Head of the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
Berkeley, CA
Joined December 2008
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David Barstow retweeted
So honored by this recognition from @IRE_NICAR for On Our Watch: New Folsom, which took the work and dedication of so many people at @KQED and @UCBerkeleyIRP Please take a listen. kqed.org/podcasts/onourwatch
Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2024 IRE Awards! ire.org/announcing-the-2024-…
David Barstow retweeted
Peel me off the ceiling...
2 Chronicle projects among the 6 finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Congratulations to @jennifergollan @susieneilson @KateyRusch @SmithCaseyA @UCBerkeleyIRP & everyone else who worked on these stories goldsmithawards.org/announci…
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Congrats to all the finalists for this year’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. shorensteincenter.org/announ…
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.@sara_dinatale's revelatory reporting on the sleazy underside of the rooftop solar industry has won a George Polk Award for @ExpressNews
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It is an extraordinary honor to receive a @PolkAwards in Local Reporting for our coverage of Baltimore's overdose crisis, published by @BaltimoreBanner and @nytimes Local Investigations Fellowship. thebaltimorebanner.com/commu…
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Thank you @PolkAwards!
The @UCBerkeleyIRP partnership w/ @sfchronicle has won a Polk Award for the series "Right to Remain Secret."
Congrats to @KateyRusch and @SmithCaseyA as well as @DavidBarstow, @kwonjs_ @alexkfong and more.
GIFT LINK to story here: sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
David Barstow retweeted
AMAZING!
Thank you @USCAnnenberg and the judges.
Congrats to @KateyRusch @SmithCaseyA @DavidBarstow and @UCBerkeleyIRP, who spent five years exposing this story.
And kudos to the huge team at @sfchronicle that joined the project.
Congrats @KateyRusch & @SmithCaseyA, winners of the 2025 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. Their “Right to Remain Secret” series w @UCBerkeleyIRP & @sfchronicle exposed confidential settlements by CA law enforcement to bury officer misconduct. annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotl…
Holy cow -- we just won the friggin' Selden Ring Award for an epic expose of police misconduct by two of @UCBerkeleyIRP's best, @KateyRusch and @SmithCaseyA. Big thanks to our partner the @sfchronicle and @demianbulwa for superb editing.
annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotl…
David Barstow retweeted
A literal jaw-dropping investigation. Congrats to @KateyRusch + @SmithCaseyA, as well as the editing tag-team of @demianbulwa + @DavidBarstow !
Congrats @KateyRusch & @SmithCaseyA, winners of the 2025 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. Their “Right to Remain Secret” series w @UCBerkeleyIRP & @sfchronicle exposed confidential settlements by CA law enforcement to bury officer misconduct. annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotl…
David Barstow retweeted
Congrats @KateyRusch & @SmithCaseyA, winners of the 2025 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. Their “Right to Remain Secret” series w @UCBerkeleyIRP & @sfchronicle exposed confidential settlements by CA law enforcement to bury officer misconduct. annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotl…
David Barstow retweeted
The depth of sourcing on this @KateyRusch story is phenomenal and the little details make it as much fun to read as infuriating.
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David Barstow retweeted
Today:
PART 2 of "Right to Remain Secret":
Police are using secret deals to hand disability pensions to troubled officers. Millions of taxpayer dollars support the system
By @KateyRusch — leading a joint @UCBerkeleyIRP & @sfchronicle investigation sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
David Barstow retweeted
This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct — and ensures problem officers can get hired again
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Must-read investigation into California’s system of prioritizing the ability of problematic police officers to be hired elsewhere over the right of the public to be informed and safe.
Congratulations to the @sfchronicle and @UCBerkeleyIRP.
Out today:
“RIGHT TO REMAIN SECRET”
This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct across California — and ensures problem officers can get hired again
Tour de force of deep investigative reporting by @KateyRusch and @SmithCaseyA
Free link: sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
David Barstow retweeted
Read the IRP's latest investigation: IRP reporter @kateyrusch ('20) and alum @SmithCaseyA ('20) report for @sfchronicle on a secret system that has covered up police misconduct in California for decades, helping officers find new jobs in law enforcement. sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
David Barstow retweeted
This is a stunning investigation by @KateyRusch. Read this today.
Someone finally pierced the veil of police clean-record agreements. Secret pacts allowing troubled cops to get jobs at different departments.
sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
David Barstow retweeted
Out today:
“RIGHT TO REMAIN SECRET”
This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct across California — and ensures problem officers can get hired again
Tour de force of deep investigative reporting by @KateyRusch and @SmithCaseyA
Free link: sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
A secret system covers up and perpetuates police misconduct in California.
We expose that system today.
It took 3 yrs of digging by @UCBerkeleyIRP reporters @KateyRusch and @SmithCaseyA and superb editing by @demianbulwa and the whole @sfchronicle team.
sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
Another groundbreaking @UCBerkeleyIRP investigation, by hugely talented @KateRaphael w/ superb editing from @statnews, @rickberke, @laurachang, @gtherolf.
Pediatricians’ obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence about eating disorder risks statnews.com/2024/09/16/aap-… via @statnews
