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A nonprofit watchdog news organization covering Buffalo and Western New York.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Investigative Post is a nonprofit news organization dedicated exclusively to watchdog journalism in Buffalo and Western New York. It produces fact-based, nonpartisan investigative stories and analyses on issues affecting citizens and taxpayers of the region, and distributes its work through its website and partnerships with local and national outlets.

History

Investigative Post was founded in 2012 by Jim Heaney, who serves as editor and executive director. Heaney had previously worked as an investigative reporter at The Buffalo News for 25 years before leaving in August 2011 to plan the launch of Investigative Post. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and is one of more than 500 nonprofit news organizations that have launched over the past decade amid the decline of local news outlets. It distributes its work on its website and partners with News 7/WKBW, the ABC affiliate for Buffalo, and shares selected content with the Niagara (Falls) Gazette and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, and distributes stories through The Buffalo Challenger. It also has working relationships with The Intercept and the Investigative Journalism Bureau.

Products and positioning

The only news organization in Western New York dedicated exclusively to watchdog journalism.

Product categories. Investigative news stories · Analyses on public-interest issues

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