G. W. Schulz

G.W. Schulz is a homeland security reporter for the Center for Investigative Reporting. Prior to joining CIR, he wrote extensively about politics, municipal corruption, workplace safety, criminal justice and the changing national landscape in news media for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Urban Tulsa, a weekly newspaper in Oklahoma. He was an early contributor to the Chauncey Bailey Project, which won a Tom Renner Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors in 2008. In 2007, he won a first place prize in the category of investigative reporting from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for a series documenting the mistreatment of tenants by one of San Francisco’s largest landlords. He also won the coveted Public Service Award that year from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, for a series on the MediaNews Group’s takeover of several Bay Area newspapers. Schulz graduated from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.

Most Border Busts U.S. Pot Smokers

As federal aid dries up even as border security expands, localities are struggling to foot the bill, report Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz of the <a href="http://www.cironline.org" target="_blank">Center for Investigative Reporting</a>.

Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz | Published Jun 18, 2013

Border Drug Busts Mostly Americans

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While the Border Patrol highlights Mexican drug mules, three in four of those arrested by the agency for drug-related offenses are U.S. citizens, reports the <a href="http://cironline.org/" target="_blank">Center for Investigative Reporting</a>.

Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz, Tia Ghose | Published Mar 26, 2013

Lie Detectors on the Border?

A technology designed to ‘read’ your body’s intent finds new life on the border. A Center for Investigative Reporting exclusive.

G. W. Schulz | Published Jul 19, 2012

Big Brother’s License Plate Database

Invasion of Privacy?

Local police are using scanners attached to squad vehicles to photograph license plates, creating a private database capable of tracking motorists—and alarming civil liberties experts, reports G.W. Schulz, of the <a href="http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/" target="_blank">Center for Investigative Reporting</a>.

G. W. Schulz | Published Jan 12, 2012

Cops Ready for War

A decade of billions in spending in the name of homeland security has armed local police departments with military-style equipment and a new commando mentality. But has it gone too far? Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz of the <a href="http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/" target="_blank">Center for Investigative Reporting</a> report.

Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz | Published Dec 21, 2011