When a snowmobile goes through the ice, these are the guys who find it
By James Odato
March 20, 2022
Patience, gear, experience rank high with professional ice divers
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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
March 20, 2022
Patience, gear, experience rank high with professional ice divers
By James Odato
March 4, 2022
State board mulling new mission statement for ORDA-run venues
By James Odato
February 27, 2022
Newcomb's sole practitioner is ending a 31-year run
By James Odato
January 2, 2022
Community nets $13 million in state awards, to revitalize 'Crossroads of the Adirondacks'
By James Odato
November 22, 2021
Barton Mines seeks permit through 2096 to operate aside wilderness
By James Odato
November 2, 2021
Upgrades are stemming overflows into the LaChute River
By James Odato
October 27, 2021
Influential group draws top elected leaders to Lake Placid for first meeting outside of Albany
By James Odato
September 27, 2021
Firm contests ORDA's bidding process, seeks to stop construction of a new Lake Placid headquarters for the Olympic Regional Development Authority.
By James Odato
August 13, 2021
One man was a self-taught Adirondack surveyor who would have a mountain named after him. The other was his nearly unknown biographer.
By James Odato
August 9, 2021
The shuttered lodge owned by Word of Life in Schroon Lake is under contract to be purchased by a private company next month.