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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Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

Jun 15, 2026 |

By Evan Simon , Ames Alexander

| The Daily Yonder

This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action, in partnership with High Country News. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here. At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private property. For fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson, the notice marks a defeat with implications far beyond the Crazies.

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Trump officials, billionaires and the quiet reshaping of America’s public lands

Jun 02, 2026 |

By Evan Simon , Ames Alexander

| WyoFile

This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Sign up for Floodlight's newsletter here. At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private property. For fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson, the notice marks a defeat with implications far beyond the Crazies.

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Trump officials, billionaires and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands

May 22, 2026 |

By Ames Alexander

| The Forest Blade

At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private property. For fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson, the notice marks a defeat with implications far beyond the Crazies. “The fate of our public lands and our rights are in jeopardy right now,” Wilson told Floodlight for this article. Wilson is a former sheriff’s deputy and lifelong hunter.