For 21 years, Channel10 has been involved in investigative reporting. It’s been my job during this time to produce, write and eventually oversee our investigations. I’ve had the opportunity to work with Bill Griffith, Michael Finney, Bianca de la Garza, Bree Walker, Marti Emerald, Michael Tuck, Stephen Clark, Mark Matthews, Thom Jensen, Lauren Reynolds, Steve Atkinson and other good, solid, journalists during this long run.

Not many local television stations have two decades of experience in exposing wrongdoings in the community. But Channel 10 has done just that. To survive, to be successful, an investigative team needs good reporters, creative and thorough producers, experienced photojournalists, a sharp legal team and support from your management. We have gotten all of these resources and it has allowed us to do our jobs in a meaningful way. Trust me, some investigative stories can be like going to war and a professional and dedicated support staff is crucial to your ability to produce tough, thorough and fair reports.

The 10News ITeam goals are many: to investigate waste and inefficiency in government, uncover illegal or unfair practices by public and private entities, and just as importantly, to initiate positive change. Our goal is to continue this effort on behalf of the citizens of San Diego.

If you come back here in the future, you will be seeing something new, 10News Investigative team’s “The Story-Behind The Scenes.” I’ll be writing about some of the stories we break and how we did it. What was our thinking? What did we hope to accomplish? I hope you will come visit here again and give us your feedback on our stories, good or bad. After all, we are human, we don’t always get it right, but we sure try.

J.W.August Managing Editor