna Davila, Brendan Gibbons, Neena Satija, Kiah Collier and Al Shaw

‘This is not hazing. This is rape’: Inside a Texas town’s football nightmare | The Daily Beast

How the quiet town of La Vernia is dealing with brutal hazing allegations involving the high school football team and casting blame.

“After the accusations came to light, other students harassed the alleged victims in the halls, calling them ‘rats’ and ‘snitches.’ … “High-schoolers were largely instructed by teachers to keep quiet about the allegations.” … At a school event that turned tense, La Vernia Police Chief Bruce Ritchey “hid behind a column in the very back of the room, where extra chairs were stacked, where no parents or reporters could see him.” Story by Olivia Messer

Former mayor Ivy Taylor sought unemployment benefits from the city of San Antonio | San Antonio Express-News

In an unusual move, ousted San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor sought unemployment benefits from the city, even though elected officials are ineligible for such benefits. Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff called Taylor’s actions “really strange.”

“I lost two races. I should have thought of that when I lost,” Wolff joked. Story by Josh Baugh

Spring Hill ISD email offers details on scoreboard investor | Longview News-Journal

A controversial, $500,000 scoreboard at the Spring Hill Independent School District was supposed to be paid with private funds, not taxpayer dollars. But an email obtained under the Texas Public Information Act shows no private donations had been secured when officials announced taxpayers wouldn’t have to foot the bill for the scoreboard. Story by Meredith Shamburger

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Low-income landlord David Starr gets tax breaks despite allegations of poor living conditions | San Antonio Express-News

“Over the last 25 years, Starr has used property tax breaks, state tax credits and tax-exempt bonds to build a real estate empire throughout Texas and in Florida, Illinois, Kansas and other states. Most of his local complexes have been financed through two nonprofits he runs: American Opportunity for Housing and American Agape Foundation. Those nonprofits have a long history of allegations of poor and sometimes dangerous living conditions, according to court filings, complaints filed with the city of San Antonio and interviews with more than a dozen current and former residents.” Story by Richard Webner

How the U.S. triggered a massacre in Mexico | ProPublica and National Geographic

“The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas border — and the U.S. drug operation that sparked it.” Story by Ginger Thompson

Greg Kelley child sex abuse juror: ‘We found an innocent person guilty’ | Austin American-Statesman and KVUE News

“The judge in the State of Texas v. Greg Kelley asked the 12, one by one, to announce their individual conclusions as to whether the high school football star had carried out the crime of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy. The case had already taken a toll on the community, with strident Kelley supporters squaring off in courthouse hallways and on social media against others convinced of his guilt. As jurors took turns reciting their verdict — “guilty,” each of them declared — one holdout stifled two words he wanted desperately to say. “I almost said ‘not guilty,’ ” he said, bowing his head as he recalled that tense moment in court during an interview with the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV. “I should have. We found an innocent person guilty.” Story by Tony Plohetski

Revoked Vouchers: Housing dreams uncertain as federal subsidies come up short | Houston Chronicle

“Thomas was among some 900 Houston families — including a dozen young adults aging out of foster care — whose vouchers abruptly were rescinded by the local housing authority due to insufficient federal funding. The freeze marks the latest setback in Houston’s struggle to address an affordable housing crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of residents. It also provides a glimpse of the anxiety and uncertainty awaiting low-income families if Congress implements the budget cuts to housing programs that President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed.” Story by Rebecca Elliott

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Google unveiled a free tool for journalists who are interested in analyzing public data. Google Refine is a “power tool for working with messy data.” It helps import information and clean up data-entry problems that lurk in many government databases.

It’s open to everyone but it looks like Google created this tool with an eye on computer-assisted reporting. Google’s introductory video touts “Dollars for Docs,” a data-driven story by ProPublica that showed how drug companies paid doctors to promote their products.

Analyzing databases is a niche skill in newsrooms. Not all reporters are comfortable doing queries in Microsoft Access or sifting through thousands of computerized records, but those skills can really empower reporters who are trying to make sense of a complicated world. Columbia Journalism Review published a great profile of Daniel Gilbert, a reporter for the Bristol Herald Courier who came across a potential blockbuster of a story about unpaid royalties from mineral rights. But the issue was so complex he didn’t know how to unlock it.

Read more: How to solve impossible problems: Daniel Russell’s awesome Google search techniques

His editor persuaded the newspaper’s publisher to pay for Gilbert to attend a database boot camp at Investigative Reporters and Editors, and Gilbert learned skills that helped him piece together the gas royalties puzzle. The result: “Underfoot, out of reach,” a series of stories that showed how millions of dollars owed to landowners had been tied up in an “an opaque state-run escrow fund, where it has accumulated with scant oversight for nearly 20 years.” Gilbert won the Pulitzer Prize.

I haven’t played around with Google Refine yet, but I hope it encourages more journalists to take the plunge into computer-assisted reporting. There are some amazing, data-driven stories to be told out there. We just need more people to tell them.

(h/t: Jennifer Peebles)

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