@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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‘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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‘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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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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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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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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Some St. Louis Detectives May Have Botched Homicide Investigations. stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-… @MarshallProj @stlpublicradio @apmreports @rlippmann @tomscheck @jenpenned @MADPMO

Some St. Louis detectives may have botched homicide investigations

Several officers in the homicide unit faced internal complaints that they slept on the job, failed to get key evidence and lied to superiors.

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Replying to @brianmmunoz @SLMPD @apmreports @tomscheck @jenpenned @stlpublicradio @rlippmann
How does a homicide go unsolved? It could be cop misconduct. Some officers in the @SLMPD homicide unit faced internal complaints they slept on the job, failed to get key evidence, and lied to superiors. ✍️: @rlippmann, @tomscheck and @jenpenned /5 stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-…

Some St. Louis detectives may have botched homicide investigations

Several officers in the homicide unit faced internal complaints that they slept on the job, failed to get key evidence and lied to superiors.

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NEW: In collaboration with @apmreports and @MarshallProj, STLPR presents "Unsolved." The multi-part investigation explores how police in St. Louis have struggled to solve killings — leaving thousands of family members without answers. 🧵 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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There were 8 killings along a 1,000-foot stretch of pavement in north St. Louis since '07 — every victim was Black and @SLMPD didn't solve any of them. The latest by @apmreports' @tomscheck, @jenpenned and @stlpublicradio's @rlippmann /4 stlpr.org/law-order/2024-06-…

In St. Louis, a racial disparity of whose murders get solved

In the past decade, police solved fewer than half of the homicide cases with Black victims and two-thirds of the cases with white ones.

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Replying to @brianmmunoz @SLMPD @stlpublicradio @apmreports @MarshallProj @jenpenned @rlippmann
For years, the @SLMPD tried to hide critical information related to their homicide clearance rates until @APMReports — in conjunction with @stlpublicradio — sued the department for the data. ✍️: @tomscheck, @jenpenned, @rlippmann and @shahlafarzan. /3 stlpr.org/law-order/2021-11-…

St. Louis police department hides key details about homicide cases from the public

APM Reports is suing the police department for withholding data about which homicide cases have been solved. The department told APM Reports and St. Louis Public Radio that information was a part of...

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“Collectively, [@ehanford's] efforts amount to the most significant body of work produced by an education journalist in the last few decades.” educationnext.org/how-to-be-…

How to Be the Next Emily Hanford

Journalism has driven a generational shift in how reading is taught. Similar stories are waiting to be told.

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