Brendan Keefe - Atlanta News First
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Chief Investigator @ATLNewsfirst. National Investigator @InvestigateTV. Peabody, duPont Awards. 149 Emmys, 9 National Murrows. Kenyon alum [email protected]
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Joined February 2009
My personal brand is truth. As an investigative journalist, I hunt the truth with the goal of promoting clarity, understanding, and positive change. Uncovering systemic and institutional failures is the first step to fixing them.
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RT @pjaicomo: @charliekirk11 Other countries don’t pay tariffs. Americans pay the import taxes. This is not a difficult concept to understa….
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New law takes effect today in Georgia: Brunswick stew is now the state’s official state stew.
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RT @KyleClark: Hi. We are having some technical difficulties at 9NEWS. Mostly around playing video on-air. Which wouldn't be a big deal, ex….
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"Darn it, I'll be in 4 different states in a week. How am I going to get this story done by deadline?" Wait, I GET to be in 4 different states in a week -- maybe I can compare policies in each of those states. This snippet in context is the result (I work alone).
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City-run utilities aren’t regulated by the Public Service Commission. Georgia Power and other utilities have to provide extensions for life support customers to pay. Not municipalities or electric cooperatives. Only two states regulate those.
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A life-support patient received a collections call from the City of Griffin, Georgia in the back of an ambulance. The city would cut off her electricity -- that powers her heart pump -- if she didn't pay her combined trash/ water/power bill. @ATLNewsFirst.
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Here's the News & Documentary Emmys ceremony in NYC. Just got the video of our National Emmy win for local investigative reporting @ATLNewsFirst @GrayMediaGTN
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RT @ATLNewsFirst: Our investigation prompted the end of a controversial law enforcement policy @BrendanKeefe @Linds….
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Do you think it’s hot?!!! Delta flight in ATL. Condensation from the air conditioners.
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RT @GrayMediaGTN: 🏆 @ATLNewsFirst and @InvestigateTV received a 2025 @IRE_NICAR Award for "In Plane Sight," an investigation that led to a….
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RT @MelanieWoodrow: .@IRE_NICAR is always inspiring! Grateful to work in a newsroom that values investigative journalism and proud to have….
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@ATLNewsFirst @InvestigateTV @GrayMediaGTN Thank you @ij and @andrewwimer. Without your work, we would not even have known about this case or the resulting video.
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.@ATLNewsFirst Investigates & @InvestigateTV @GrayMediaGTN win the IRE Award from Investigative Reporters & Editors for In Plane Sight: The Fix
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RT @ashleygrahamtv: You may be doing it alone, but that doesn’t mean your investigations can’t pack a punch. Let us show you how tomorrow!….
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Excited to present again at the Investigative Reporters & Editors conference in New Orleans on Friday
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What an extraordinary day with about 140 investigators from @GrayMediaGTN stations at the Investigative Reporters & Editors conference including @ATLNewsFirst investigators! #IRE25
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RT @lawyerschiff: Karen Read sentenced to 1 year probation on a DUI. Most expensive and longest DUI ever. Congrats to the Victors a….
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