Miranda's stories—about the penchant for secrecy over transparency by state and local governments and other public institutions—are a groundbreaking body of work that has unearthed major problems in how these little scrutinized public institutions are spending public money. Her "State Secrets" series for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting won the Society for Professional Journalists 2017 Sunshine Award.

 

Implementation of Anton’s Law varies, and some police agencies seek huge fees to release public documents



Public colleges hide donors who seek to influence students.
Will COVID-19 make it worse?



An early casualty of the coronavirus pandemic has been the loss of easy access to public information.


State Secrets

How local governments thwart open-records laws and keep vital information from the public.


Keeping public information private


As local coverage wanes, residents become self-taught watchdogs.



Prince George’s County spent hundreds of thousands to
settled suit that alleged vast bribery scheme



When private donations to public universities
come with strings attached

How our region keeps information on
its most dangerous intersections secret