2020 In Review: The Story Behind The Color Of Public Money
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The Color Of Public Money | Dec. 22, 2020
In the news business, we always hope our stories have an impact, but it s not often our stories lead the governor to create a new state agency to fix a problem we revealed. But that s what the GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting achieved in 2020. Editor Paul Singer spoke with GBH s All Things Considered
Host Arun Rath to explain what happened. The transcript below has been edited for clarity.
Arun Rath: So we ve talked a few times about the series The Color of Public Money, which has some pretty breathtaking reporting. Why don t you remind us take us back to how this got started.