Recent Reporting
The Great Bay Eelgrass Collapse
A multimedia story on the loss of New Hampshire's underwater meadows — EPA stormwater permits, watershed science, municipal compliance, and what it will take to bring them back.
→ Interactive maps, data tables, and a year-slider visualization
Recent Bylines
Coverage of state government, the environment, elections, and public records from a nonprofit newsroom serving New Hampshire.
→ indepthnh.org/author/aaron-r-davis/
Accountability Tools & Reporting Infrastructure
A public data workspace with live trackers, FOIA logs, court monitors, campaign-finance browsers, and environmental-data prototypes.
→ dashboard.aaronrdavis.news
Selected Work
Tax Analysts v. District of Columbia — OTR Private Letter Rulings
Built a public litigation record for the D.C. FOIA case seeking disclosure of 24 Office of Tax and Revenue private letter rulings. The D.C. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded in July 2023, holding that PLRs are not categorically exempt under D.C. Code § 47-4406.
→ 26 source documents, text extracts, and a 24-PLR index
Sheriff Tipping Off ICE
Reporters found the Contra Costa Sheriff posting release dates online, effectively alerting ICE to immigrant detainees.
Impact: Public forum and cancellation of ICE contract.
Ghost Ship Fire Investigation
Exclusive reporting that warehouse owners knew of dangerous electrical conditions before the deadly Oakland fire.
Impact: Cited by regulators and public utility commissions.
Helium Road Murder
Cell tower data analysis and reporting helped show a woman had been framed for murder by her ex-husband.
Impact: Woman released from death row; ex-husband charged.
Experience
- On Point Investigations — Private Investigator / Litigation Support Researcher
- U.S. News & World Report — Assignment Editor, Investing Vertical
- Tax Notes (Tax Analysts) — State Tax Reporter
- East Bay Times — Metro Reporter
Recognition
- Pulitzer Prize — Breaking News Reporting, 2017 (East Bay Times, Ghost Ship fire coverage)
Side Projects
Private Investigation Services
Witness location, interviews, skip tracing, OSINT, FOIA/RTK strategy, court files, regulatory searches, document review, and litigation support.
→ pi-services.html
GitHub Portfolio
Reporting tools, data dashboards, bots, and experiments in Python, JavaScript, and static-site deployment.
→ github.com/AR-Davis
Get in touch
Open to full-time reporting, editing, data journalism, and communications roles. Tell me what you're working on.
Email [email protected]Or call / text: 603-793-2654