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Covers:  business, economics, freedom of information, government, demographics, politics, defense, health
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Editor. Author. Dog Dad. ACNS MA grad, @UAFairbanks. Editor, @IEEFA_institute, @SocialExplorer. Ex-@Bloomberg, @AP, @WSJ, @MapLight, @AJEnglish

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Frank Bass’s Biography

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Frank Bass is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has specialized in data-driven investigations for more than two decades. A graduate of Texas Tech University, Bass has worked at Al Jazeera, Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal, and the Houston Post, where he was the 1994 Texas Headliners Foundation Reporter of the Year. Bass is the author of three books and was director of computer investigations at the Associated Press, where he shared the 2006 Gerald Loeb Award for stories on the mishan…

Frank Bass’s Journalist Portfolio

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After Citizens United, a surge in "dark money" groups

After Citizens United, a surge in "dark money" groups

May 12, 2016 -- In 1939, the Internal Revenue Service granted tax-exempt status to a group that had been acti…

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Moscow's struggle to protect nuclear material

Moscow's struggle to protect nuclear material

Washington DC - More than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the planet's largest stockpile …

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AP IMPACT: Empty neighborhoods fill Rust Belt

AP IMPACT: Empty neighborhoods fill Rust Belt

Meet the forgotten housing crisis. While most attention has focused on the wave of foreclosures sweeping most…

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Guide to the Census, + Website

Guide to the Census, + Website

This handy resource offers a reference guide for anyone interested in tailoring specific Census data to their…

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The Associated Press Guide to Internet Research and Reporting

The Associated Press Guide to Internet Research and Reporting

More people write for the Associated Press than for any other news service, and more writers take their style…

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Health Is Everything: Using Data to Report Great Stories on Your Community's Health

Health Is Everything: Using Data to Report Great Stories on Your Community's Health

Health Is Everything: Using Data to Report Great Stories on Your Community's Health - Kindle edition by Frank…

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Articles

GE (GE) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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By Frank Bass Verified, Erin Kennedy, Lou Whiteman
| finanzen.net
Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Thu, July 16, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Larry Culp Chief Financial Officer - Rahul Ghai Investor Relations - Blaire Shoor TAKEAWAYS Total Orders -- $16.5 billion, representing 17% growth driven by low-double-digit increases in both the Commercial Engines & Services and Defense & Propulsion Technologies segments.
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The Best Biotech Stocks to Buy in 2026

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By Frank Bass Verified, James Brumley Verified, Justin Pope
| EIN News
The biotech industry is on fire right now. Over the past 12 months, the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF has crushed broader equities, gaining 61% while the S&P 500 climbed just 25%. XBI data by YCharts There are good reasons to remain bullish on the sector. As medical breakthroughs lead to better therapies for hard-to-treat conditions, innovative biotechs might be handsomely rewarded.
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Rent Payments to SF Public Housing Agency Plunged in Last Two Years, Spurring Eviction Fears

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By Frank Bass Verified, Nina Sparling, Jenny Kwon
| San Francisco Public Press Verified
Rent collections by San Francisco’s public housing agency fell precipitously in late 2019 and have continued to decline to less than half of what is owed, according to a San Francisco Public Press analysis — but the agency can’t explain why. Only 47% of rent paid directly to the Housing Authority was collected this July, the latest month for which data is available.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern, Columbus (Mississippi) Commercial Dispatch.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. Manual and electric. Carbon paper, even.

How is social media changing news?

It's making it more immediate and less leisurely. More information, less context. More democratic. Less accurate.

Awards

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Pulitzer Prize

1988 - General News Reporting

Honored for series of stories on Alabama's high infant mortality rate. Investigation resulted in sweeping changes in state's Medicaid eligibility and was cited for substantial reduction in the number of baby deaths.

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Associated Press Managing Editors Award

1988 - Public Service

Honored for series of stories on Alabama's high infant mortality rate. Investigation resulted in sweeping changes in state's Medicaid eligibility and was cited for substantial reduction in the number of baby deaths.

Texas Headliners Foundation

1994 - Reporter of the Year

Honored by Texas Headliners Foundation for body of work including a nine-month-long narrative of life in a neonatal isolation unit and investigation of cleanup recovery for the federal Superfund program.

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2001 - Deadline Reporting

Contributed data analysis to Associated Press coverage of Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York and Washington

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Associated Press Managing Editors Award

2007 - Enterprise Reporting

Honored with Loeb for series of stories examining how the government made terrorism-related loans to small businesses after Sept. 11 without knowledge of companies

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Gerald Loeb Award

2006 - News Service or Online Content

Honored with Loeb for series of stories examining how the government made terrorism-related loans to small businesses after Sept. 11 without knowledge of companies

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Education Writers of America Certificate of Merit

2007 - Public Service

Honored by Columbia University for data-driven project examining loopholes in No Child Left Behind Act.

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Columbia University Reporting on Race and Ethnicity

2007 - Certificate

Honored by Columbia University for data-driven project examining loopholes in No Child Left Behind Act.

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