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Source: KOAA
Investigative reporting is a challenge, a commitment, and a responsibility. Of utmost importance to News First during the news gathering and story telling processes are thought, sensitivity, and professionalism.
For the sum of his investigative reporting in 2007, James Jarman received the Award of Excellence as best "Specialty Reporter" from the Colorado Broadcasters Association. For his months-long, undercover investigative series exposing prostitution and human trafficking in neighborhoods throughout Colorado Springs, KOAA-TV received a 2008 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award.
Other recent News First investigations profiled and helped track down the most-wanted sex offenders in Southern Colorado, compared differing city travel expenses by Colorado Springs and Pueblo, looked into accusations of fraud against a local mortgage broker, and showed the District Attorney drinking during the afternoon and later drinking and driving.
We've received a significant amount of feedback in the past week. Here is a transcript of a voicemail received by News Director Cindy Aubrey on Wednesday, May 7, from Susan, a viewer in Colorado Springs .
Susan very simply and directly speaks to the value of investigative journalism. Her message is edited to be more concise - the edits are noted by ellipses.
"I very much appreciate that you're doing investigative reporting, because it's a lost art these days ... In order to have a democracy, we need educated citizens. Unbridled power breeds corruption and it's the fundamental right of every American to be informed ... Thank you very much for what you're doing - investigating what's going on."
If you know of corruption, waste, or fraud on the part of the government, a business, or an individual, use the News First Investigates tip form.
