The Hidden Costs of Flooding in D.C.’s Poorest Wards
As climate change takes hold, chronic flooding is not affecting all residents equally. An important piece of environmental justice reporting. Through funding from Spotlight D.C.
D.C. Cops Blown Gun Cases Keeps Killers on DC Streets
With an investigation funded by SpotlightDC, Washington City Paper reporters have answered this grisly question: Why are DC streets awash in illegal guns that are
D.C. Cops Breaking Bad
It took SpotlightDC’s support, FOIA requests and months of digging for Mitch Ryals to expose MPD officers who repeatedly abused their power, physically and verbally
How DC Allows Developers To Profit By Building Unlivable Housing for DC’s Most Vulnerable
Just when you thought DC’s public housing program couldn’t get much worse, SpotlightDC funded Morgan Baskin’s investigation into a city agency that pays developers handsomely to provide rental
Wild West of DC’s Unregulated Cannabis Dealers
Independent journalist Sarah Payne and longtime DC observer and columnist Ken Cummings used a SpotlightDC award to shed new light on DC’s Illegal Gray Market Cannabis Economy.
Potomac River Rapist Podcast
WRC-TV true crime reporter Paul Wagner benefitted from a SpotlightDC award to create a multi-part investigative podcast reporting on how police tracked down the Potomac River Rapist.