@tomscheck

Investigative Reporter for APM Reports. Contributor to NPR News and Marketplace. Former reporter at MPR News. DM for signal

 St. Paul, MN
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GS Labs spread across the country with the promise of reliable, convenient Covid testing. @apmreports finds that the company has at times delivered inaccurate results, faced backlogs, charged high prices, and pushed customers into unnecessary tests. apmreports.org/story/2022/07…

How a Covid-19 testing company accused of sloppiness, fraud and profiteering kept expanding

GS Labs spread across the country with the promise of reliable, convenient Covid testing. An APM Reports investigation finds that the company has at times delivered inaccurate results, faced backlo...

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‘An open secret’: New records reveal officials failed to act on fraud warnings startribune.com/an-open-secr…

‘An open secret’: New records reveal officials failed to act on fraud warnings

Newly obtained FBI interviews show regulators raised concerns about Feeding Our Future long before the meals program lost millions to fraud.

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A review of public records by the Star Tribune found a sharp increase in threats to elected officials even before Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed last June. There were death threats, bomb scares, intimidation & warnings of torture. startribune.com/public-offic…

Public office, private peril: Threats increasing the price of holding office in Minnesota

The Minnesota Star Tribune reviewed police service calls for more than 200 elected officials. Here’s what we learned.

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‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building startribune.com/no-humanity-…

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building

Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”

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NEW: It was great working on this investigation with our good friends at the @strib, including @AndrewMannix, @LeilaNavidi, @tomscheck and @EWieffering. Plus so many others who made this story read and look great! propublica.org/article/sexua…

Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.

In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could...

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The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Andy Mannix and ProPublica’s Jessica Lussenhop collaborated on an investigation into a church community in Duluth. They found that church leaders enabled a child abuser by telling his victims to forgive and forget. startribune.com/sexual-abuse…

Young girls were sexually abused by a Duluth church member. They were told to forgive and forget.

In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away,” they could never speak of them again.

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How The Minnesota Star Tribune bolstered its shoe-leather reporting by using ChatGPT to analyze handwritten Faux Cyrillic journal entries of a mass shooter (@tomscheck / Poynter) poynter.org/reporting-editin… mediagazer.com/250930/p2#a25…

How the Minnesota Star Tribune used AI to bolster its shoe-leather reporting to background a mass...

A team of journalists relentlessly tracked the shooter’s digital and paper trail. But AI provided deeper insight into her thoughts before the shooting.

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This is a big deal. Congrats to @ehanford and the Sold a Story team!
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Do you remember how you were taught to read? On our new Series Essential pick, @ehanford explores the schools that bought into a flawed method to teach reading, the publishers who made millions off it & the laws enacted based on this groundbreaking investigation. apple.co/SAS
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Come work with @ehanford and me on our next "Sold a Story" investigation. We're looking for a remote, yearlong fellow to start this fall. DM me if you're thinking of applying. recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1…
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The @InTheDarkTNY team has been investigating this story for four years. New Yorker subscribers can hear Eps 1 and 2 today. newyorker.com/season-3

In the Dark: Season 3

The New Yorker investigative podcast examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime.

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Homeowners desperate for cash turned to these "sale-leaseback" deals. My investigation for @NPR found it cost some people tens of thousands. Some were even evicted from homes they used to own. npr.org/2024/06/18/nx-s1-485…

'Sale-leasebacks' offer to help homeowners needing cash. Some lose thousands

Companies like EasyKnock offer to help people in financial trouble by buying their home and renting it back. An NPR investigation finds the deals cost some people a lot of money and even their homes.

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We spent years investigation the @SLMPD's Homicide Unit. What did we learn? Here are 5 takeaways. The final in this series (for now) by @stlpublicradio's @rlippman, and @apmreports' @jenpenned and @tomscheck. stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-…

5 takeaways from our series on St. Louis homicide investigations

The police department has struggled to solve homicides, partly due to shoddy detective work, staffing shortages and eroding community trust.

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We were lucky to work with @rlippmann @brianmmunoz @stlpublicradio and @MarshallProj on this project. Please read the thread and the stories —->
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Today marks the final story in “Unsolved” - an investigation by @stlpublicradio, @apmreports and @TheMarshallProject. (1/13)
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Thousands of family members and friends wait for St. Louis police to solve the killing of their loved ones. Read and listen to their stories, and see the amazing photography. W @rlippmann @brianmmunoz @ShahlaFarzan apmreports.org/story/2024/06…

St. Louis homicide cases often go unsolved. Victims’ families want justice

These St. Louis families have waited years for answers. They say police seem to have forgotten their loved ones.

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Replying to @brianmmunoz @SLMPD @apmreports @tomscheck @jenpenned @stlpublicradio @rlippmann
The final word in this week’s @stlpublicradio, @apmreports, and @marshallproj investigation into the @SLMPD goes to the St. Louisans who want justice for their killed relatives. /7 ✍️/📸: myself, @shahlafarzan, @rlippmann, @tomscheck and @erjlee stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-…

St. Louis homicide cases often go unsolved. Victims' families want justice

These St. Louis families have been waiting for years in hopes of getting answers after their loved ones were killed. While parents, siblings and others say police seem to have forgotten them — they...

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INVESTIGATION: Why 1,000 homicides in St. Louis remain unsolved | @stlpublicradio @MarshallProj @apmreports Police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust. stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-…

Why 1,000 homicides in St. Louis remain unsolved

In one of America’s deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

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Roughly 1,900 homicides have been committed in St. Louis since 2014. More than 1,000 remain unsolved. Police solved nearly two-thirds cases involving White victims. But for killings of Black victims, they solved fewer than half. themarshallproject.org/2024/…

Why 1,000 Homicides in St. Louis Remain Unsolved

In one of America’s deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

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Of the roughly 1,900 homicides committed in St. Louis from 2014 through 2023, more than 1,000 remain unsolved, reports @MarshallProj, @apmreports & @stlpublicradio. Here's why. themarshallproject.org/2024/…

Why 1,000 Homicides in St. Louis Remain Unsolved

In one of America’s deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

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St. Louis' homicide unit also had to juggle “chronic understaffing,” budget problems and a ballooning backlog of DNA samples. The latest in our "Unsolved" investigation series with @apmreports & @MarshallProj: 2/2 stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-…

As murders increased, St. Louis police struggled for resources to solve cases

The city’s homicide unit has dealt with short staffing, long hours and a ballooning DNA backlog.

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This important investigative series from @stlpublicradio's @rlippmann, in collaboration with @apmreports + @MarshallProj explores how and why police in St. Louis have struggled to solve killings, leaving thousands of family members without answers. stlpr.org/unsolved
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As the number of killings increased in St. Louis, the homicide unit struggled with tight budgets, unrelenting overtime, turnover in key positions, an exodus of crime lab technicians and a ballooning backlog of DNA samples. Our latest in the series… apmreports.org/story/2024/06…

As murders increased, St. Louis police struggled for resources to solve cases

The city’s homicide unit has dealt with short staffing, long hours and a ballooning DNA backlog.

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