Best of 2017: Local Reporting

Kansas legislative interns have faced sexual advances and lewd comments from lawmakers of both political parties, but their harassment remained largely hidden until recent revelations.

My former colleague at OC Weekly , R. Scott Moxley, is the most underrated investigative reporter in the United States. His work at the paper over the past 21 years has resulted in a six-year prison sentence for our former sheriff, the end of congressional and state assemblymen’s careers, and the freeing of at least three people wrongfully convicted of crimes. Last year alone, six murder convictions covered by Moxley were overturned.

In February, the Staten Island Advance published a multimedia package focused on the borough’s developmentally-disabled adults. “Dignity in Danger” i s a well-reported piece of advocacy journalism, featuring the stories of those struggling, as well as the response of the city and state. It was compassionate journalism that held officials accountable for their lack of support.

As America’s rural communities stagnate, what can we learn from one that hasn’t?

Many in Pacific County thought President Trump would take away “drug dealers, criminals, rapists” with his immigration crackdown. They were shocked to see who started to go missing.

No agency in the criminal justice system is responsible for the safety of children whose mothers go to jail, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News has found.

How Forever 21 and other retailers avoid liability for factories that underpay workers to sew their clothes.

As the Wisconsin Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would award $3 billion in tax incentives to Foxconn, former employees of the Chinese tech giant’s largest stateside operation warn that a factory in the Badger State might not be good for Wisconsin workers.

Read Andrew Granato's cover story for the November 2017 issue of Stanford Politics Magazine.