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Todd C. Frankel

Business

The Cobalt Pipeline

Tracing the path of one of the world’s most in-demand minerals from deadly mines in Congo to your phone.

Todd C. Frankel The Washington Post Sep 2016 30min Permalink

World

"Then I Saw Them Everywhere. Children’s Belongings Were Everywhere.”

How the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 rippled around the world, from the battlefield of Ukraine to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to the White House.

Marc Fisher, Michael Birnbaum, Annie Gowen, Todd C. Frankel, Karen DeYoung, Karoun Demirjian, A. Odysseus Patrick Washington Post Jul 2014 20min Permalink

Death on the Rails

An investigation into pedestrian deaths on railroad tracks.

  1. Part One: Hundreds die walking the tracks each year

  2. Part Two: Railroads have fought efforts to identify problem spots for pedestrians

  3. Part Three: Towns, train fight over fences -- and responsibility for safety

Todd C. Frankel The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 2013 30min Permalink

'Knockout game' case shocked St. Louis, then fell apart

A group of teens allegedly create a violent game with a simple premise: “to knock out a stranger with a single punch.”

Todd C. Frankel The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mar 2012 15min Permalink