investigative reporter

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In 1872, he leveraged secret fare reductions from railroads to buy out 22 of 26 competitors in the “Cleveland Massacre,” a fact revealed by Ida Tarbell, the original investigative reporter.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Before arriving at CBS News, MacFarlane served for eight years as an investigative reporter for WRC-TV, the NBC station in Washington, D.C.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

She previously worked in New York as an investigative reporter for the Global Migration project at Columbia Journalism Investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"And I just want to get to the bottom of it because, as an investigative reporter, I hate mysteries."

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

Young lady, my name is Barbara Stratford and I'm an investigative reporter.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory