Bill Mcmorris Email & Phone Number

Manage the NJC's investigative reporting program.Deliver bi-weekly lectures on the basics of investigative reporting to 15-45 interns, who work at national publications in Washington D.C..Develop, edit and oversee pieces produced by interns over 12-week program.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Feature writing and labor policy. I've written about right to work laws, topless protesters, public pension shortfalls, White House exorcisms, the auto bailout, and forest fires. I also found a dead body once at an Insane Clown Posse concert.

Spearheaded brand launch for Boston’s favorite organic, locally sourced tequila from conception to inception.

Alexandria, VA

Managed team of three reporters across the state.Oversaw two interns in Alexandria office, assigning stories and editing material for publication during Virginia's 2011 legislative session.Wrote extensively on pension shortfalls and economic issues, including sequestration's impact on state revenues.

Wrote wire service stories, radio and television scripts from Chicago bureau focusing on the 2010 gubernatorial & senatorial elections.Provided gavel to gavel coverage of the Blagojevich trial, including twice-daily court updates.Made numerous radio and television appearances on state politics.Exposed data errors in Recovery.gov's stimulus tracking.

Year-long investigation on $125 billion public pension shortfalls in Illinois and Connecticut.Produced 100-page write-up based upon dozens of interviews with public officials, actuaries, economists and pension experts about the failure to properly fund employee retirement funds and its consequences on the next generation of retirees and taxpayers.Penned.

Covered on-scene disaster and crime beat; city and county government.