Did Gov. Rick Scott deliver on his jobs promise?
What does poverty among school children tell us about Florida?
Why did U.S. Postal Service officials in Orlando fail to investigative a toxic package from Yemen?
Is online education provider K12 Inc. putting profits first in Florida?
What happened to Cuban spy Juan Pablo Roque?
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Those are only a few of the questions the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting answered this year through award-winning journalism in print, online and on the airwaves. Through a network of media partners including metropolitan newspapers and broadcast media as well as Spanish-language and ethnic news outlets, FCIR’s journalism reaches diverse audiences statewide.
If you missed some of our investigations this year, now is the time to catch up. We’ve cataloged our 2012 investigations below. And if you like our public interest journalism, we hope you’ll consider supporting FCIR. Your tax-deductible donation will help us expand our coverage of Florida in 2013.
13th Grade
- How Florida Schools Are Failing To Prepare Graduates For College
- Las escuelas de la Florida no preparan bien a los alumnos para el college
- Adding Up The Cost Of Remedial College Courses
- El costo de la educación remedial
- In State Community College, A Crisis of Unprepared Freshmen
- En los colleges estatales, una crisis de los alumnos de primer año mal preparados
- Explaining the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test
- More Florida Students Than Ever Before Struggle With Math
- Muchos estudiantes en Florida fracasan en el aprendizaje de aritmética
- Older, Returning Students Strain Florida’s College System
- Alumnos mayores que regresan a clases abruman los colleges comunitarios y estatales de la Florida
- What Florida Colleges Are Doing To Help More Students Complete Remedial Courses
- Lo que hacen los colleges de la Florida para ayudar a más alumnos a completar sus cursos remediales
- ‘Common Core’ Standards Aim To Smooth The Path From K-12 to College
The Spy Who Got Away
- Retired Spy in Brothers to the Rescue Case Lives in Obscurity
- Juan Pablo Roque, uno de los hombres más odiados de Miami, habla desde Cuba
- In Harshest Betrayal, Cuban Spy Deceived Wife
K12: Education, Profits and Controversy
- State Investigating Virtual Schools Provider K12
- Read the Documents Behind the Department of Education’s Investigation of K12
- K12 Responds to Report As Stock Price Falls
- K12 Did Not Disclose State Investigation to Investors
- Volusia County Schools Reviewing K12 Teachers
- What K12 Told Investors About Florida’s Investigation
- Brevard Public Schools Verifying K12 Teachers
- In K12 Courses, 275 Students to a Single Teacher
- Few School Districts Checking For K12 Problems
- Florida Districts Fight K12′s Plan for Virtual Charter Schools
- Rep. Corrine Brown Calls for Federal Investigation of K12
Big Sugar’s Sweet Deal
- In Sugar Price Supports, Sour Tastes for Consumers
- El sabor agrio del apoyo al precio del azúcar
- Slideshow: Big Sugar in the Everglades Agricultural Area
Money in Politics: Constitutional Amendments
- Voter’s Edge Florida
- FCIR Project Tracks Funding Behind Florida’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments
- Behind the Story: FCIR’s Coverage of the Constitutional Amendments
- State Lawmakers Sponsored This Year’s 11 Proposed Constitutional Amendments
- Amendment 3 Would Restrain State Spending But Likely Result in Reduced Services
- Amendment 5 Could Politicize Florida’s Highest Court
- In Amendment 6 Campaign, Opponents Winning Fundraising Battle
- Amendment 8 Would Lift Ban on Taxpayer Funding of Religious Groups
- In Amendment 4 Campaign, Real Estate Agents Raise $4 Million
- Real Estate Agents Give Big to Amendment 4 Sponsor
Rick Scott vs. the Constitution
- New Laws Challenge Constitution and Coffers
- Nuevas leyes en la Florida impugnan la Constitución y el tesoro estatal
A Deadly Package?
- After Package From Yemen, Questions About Worker Illness and Government Response
- Paquete tóxico causa enfermedad a empleado; el gobierno no da información
- Video: Is Postal Worker a Terror Victim?
Trayvon Martin
- ‘Stand Your Ground’ Review Panel Made Up Largely of Law’s Supporters
- Judge in Trayvon Martin Murder Case Expressed Contentious View of Domestic Violence
- ALEC Under Fire in Florida
- In Trayvon Martin Case, Murder Charge Filed
- Florida, the ‘Gunshine State’
- Sanford Reverses Decision to Restrict Reporters
- In Florida, 130 Self-Defense Claims Like George Zimmerman’s
- NRA’s Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Encouraged ‘Stand Your Ground’ Adoption
- On Zimmerman’s 911 Call, What Sounds Like a Racial Slur
- Florida’s ‘Very Scary’ Self-Defense Law and the Death of Trayvon Martin
- Trayvon Martin Was Running From Zimmerman, Friend Says
- 911 Tapes Tell Chilling Tale of Sanford Killing
- Ire Over Lack of Charges in Teen Killing in Sanford
Student Poverty
- Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students
- La pobreza y el desamparo se disparan entre los estudiantes de la Florida
Gov. Rick Scott’s Jobs Promise
- Rick Scott Takes Credit for Jobs, Economic Growth — But Data Shows Wages Fell for Working Poor, Poverty Still Widespread
- Rick Scott se acredita creación de empleos y crecimiento económico, pero la información muestra una baja de salario para los trabajadores pobres y la pobreza se mantiene elevada
- FCIR Associate Director Says No Evidence Supports Jobs Claims in Florida GOP Ad