#bogdanich

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Two Gunshots On a Summer Night

Read this: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/two-gunshots/ And watch this: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/death-in-st-augustine/

Walt Bogdanich and his colleagues at The New York Times and Frontline break down the blue wall of silence that too often covers for abusive officers and achieves a level of justice for Michelle O’Connell that the sheriff's deputies who worked with her boyfriend failed to deliver.

Her death and the botched investigation are disgusting, but the reporting that aims to uncover the truth is inspiring. There are good reporters left in this shrinking world of hard-hitting journalism. Walt and the teams at The New York Times (including the incomparable Sarah Cohen) and at Frontline are a few of them.

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Death on the Tracks

In Death on the Tracks, a seven-part investigative series for the New York Times, Walt Bogdanich uncovers the systemic failure of the railroad industry to maintain safe rail crossings. Far beyond simple negligence, Bogdanich describes eggregious violations common in the industy, including evidence tampering and cover-ups.

Death on the Tracks was researched and written by Walt Bogdanich, Jenny Nordberg, Tom Torok, Eric Koli, Claire Hoffman, and Jo Craven McGinty over a seven month period in 2004.

Part 1: In Deaths at Rail Crossings, Missing Evidence and Silence (7k)

Part 2: A Crossing Crash Unreported and a Family Broken by Grief (5k)

Part 3: Amtrak Pays Millions for Others’ Fatal Errors (3k)

Part 4: For Railroads and the Safety Overseer, Close Ties (2k)

Part 5: Safety Group Closely Echoes Rail Industry (2k)

Part 6: Questions Raised on Warnings at Rail Crossings (2k)

Part 7: Oversight Is Spotty on Rail-Crossing Safety Projects (1k)