Bill Dedman

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Investigative reporter Bill Dedman of msnbc.com has written about uninspected bridges, problems with firefighter safety equipment, the Obama administration's visitor logs, treatment of detainees at Guantanamo, strategies for discouraging school shootings, and journalists making campaign contributions.

Dedman received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for "The Color of Money," articles in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on racial discrimination by mortgage lenders in middle-income neighborhoods. In 2008, he received a national award for investigative reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists for his msnbc.com articles and video on firefighter deaths.

He got his start in journalism at 16 as a copy boy at The Chattanooga Times. He has written for The Boston Globe, The Washington Post and The New York Times, and was the first director of computer-assisted reporting for The Associated Press.

Dedman taught advanced reporting part time at the University of Maryland, Northwestern University and Boston University, and created the Power Reporting site of research tools for journalists.

Articles by investigative reporter Bill Dedman:

The Pentagon's new truth device

• New anti-terror weapon: hand-held lie detector
• Video: Breakthrough or junk science?
• What is the PCASS and how does it work?
• Live vote: Should the U.S. military use it?

The Obama administration

• Obama names 110 White House guests; most still hidden
• Help figure out who has been lobbying Obama
• Obama yields on most White House visitor logs
• Obama blocks list of visitors to White House
• After lawsuit, Obama opens a bit of info on meetings with health care executives
• City halls call out for help from Obama
• Interactive map: Mayors' advice for Obama

Bridge inspections

• Part one: Late inspections of bridges put travelers at risk
• Part two: Feds let states delay inspections of bridges in poor condition
• Bridge Tracker: Check your bridges on our map
• Which states fell behind on inspections?
• Where the bad bridges are, state by state
• How msnbc.com studied bridge inspections
• I-35 bridge was rated among the nation's worst
• State by state: 'deficient' or 'obsolete' bridges
• Bridge inspector confesses to faking paperwork
• Bridge collapse revealed holes in federal data

The 2008 campaign and transition

• Reading Hillary Rodham's hidden thesis
• How the Clintons wrapped up Hillary's thesis
• Yes, we're still waiting to read Palin's e-mails
• Want Palin's e-mails? That'll be $15 million
• Historians write 1st draft on Obama victory
• Witnessing History: the Bronx
• Obama's story resonates with Bronx students
• Obama routs McCain in student election
• Obama leads the money chase in key counties

Privacy vs. protecting children

• ISPs are pressed to become child porn cops

The economy

• One in four metro areas in recovery mode
• Recession ends in 79 metros, index shows
• 23 metro areas where the recession is easing
• 33 metro areas where builders are confident
• Which states will be early risers?
• Few U.S. cities escape reach of the recession
• Interactive national map: watch the Adversity Index change
• Where the downturn hit: month by month list of metro areas
• Explainer: How the Adversity Index is built

The ditching of Flight 1549 in the Hudson River

• Lawyer survives Hudson River flight, loses job
• Bird strikes becoming a more serious threat

Banks in recession

• Is your bank ‘underwater?’
• Most banks still weakening, analysis shows
• U.S. banks suffer 149 percent rise in bad loans
• Which banks had more troubled loans?
• 400 biggest banks and their bad loans

Journalists and independence

• Journalists dole out cash to politicians (quietly)
• The list: Journalists who wrote political checks
• Newsroom policies vary on campaign donations
• Live Vote: Should journalists give?
• Update: TV reporter who backed candidate is out

School security

• Cho's words, actions fit school shooting pattern
• Threat-assessment approach seen as lifesaver
• On the scene blog from Virginia Tech
• 10 myths about school shootings
• Does every school need a metal detector?

   'Cause for Alarm,' a special report on firefighter safety

• Part one: Flaws found in firefighters' last line of defense
• Part two: CDC's fire investigation unit: the 'No Go Team'
• Interactive: Cause for Alarm timeline, video, photos
• 19 firefighter deaths go unexamined
• Kerry calls for investigation of firefighter unit
• Fire chiefs call for action on firefighter deaths
• Group wants CDC stripped of firefighter unit

• Charleston chief blocks fire probe, then relents

Benefits for cops, firefighters and EMTs

• Safety officers denied on-duty death benefits
• Still waiting: One widow's story
• Firefighters' heart attack risk soars at the scene

'Inside Gitmo': investigators who tried to stop abuse

• Part one: Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tactics
• Part two: Can the ‘20th hijacker’ of Sept. 11 stand trial?
• In limbo: Cases are few against Gitmo detainees

Health insurance reform

• Devil is in the details of Mass. health care law
• Facts on the Massachusetts health reform law
• Q&A with the head of the Massachusetts plan

Remembering sportswriter Jerome Holtzman

• No cheering in press box: A legend remembered

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