
David Barstow
@davidbarstow
Head of the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
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02-12-2008 15:32:37
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Another groundbreaking UC Berkeley IRP investigation, by hugely talented @KateRaphael w/ superb editing from STAT, Rick Berke, laurachang, Garrett Therolf. Pediatricians’ obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence about eating disorder risks statnews.com/2024/09/16/aap… via STAT

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 Katey Rusch and Casey Smith Free link: sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

This is a stunning investigation by Katey Rusch. 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/2024/…


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 San Francisco Chronicle and UC Berkeley IRP.

A secret system covers up and perpetuates police misconduct in California. We expose that system today. It took 3 yrs of digging by UC Berkeley IRP reporters Katey Rusch and Casey Smith and superb editing by Demian Bulwa and the whole San Francisco Chronicle team. sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

Read the IRP's latest investigation: IRP reporter @kateyrusch ('20) and alum Casey Smith ('20) report for San Francisco Chronicle 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/2024/…

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 Katey Rusch — leading a joint UC Berkeley IRP & San Francisco Chronicle investigation sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

The depth of sourcing on this Katey Rusch story is phenomenal and the little details make it as much fun to read as infuriating. sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…


Congrats Katey Rusch & Casey Smith, winners of the 2025 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. Their “Right to Remain Secret” series w UC Berkeley IRP & San Francisco Chronicle exposed confidential settlements by CA law enforcement to bury officer misconduct. annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotlight…

A literal jaw-dropping investigation. Congrats to Katey Rusch + Casey Smith, as well as the editing tag-team of Demian Bulwa + David Barstow !

AMAZING! Thank you USC Annenberg and the judges. Congrats to Katey Rusch Casey Smith David Barstow and UC Berkeley IRP, who spent five years exposing this story. And kudos to the huge team at San Francisco Chronicle that joined the project.

Holy cow -- we just won the friggin' Selden Ring Award for an epic expose of police misconduct by two of UC Berkeley IRP's best, Katey Rusch and Casey Smith. Big thanks to our partner the San Francisco Chronicle and Demian Bulwa for superb editing. annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotlight…

.Sara DiNatale's revelatory reporting on the sleazy underside of the rooftop solar industry has won a George Polk Award for San Antonio Express-News expressnews.com/news/article/s…

Thank you George Polk Awards! The UC Berkeley IRP partnership w/ San Francisco Chronicle has won a Polk Award for the series "Right to Remain Secret." Congrats to Katey Rusch and Casey Smith as well as David Barstow, (=^ㄱㅅㅇ^=) jenny kwon (they/them) is resting Alex K. Fong 邝士英 and more. GIFT LINK to story here: sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

It is an extraordinary honor to receive a George Polk Awards in Local Reporting for our coverage of Baltimore's overdose crisis, published by The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

Peel me off the ceiling... 2 Chronicle projects among the 6 finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Congratulations to Jennifer Gollan Susie Neilson Katey Rusch Casey Smith UC Berkeley IRP & everyone else who worked on these stories goldsmithawards.org/announcing-the…


So honored by this recognition from Investigative Reporters & Editors for On Our Watch: New Folsom, which took the work and dedication of so many people at KQED and UC Berkeley IRP Please take a listen. kqed.org/podcasts/onour…