Ames Alexander

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Investigative Reporter, Floodlight

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Covers: climate change, environmental issues, criminal justice, health care, legal affairs, housing, charities, prisons, airline safety, consumer fraud, mental health

Investigative reporter @floodlightnews, which examines the forces stalling climate action. Tips, story ideas? 704-999-7092; ames@floodlightnews.org

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Ames Alexander, an investigative reporter for The Charlotte Observer, has examined rampant corruption in North Carolina's prisons, less than charitable behavior by nonprofit hospitals, the mistreatment of injured poultry workers and many other subjects.

His stories have led to new laws, congressional hearings, criminal prosecutions and more than 60 awards – including the Robert F. Kennedy journalism prize, the Investigative Reporters and Editors award, the Gerald Loeb business reporting prize,…

Ames Alexander’s Journalist Portfolio

DISMISSED

Prosecutors in Mecklenburg County, NC dismiss more than two-thirds of weapons charges, a higher rate than any…

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Wrong side of the bars?

A Charlotte Observer investigation found that a hidden world of drugs, sex and gang violence thrives inside N…

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Fatally Flawed

Across North Carolina, medical examiners fail to follow crucial investigative steps, raising questions about …

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Prognosis: Profit | CharlotteObserver.com

In their quest for growth and profits, large nonprofit hospitals have pushed up healthcare costs, paid execut…

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The Cruelest Cuts | CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte, North Carolina

The Charlotte Observer gave readers an unprecedented look at the human cost of bringing chicken and turkey to…

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Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air, and industry helped keep it that way

Jul 28, 2026 |

By Ames Alexander

| Monroe County (Sparta) Herald

Kimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tanks in St. Rose, in southeastern Louisiana. Oily fumes sometimes drift into her home, bringing headaches, nausea and insomnia. On one such night, she grabbed her son at 3 a.m. and fled to an all-night IHOP. In 2023, after years of coping with the noxious odors, Kyereh began collecting air samples in her yard for a local environmental justice group.

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Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air, and industry helped keep it that way

Jul 28, 2026 |

By Ames Alexander

| Benton County Enterprise

Posted 7/28/26 Floodlight reports Louisiana communities struggle with toxic air pollution, as industry influences laws limiting monitoring, leaving residents unaware of dangers. This item is available in full to subscribers. E-mail Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.

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Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air, and industry helped keep it that way

Jul 28, 2026 |

By Ames Alexander

| The Caledonian-Record

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