Brooke Williams
Investigative Newsource ReporterBrooke Williams is an investigative reporter for Investigative Newsource, a nonprofit journalistic enterprise embedded within the KPBS newsroom. Together they produce investigations and data analysis. Williams has practiced investigative journalism on both coasts. Prior to the opening of the institute, Williams was a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, where she covered Indian gambling and investigated finances at the city of San Diego, which was facing a near-bankruptcy crisis. In 2005, Williams was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and won a Freedom of Information award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for an investigation into the city’s land holdings. In 2009, she won first place for investigative reporting and “best in show” awards from the San Diego Press Club and first place for investigative reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists for a series of stories that led the federal government to launch a criminal investigation into two companies that hauled away debris after the devastating wildfires of 2007. Prior to working for the Union-Tribune, Williams was a writer for the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization in Washington, D.C. She wrote a chapter in the “Buying of the President,” a national bestseller, and worked on “Windfalls of War,” an investigation of defense contracts, which won a George Polk Award. Williams graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2001. She enjoys modern dance and ballet and practices yoga.
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Monday's study says with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza, which was a record for snow on the ground on April 1, will be less likely in the future.
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Lo que comenzó en Columbia se ha convertido en un enfrentamiento a nivel nacional entre estudiantes y administradores por las protestas contra la guerra y los límites de la libertad de expresión.
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La aspirante de Morena y sucesora del proyecto de gobierno del presidente mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, se mantiene como puntera en las preferencias electorales superando por más de 20 puntos a la opositora.
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A few years ago, Jon Bon Jovi stopped performing due to a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight offers a career retrospective, plus a view of his surgery and return to the stage.
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La cancillería ecuatoriana indicó en un comunicado que según la denuncia México ha incumplido “sus obligaciones de no otorgar asilo a personas que se encuentren procesadas o en juicio por delitos comunes o hayan sido condenadas por tribunales ordinarios competentes".
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While some property owners try to turn a profit from the street artist's murals, others have carried the intense and costly responsibility of protecting them.
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