Lake Placid puts in bid to host 2026 Olympic sliding events
By James Odato
December 7, 2023
Organizers in Italy seek to farm out the competition to cut costs of hosting the Olympics
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In a career rooted in watchdog reporting, Explorer editor James M. Odato has been cited as one of New York’s top journalists covering state government, gambling, and abuse and waste of public money. He has written thousands of articles, his byline has appeared in numerous national publications and his investigative stories have spurred reforms. As a staff reporter for five daily newspapers, including the Albany Times Union and Buffalo News, Odato has received more than 30 awards from the Associated Press, New York Publishers Association, the New York Legislative Correspondents Association and other media organizations. In 2007, Investigative Reporters and Editors recognized his reporting with the Freedom of Information Award Medal. In October 2021, the University of Massachusetts Press released his book, This Brain Had a Mouth, Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation.
In a career rooted in watchdog reporting, Explorer editor James M. Odato has been cited as one of New York’s top journalists covering state government, gambling, and abuse and waste of public money. He has written thousands of articles, his byline has appeared in numerous national publications and his investigative stories have spurred reforms. As a staff reporter for five daily newspapers, including the Albany Times Union and Buffalo News, Odato has received more than 30 awards from the Associated Press, New York Publishers Association, the New York Legislative Correspondents Association and other media organizations. In 2007, Investigative Reporters and Editors recognized his reporting with the Freedom of Information Award Medal. In October 2021, the University of Massachusetts Press released his book, This Brain Had a Mouth, Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation.
By James Odato
December 7, 2023
Organizers in Italy seek to farm out the competition to cut costs of hosting the Olympics
By James Odato
November 8, 2023
Spring break event timing brings unique challenges
By James Odato
October 25, 2023
Newly hired Kathy Bonavist directed the enrollment office when the school had some of its highest student numbers, reaching 1,050 in 2012.
By James Odato
October 17, 2023
Mount Van Hoevenbeg will be one of 10 worldwide sites of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Mountain Bike World Series.
By James Odato
September 5, 2023
Task force suggests best practices and alternatives to salt on Adirondack roads
By James Odato
August 21, 2023
Former Olympic luger led the World University Games planning
By James Odato
July 31, 2023
The Lake Placid emergency room's dwindling use and losses associated with running it have forced its closure.
By James Odato
July 20, 2023
New York State Police chose a closed central New York college for its auxiliary academy
By James Odato
July 14, 2023
Paul Smith's College Interim President Daniel Kelting notified faculty and staff that the school will be unwinding its administrative partnership with Fedcap and the school had terminated its application for approval of the Fedcap acquisition.
By James Odato
June 26, 2023
Partners present acquisition plan as model for other colleges