Kelsey Landis
Watchdog reporter
LATEST PROJECTS
Public Policy Professors Work Within the Ranks to Include Race-Conscious Dialogue
Professors have started the push to bring discussions of race and equity to public administration curricula, which have historically lacked in considering how policy decisions affect underrepresented citizens.
Systemic Racism in Personalized Medicine
Genetic testing overall is more accurate for White people than for people of color, according to a 2019 study by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard published in Nature Genetics.
This disparity means new prescription drugs and other advanced healthcare developments will systematically benefit individuals with European ancestry more than people of color if changes aren’t made, according to the study.
MetroLink investigation
It took me and a colleague more than a year to complete this investigation, which involved filing dozens of open records requests, compiling data into a spreadsheet and then analyzing the data. What we found contradicts what most people in the St. Louis region believe about their light-rail system.
Coverage of sexual misconduct at Scott Air Force Base
Since December 2017, I’ve closely followed a case involving a former Air Force commander and his sexual misconduct against a female junior airman. Not only did I break news in that case, but I followed up with in-depth analysis each time. I will continue to follow the case as it continues to its final stage—the colonel’s retirement.
Public Pay Database
I maintained the Belleville News-Democrat's Public Pay Database. This is a collection of all the salaries for public employees at every level in the metro-east, including schools and local governments. I submit open records requests for the information, clean the data and publish it to our database. I also run analysis and write stories for each entry.
Coverage of Granite City Works steel mill
I’ve diligently covered the effects on steel tariffs on Granite City Works steel mill. I covered President Donald Trump’s visit to the mill and was also interviewed by a French television station on the subject.