Protecting whistleblowers is not optional. It is foundational to democracy, and it begins with a simple truth. Without them, many of the most important public interest stories – and scandals exposed – in this country would never have been told.
As an investigative journalist, some of the most significant stories I have worked on – stories that changed laws, returned hundreds of millions of dollars to exploited workers and victims of financial abuse, triggered parliamentary inquiries and helped lead to a royal commission – began with people who saw something wrong and chose not to stay silent.
The banking scandals that led to the royal commission in 2017 started with insiders who exposed forgery, fraud and cover-ups.
Two Ohio-based asphalt companies accused of submitting previous asphalt tests to the Ohio Dept. of Transportation for roadwork in the state will pay a combined $30 million to resolve the allegatio...