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Brad Racino

Multimedia-Based Investigative Reporter

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Brad Racino is a senior reporter and assistant director at inewsource, as well as a photographer, videographer and editor. He has produced work for print, radio and TV on a variety of topics including political corruption, transportation, health, trade, surveillance and maritime. His cross-platform reporting has earned more than 40 local awards and several national awards, including back-to-back medals from Investigative Reporters and Editors, a national Emmy nomination and the Sol Price Award for Responsible Journalism. Racino has worked as a reporter and database analyst for News21; as a photographer, videographer and reporter for the Columbia Missourian; a project coordinator for the National Freedom of Information Coalition and as a videographer and editor for Verizon Fios1 TV in New York. He received his master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 2012.

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Public Safety

Universal Executives See Different Agency Reactions To Investigation

Brad Racino

Executives from Universal Protection Service watched last week as San Diego's transit agencies reacted to a recent KPBS & inewsource investigation.
Quality of Life

Audit Confirms Questions About Transit Cop Training

Brad Racino

An audit, prompted by an inewsource and KPBS investigation, raises questions about transit security.
Public Safety

Transit Cop Quits Over Security Concerns

Brad Racino

Security guards who patrol San Diego’s train stations and trolleys say their concerns about safety are being ignored by their employer.
Emails And Interviews Offer Insight Into SPRINTER Shutdown

Brad Racino

The brake problems were known to some employees as far back as 2009 -- just one year after the SPRINTER began service.
KPBS Evening Edition

Chula Vista Train Station Shooting Friday Night Directed At Trolley Cops

Brad Racino

A security guard present at Friday night's shooting tells a different story than the one detailed in a Metropolitan Transit System memo to its board.
KPBS Evening Edition

SPRINTER Rail Service To Shut Down Due To Bad Brake Rotors

Kenny Goldberg

Brad Racino

North County Transit District's SPRINTER rail line, which runs between Escondido and Oceanside carrying 7,800 passengers a day, will be taken off the tracks to replace worn brake rotors.