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

He previously worked as an investigative reporter for Univision News and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Liu, a prominent investigative reporter in China, was previously arrested in 2013 on suspicion of defamation after accusing a high-ranking official of corruption.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

So, as any good investigative reporter would do, he decided to pick a few key pieces and see if the old axiom was true.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn