April has been involved in a number of investigations that have uncovered previously unknown government actions, mismanagement and issues critical to communities.
April reported, produced and edited this story about Detroit's public schools financial issues and the impacts on students and teachers. When it was on the brink of insolvency in 2016, the district, with its decrepit buildings and chronic lack of resources, had to deal with teachers protesting the situation with "sick-outs."
April reported, produced and edited this story that looked into the widespread problem across the country of higher-than-acceptable lead levels in school drinking water due to old plumbing systems. She examined records and meetings from several school districts along the east coast including Baltimore, Maryland, and Ithaca, New York, and revealed how administrators are confronting the crisis of lead contamination.
April produced this story, which used records obtained from the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information Act to reveal a significant increase in the number of payouts to Afghans for civilians killed in errant attacks by British forces stationed there.
April produced this story, the first broadcast interview with Julian Assange of the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, before it released 90,000 U.S. military documents involving classified information direct from the battlefield.
April reported and produced this story about drugs on the campus of Sabino High School in Tucson, Arizona, and revealed a variety of tools the administration could have accessed but didn’t.