Yeesh. You weren't kidding about the videos being graphic. I had to turn the second one off.
I have three questions about your process/research:
Where did you find the information about things like the raw chicken and roaches in the cake?
What was your interaction with state officials like? Do you get interviews or do you just deal with PR reps or is everything through FOIA requests and you just rely on documents? How does all that work? The reason I ask is that I report regularly on government stuff (govtech.com) and even when we're presenting government officials with awards and things I find it very difficult to get straight answers or anything resembling truth during my interviews. I'm not even trying to get dirt and everyone I talk to is paranoid about saying the wrong thing. It would seem to me that from an investigative angle, it would essentially be impossible to get what you need.
What impact do you hope to make with this report and is this something you think about when you're working?
Congratulations on the story. I'm reading it now and it's interesting and sad.
edit: Ok, just finished reading and saw the "About the data" section, which answers a lot of my questions. Sounds like a lot of work compiling all this.
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Yeesh. You weren't kidding about the videos being graphic. I had to turn the second one off.
I have three questions about your process/research:
Where did you find the information about things like the raw chicken and roaches in the cake?
What was your interaction with state officials like? Do you get interviews or do you just deal with PR reps or is everything through FOIA requests and you just rely on documents? How does all that work? The reason I ask is that I report regularly on government stuff (govtech.com) and even when we're presenting government officials with awards and things I find it very difficult to get straight answers or anything resembling truth during my interviews. I'm not even trying to get dirt and everyone I talk to is paranoid about saying the wrong thing. It would seem to me that from an investigative angle, it would essentially be impossible to get what you need.
What impact do you hope to make with this report and is this something you think about when you're working?
Congratulations on the story. I'm reading it now and it's interesting and sad.
edit: Ok, just finished reading and saw the "About the data" section, which answers a lot of my questions. Sounds like a lot of work compiling all this.
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