TOM DAVIS

A look at the potential impact of moving toxic soil from a suburban New Jersey town to a rural Colorado region. This series was among a group of articles that helped me win the Best Portfolio award in the 2003 New Jersey Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest. Published in The Record of Bergen County... A story on how New Jersey uses a "credit card" to finance routine transportation maintenance was the lead, front-page story in The Record, The Star-Ledger and The Times of Trenton on Dec. 17, 2009... With just three weeks left in the 2009 campaign, Gov. Corzine admitted to me that he may have to raise the gas tax to pay for transportation projects. Story helped turn the tide in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. Published in The Star-Ledger.