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The Signal

A single monitoring algorithm processes more public records than an investigative team sees in a year. That capability shouldn't only serve one side.

The same AI technologies that consolidate power can be turned around to hold it accountable.

The Gap

Investigative journalism is structurally scarce — less than 2% of newspaper journalism can be characterized as investigative — while the need to expose corruption, abuse, and injustice has never been greater. The technology to fight back now exists. Buried Signals is built to close that gap.

The Work

I use AI to investigate, collaborate, and distribute. Monitoring agents scan thousands of sources for signals. Research pipelines cross-reference documents, verify claims, and surface patterns no individual could find alone. Visual storytelling turns what they uncover into short-form video investigations that reach large audiences. Everything I build along the way — the tools, the workflows, the methodology — I share with members, so that other journalists can use these same capabilities to hold power accountable in their own reporting.

The Network

But capability alone doesn't change the status quo. That's why Buried Signals is built on collaboration — working with investigative journalists and organizations around the world to increase the visibility and impact of stories that matter. By sharing tools, training, and methodology with a growing community of members, I believe we can redistribute the ability to find signal in the noise, cut through echo chambers, and deliver facts to people who need them. Information is power — and that power should not belong to the few.

The Contract

Investigations are funded by grants and mission-aligned sponsors, with full editorial independence. The business sustains itself through membership and consulting for newsrooms. The two are deliberately separate: editorial work is never influenced by commercial revenue. And as the membership grows, a share of that revenue flows back into investigations — expanding what we can uncover together.

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