CEO & President, @SpotlightPA | Collaborative newsroom producing investigative reporting for Pa. | Ally in rebuilding local news for all
Joined March 2009
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14 Sep 2018
Stages of investigative journalism:
1. Huh, that's weird
2. HOLY MOTHER OF!
3. Oh, this is complicated
4. I've got you now!
5. OK, these edits aren't bad
6. More edits?
7. When will this end?
8. Is this story even any good?
9. I'm sick with terror
10. Yeah, I'd do this again.
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What you need to know about judicial retention in Pennsylvania youtube.com/shorts/L4JPTWpyF…
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28 Jul 2025
Blown away by this story and the writing.
“… a two-year @SpotlightPA investigation will challenge some of the most common misconceptions about mental health treatment in PA — most significantly that when people can’t or don’t get help, it’s their fault.
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24 Jul 2025
This doesn't happen without a best-in-class team of reporters, editors & fellow leaders, nor does it happen without the sustained and growing support of thousands across Pennsylvania to ensure @SpotlightPA's unique reporting continues every day.
Thank you @JournalismProj
24 Jul 2025
📢 AJP is investing $1.8M in @SpotlightPA to help build the infrastructure needed to launch local bureaus, starting in Berks County, and support long-term sustainability as it expands across Pennsylvania. theajp.org/news-insights/ann…
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23 Jul 2025
This gave me chills…
Coming soon: How systemic mental health failures pushed 1 PA family to the brink
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26 Jun 2025
Budget talks in Harrisburg are coming down to the wire, and the public transit funding debate is🔥🔥. Don’t miss this great explainer from @StephenJ_Caruso on what it means for you: youtu.be/_k7nGD_aEkU?feature…
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24 Jun 2025
Loving this @StephenJ_Caruso explainer on PA's 🔥 public transit debate at the center of state budget talks youtube.com/shorts/_k7nGD_aE…
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Christopher Baxter retweeted
14 Apr 2025
Fire damage photos from inside @JoshShapiroPA’s official residence in Harrisburg after an alleged arson attack early Sunday morning, courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services. A person has been arrested, read more here: spotlightpa.org/news/2025/04…
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Christopher Baxter retweeted
20 Mar 2025
Register now to hear how @cbaxter1 of @SpotlightPA, @kimberlydgriffi of @MSFreePress, and @neeeda of @TheGreenLineTO are building stronger connections between their newsrooms and their supporters who believe in the power of local journalism 💡 lenfestinstitute.org/solutio…
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28 Feb 2025
Love this
28 Feb 2025
How did @SpotlightPA get the story? Well, we checked public flights records into Altoona when Shapiro showed up to a last minute press conference announcing the capture of Luigi Mangione. The state plane didn't fly that day, but another one did.
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18 Feb 2025
A 75-year-old woman in Philadelphia needed help. Her memory was failing, her home was covered in trash, and her daughter was out of state.
@AngelasInk tells the story of a safety net that failed to recognize the danger to Luen Ng until it was too late: spotlightpa.org/news/2025/02…
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Christopher Baxter retweeted
18 Feb 2025
"Their stories unfold in the shadows ... Yet the details involving the harrowing final days in cases like Ng’s illustrate the fragility and inadequacy of Pennsylvania's system for protecting older adults." w/@SpotlightPA. 1/5
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18 Feb 2025
An ailing Pa. woman’s death followed months of pleas for officials charged with protecting older adults from abuse and neglect to intervene and provide help. But their failures run much deeper.
A must-read @SpotlightPA investigation from @AngelasInk:
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19 Dec 2024
Wow, @minxian_ of @SpotlightPA literally got the receipts behind this alleged massive fraud by a Pa. township secretary. Explore them yourself and see how astonishing it is that no one noticed for years.
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Christopher Baxter retweeted
30 Oct 2024
AJP-supported @SpotlightPA is teaming up with five Nexstar-owned TV stations across Pennsylvania to expand access to investigative journalism. Coverage launched this month with election stories. spotlightpa.org/news/2024/10…
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22 Oct 2024
Read this:
22 Oct 2024
“This is not okay. This is not moral.” - Dept. of Aging employee.
I spent weeks mining data, spreadsheets and records for my latest story for @SpotlightPA on the state of protective services for vulnerable older adults.
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17 Oct 2024
Stop what you're doing and read this @char_keith / @News4Mass story on the human toll of the closure of a central Pennsylvania transplant program.
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17 Oct 2024
Top-notch reporting on the heartache and angst felt by those stunned by the closure of Penn State Health’s transplant programs. Such a juxtaposition of the problems internally versus the hope and excitement unknowing patients kept,
17 Oct 2024
As problems roiled Penn State Health’s transplant programs, unknowing patients kept hope. Then they were blindsided, via @char_keith & @News4Mass
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4 Sep 2024
Excited to join Marty Baron for the second time this year talking about the vital importance of local investigative journalism. Join us with @IntlFreeEx @PointParkCMI in Pittsburgh on Sept. 14 as part of #Newsapalooza
Tickets here: playhouse.pointpark.edu/show…
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Christopher Baxter retweeted
15 Aug 2024
.@LisaHeyamoto will join @mukhtaryare and @cbaxter1 for a conversation on harnessing marketing and relationship building to turn community leaders and funders into champions for #localnews.
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20 Aug 2024
The security weaknesses that led to the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump last month were not unique, but the inevitable breakdown of an already vulnerable system.
Great collaboration from @SpotlightPA @propublica & @ButlerEagle
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