Dan Telvock

About

My work in Buffalo has resulted in big impact: more investment to clean up a badly polluted creek, new legislation and investment to combat childhood lead poisoning and securing a toxic landfill. What media professionals have said about me: "Dan Telvock combines street-level reporting, aggressive mining of public records and interactive web builds to produce impressive and effective public service journalism. His stories on lax testing of water supplies, legacy radioactive waste and lead contamination inspired outrage and change, and that’s a rewarding outcome." - Judges for 2017 Society of Environmental Journalists contest "Dan Telvock's dogged reporting on water contamination and lead poisoning holds local officials accountable on behalf of Buffalo residents. The community is fortunate to have such an investigative soul in its midst." - Judges for 2016 Society of Environmental Journalists contest “Dogged reporting and compelling narrative. Dan Telvock used an effective combination of documents and people sourcing. Dan and newspaper served their readers in the highest sense with this series of stories. It's why we do what we do.” — Judges for 2010-11 Virginia Press Association contest I have 22 years of journalism and communications experience and I use the following skill sets: *  Investigative reporting methods learned as a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and 2013 graduate of the IRE-NICAR Bootcamp; *  Beat reporting expertise in public safety, government, environment and politics; *  Management and editing; *  Extensive skills in mining the web for documents and analyzing data I report investigative stories for WIVB-4, in Buffalo, NY. My technical skills: proficient with Excel, DocumentCloud, some mapping software, television and radio reporting, SEO and CMS.