The State Integrity Investigation invites local and national media to both report on our findings and use Investigation data to enterprise additional stories. We can provide spreadsheets, graphics, interactive tools, and other material to help journalists and bloggers shine light on their state government's openness, accountability, and corruption risk.
Media contact
For media inquiries or to arrange interviews with the State Integrity Investigation’s researchers or journalists, please contact:
Nicholas Kusnetz
Center for Public Integrity
nkusnetz@publicintegrity.org
202-466-1300
Investigation press releases
Feb. 19, 2012 Investigation Ranks 50 State Governments for Corruptibility
Feb. 17, 2011 New grants fund 50-state corruption risk index
Selected news stories and blog posts about the Investigation
2012
July 24, 2012 N.C., S.C. Flunk Public Records (Charlotte Observer)
Apr. 12, 2012 Rating the States on Their Susceptibility to Corruption (Wall Street Journal)
Apr. 9, 2012 Washington Journal (C-SPAN)
Apr. 5, 2012 A (Garden) State of Corruption (Forbes)
Apr. 5, 2012 New Jersey Least Corrupt? Ha, Ha (Wall Street Journal)
Mar. 27, 2012 States with the most lax anti-corruption laws (MSNBC.com)
Mar. 23, 2012 Which States Have the Highest Public Corruption Convictions? (Governing)
Mar. 22, 2012 America's Most Corrupt States (Fox Business)
Mar. 22, 2012 Contest for Funniest New Jersey Joke Has a Winner (Bloomberg)
Mar. 20, 2012 The States Get a Poor Report Card (New York TImes)
Mar. 20, 2012 Lessons for America from the Global War on Sleaze (Foreign Policy)
Mar. 19, 2012 Report: Most states do poor job in guarding against corruption (CNN)
Mar. 19, 2012 Anti-corruption effort targets all the states (Washington Post Writers Group)
Mar. 19, 2012 State With Most Integrity is New Jersey, Center for Public Integrity Study Shows (Huffington Post)
Mar. 19, 2012 Study: NJ doing best on anti-corruption measures (AP)
Mar. 19, 2012 New Jersey Is Least Corruptible State as Georgia Ranks Last (Bloomberg)
Mar. 19, 2012 New Jersey (no kidding) is among best corruption fighters (Reuters)
Mar. 19, 2012 New Jersey As Good-Government Leader? Believe It (NPR)
Mar. 19, 2012 Political Corruption: 8 States Earn Failing Grades (ABC News)
Mar. 19, 2012 Where Is Corruption Risk Lowest? New Jersey? (Wall Street Journal)
Mar. 19, 2012 Pubmedia partners give reporters a map to states that are hard, and soft, on corruption (Current)
Mar. 19, 2012 State Integrity project builds off a nonprofit news network (Nieman Journalism Lab)
Mar. 14, 2012 Where does your state rank in level of corruption? (WHYY Philadelphia)
Feb. 25, 2012 Study: Maine government can improve safeguards against corruption (Lewiston) Sun Journal
Feb. 24, 2012 Two Different Views of Corruption in Illinois (Progress Illinois)
Feb. 23, 2012 How corrupt is Chicago? (In These Times)
Feb. 21, 2012 Corruption, Confirmation Bias, and Sexy Statistics (Chicago Magazine)
Feb. 15, 2012 The Chicago way (The Economist)
Feb. 14, 2012 Welcome: The State Integrity Investigation (Reinvent Albany)
2011
May 4, 2011 50 state project to measure corruption risks (California Forward)
Mar. 17, 2011 Kill 'em with Transparency (Natl. Institute on Money in State Politics)
Mar. 9, 2011 U.S. fifty state corruption risk index: a way for greater influence in investigative reporting? (World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers)
