Walter Smith Randolph
Investigative EditorWalter Smith Randolph is º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s Investigative Editor. In 2021, Walter launched The Accountability Project, CT Public’s investigative reporting initiative. Since then, the team’s reporting has led to policy changes across the state. Additionally, The Accountability Project’s work has been honored with a National Edward R. Murrow award from RTDNA, two regional Murrow awards, a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists, three regional EMMY nominations and a dozen CT SPJ awards.
Walter also serves as Vice President-Broadcast of the National Association of Black Journalists. He previously served three years as NABJ’s Treasurer. Walter is also an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University and serves on the board of the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Foundation for Open Government.
Before CT Public, Walter spent a decade reporting at tv stations in Cincinnati (WKRC/CBS), Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids, Michigan (WWMT/CBS), Flint, Michigan (WEYI/NBC), and Elmira-Ithaca, New York (WENY/ABC). Walter’s reporting has led to resignations and reform in school districts, police departments, and courthouses. His reporting in Flint helped uncover the water crisis and led to his first EMMY nomination.
A graduate of Villanova University and the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Walter is also a proud member of Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s merged School Safety Infrastructure and School Building Projects Advisory councils will meet for the first time. It comes three months after º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's Accountability Project found the infrastructure council was not upholding its legislative mandate. -
The probationary period for a º£½Ç»»ÆÞ charter school has been extended for at least seven months. This comes a year after the state found that the school was out of compliance with state laws and the school’s board was unable to provide effective leadership. Now our Accountability Project has found that the school’s accrediting agency is investigating the school’s climate and culture after former teachers complained of what they call a toxic work environment. -
An investigation by The Accountability Project found hundreds of foreclosure cases in which fees were too high, and diminishing oversight by the state. -
º£½Ç»»ÆÞ paid $106,000 to assess public school facilities through a no-bid contract arranged by Kosta Diamantis, who stopped running the state's school construction office amid an FBI investigation into his tenure. -
This is the first edition of our new Reporter's Notebook series which is a part of The Accountability Project's new newsletter. You can sign up, here. -
This hour on Where We Live, Walter Smith Randolph fills in for Lucy Nalpathanchil and we’ll explore what they are, how they happened and what lawmakers say they’re going to do about it. -
Many requests for government records are left hanging in limbo for months, frustrating transparency advocates and citizens alike. -
º£½Ç»»ÆÞ reached out to the entire Hartford delegation. All of the lawmakers expressed concerns with the Sheff settlement’s lack of focus and resources for traditional neighborhood schools. -
The governor has earmarked $90 million in his budget. This comes just a month after our Accountability Project found that one-third of districts say they can’t afford the upgrades. -
Vacancies on º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's School Safety Infrastructure Council have prevented the group from reviewing its criteria, as required by state law.
