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Director of "Tax Broke" and"The Friendliest Town" docs, co-host The Police Accountability Report on The Real News Network. Host: Land of the Unsolved

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STEPHEN JANIS is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work has been acclaimed both in print and in television. As the Senior Investigative Reporter for the now defunct Baltimore Examiner, he won two Maryland DC Delaware Press Association Awards for his work on the number of unsolved murders in Baltimore and the killings of prostitutes. His in-depth work on the city's zero-tolerance policing policies garnered an NAACP President's Award. As an Investigative Producer for WBFF/Fox 45, he…

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Baltimore touts equality, so why did it lavish tens of millions in tax breaks on a single develop...

Baltimore touts equality, so why did it lavish tens of millions in tax breaks on a single develop...

Baltimore's glitzy Harbor East is built on a foundation of tax breaks subsidized by the local taxpayers of a …

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This CEO left coal miners penniless. Why did a West Virginia town give him a lucrative tax break ...

This CEO left coal miners penniless. Why did a West Virginia town give him a lucrative tax break ...

Documents reveal a generous tax break and questionable land deals doled out to a failed coal baron, raising q…

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An ethics expert says Sinclair Broadcasting should disclose its business conflicts with Baltimore...

An ethics expert says Sinclair Broadcasting should disclose its business conflicts with Baltimore...

The broadcast media giant has been unrelenting with it's reporting on Baltimore's miscues. But at the same ti…

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Police are trying to limit the public's right to film, so cop watchers are shifting the battlefield

Police are trying to limit the public's right to film, so cop watchers are shifting the battlefield

As legal challenges mount for cop watchers, many are now taking up lawsuits to defend free speech and citizen…

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Inequality Watch: Why Democrats lose, how they can fix it, and what we'll be watching

Inequality Watch: Why Democrats lose, how they can fix it, and what we'll be watching

It's not enough to oppose Trump at the national level. Democrats need to show that they can win locally-and d…

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Is There More to the De Sousa Exit Than Taxes? | Afro

Is There More to the De Sousa Exit Than Taxes? | Afro

By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO On the surface, the resignation of Baltimore police commissioner Darryl…

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Are Copwatchers Journalists? Provocateurs? Or Something Else?

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By Taya Graham Verified, Stephen Janis Verified
| ScheerPost
Taya Graham and Stephen Janis TRNN Police auditors, better known as “copwatchers,” have become both famous and notorious for using cell phone cameras and YouTube channels to monitor police activity, confront cops who are breaking the law, and fight for accountability and reform. But is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability?
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Are copwatchers journalists? Provocateurs? Or something else?

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By Taya Graham Verified, Stephen Janis Verified
| The Real News Verified
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Baltimore City Paper

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes

How is social media changing news?

Warping the quality and content of journalism