Mar. 8, 2011 A perpetual motion machine for investigative reporting: CPI and PRI partner on State corruption project (Nieman Journalism Lab)
Feb. 24, 2011 State accountability project receives $1.5 million in grants (Philanthropy News Digest)
Feb. 23, 2011 Smart Talk: Muckrakers wanted (Arkansas Times)
Feb. 22, 2011 What do statehouses, city halls do about corruption? (Current)
Feb. 21, 2011 Corruption? It's practically a state hallmark (Philadelphia Daily News)
Feb. 17, 2011 Probably can't bribe your way down this list (Asbury Park Press)
Feb. 17, 2011 Is Harrisburg sleazier than Little Rock? (WHYY Philadelphia)
Feb. 17, 2011 CPI seeks reporters for state government corruption probe (The Poynter Institute for Media Studies)
2010
Nov. 10, 2010 News Organizations Team With Anti-Corruption Group To Form U.S. State Metrics (The Wall Street Journal)
Editorials supporting the Investigation
Aug. 28, 2012 Greenwood (SC) Index-Journal
Aug. 9, 2012 The Herald (Rock Hill, SC)
Aug. 8, 2012 The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Aug. 1, 2012 Winston-Salem Journal
July 31, 2012 Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times
July 30, 2012 Franklin (NC) Press
July 29, 2012 Hendersonville (NC) Lightning
July 29, 2012 Fayeteville (NC) Observer
July 29, 2012 Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal
July 11, 2012 Florida Times-Union
May 3, 2012 WAGA-TV Atlanta
Apr. 12, 2012 The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA)
Apr. 5, 2012 Austin American-Statesman
Apr. 5, 2012 Burlington (NC) Times-News
Apr. 3, 2012 Scripps Treasure Coast (FL) Newspapers
Apr. 2, 2012 Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)
Mar. 28, 2012 Boulder Daily Camera
Mar. 25, 2012 Philadelphia Inquirer
Mar. 25, 2012 Fayetteville (NC) Observer
Mar. 25, 2012 Kennebec (ME) Journal
Mar. 25, 2012 The Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA)
Mar. 25, 2012 Syracuse Post-Standard
Mar. 25, 2012 The Olympian (Olympia, WA)
Mar. 25, 2012 Yakima (WA) Herald
Mar. 25, 2012 Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY)
Mar. 24, 2012 Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
Mar. 24, 2012 Longmont (CO) Times Call
Mar. 23, 2012 Washington Post
Mar. 23, 2012 Greensboro News & Record
Mar. 23, 2012 Columbian (Columbia, WA)
Mar. 23, 2012 Casper (WY) Star Tribune
Mar. 23, 2012 Post Crescent (Appleton, WI)
Mar. 23, 2012 Anniston (AL) Star
Mar. 23, 2012 Juneau Empire
Mar. 23, 2012 Scranton TImes-Tribune
Mar. 23, 2012 Loveland (CO) Reporter Herald
Mar. 22, 2012 Orange County (CA) Register
Mar. 22, 2012 Grand Rapids (MI) Press
Mar. 22, 2012 Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal
Mar. 22, 2012 Journal Tribune (York County, ME)
Mar. 22, 2012 Verona-Cedar Grove (NJ) Times
Mar. 21, 2012 Charleston (SC) Post and Courier
Mar. 21, 2012 Times of Trenton
Mar. 21, 2012 Garden City (KS) Telegram
Mar. 21, 2012 Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer Journal
Mar. 21, 2012 Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch
Mar. 21, 2012 Journal News (White Plains, NY)
Mar. 21, 2012 InForum (Fargo, ND)
Mar. 21, 2012 Augusta Chronicle
Mar. 20, 2012 The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman
Mar. 20, 2012 The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Mar. 20, 2012 Christian Science Monitor
Mar. 20, 2012 Redding (CA) Record Searchlight
Mar. 20, 2012 Dallas Morning News
Mar. 20, 2012 Ft. Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel
Mar. 19, 2012 Boston Herald
Mar. 19, 2012 New York Times
