Jamie Grey
Director of Investigations
Jamie specializes in crime, political and data investigative reporting and producing. Prior to coming to InvestigateTV, she was an assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and managing editor/chief investigator for the NBC affiliate in the Columbia/Jefferson City area. She has prior reporting experience in Iowa and Idaho and has won various state and regional awards for her investigative work. Jamie is a graduate of Mizzou, with degrees in journalism and higher education leadership and policy analysis.
Wearable floaties are often marketed as learn-to-swim aids for toddlers. Some even carry “Coast Guard approved” language—but parents and researchers worry they can create a false sense of safety and don't teach children to swim.
Investigation finds more than 180 facilities across 38 states and Puerto Rico received temporary waivers to tighter toxic air emission standards
Could you tell if that viral image or video you see on your favorite social media platform is real or AI? The InvestigateTV investigators ask the experts for the answers you need to know.
Silicosis is a public health problem unfolding for engineered stone fabricators across America, and questions are mounting about who is ultimately responsible if workers get sick
Hairstylists across the country are reporting adverse reactions ranging from burns to cancers connected to hair care products.
Hair relaxers and treatments commonly used in salons and even available in beauty stores contain formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals.
Engineered stone countertops are found in kitchens nationwide, but some workers who cut them are facing a silent health crisis with a deadly toll.
Over $1.1 billion has been paid to fired coaches since 2004, leaving universities on the hook for much of that money.
InvestigateTV examines how AI can not only be harnessed in positive ways, but also how it can be used by bad actors to trick people out of their money and play on emotions.
After assisting our reporting behind the scenes for months and supplying medical records, a military physician turned whistleblower goes on the record with InvestigateTV, opening up about his experience working in DHA facilities from coast to coast.
Patients often don’t realize that the same procedure at different locations (even with the same insurance) can have very different out-of-pocket costs.
Some designers & business owners say there’s a dark side to some low-price online deals, and they fear artificial intelligence is making it worse
Could you tell if that viral image or video you see on your favorite social media platform is real or AI? Our investigators ask the experts for the answers you need to know.
NIL regulations vary by state for high school athletes. Our investigators take an in-depth look at the journey of Jada Williams and Richie Clementi as they navigate the business side of sports at a young age.
What should you look for when researching nursing facilities? How can you find what you need? Our investigators help you here.
The independence of the federal agency to oversee consumer products and to create safety regulations now is at risk.
A judge determined that the Trump administration's firing of three commissioners for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission was unlawful and ordered their immediate reinstatement.
Foreign entities have bought 13 million more U.S. farm acres in 10 years, but agriculture policy scholars say the total could be far more.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, over 850,000 people filed claims over government imposter scams in 2023.
A directive by the White House in May to fire the three Democrats on the 5-member U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has left an untold number of proposed safety rules in limbo.
The three Democrats who serve on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced they were fired by President Donald Trump but say he has no authority to do so.
NTSB recommendations gleaned from accident investigations are not always adopted — even after additional deadly crashes.
Idling trains are a huge problem in communities across the country - with emissions impacting the environment and the health of people who live nearby as trains sit for hours pumping out pollutants.
InvestigateTV discovered this industry is operating in a medical gray area, with numerous questions being raised about treatments, sanitation and oversight.
Following the deadly midair collision on Wednesday, our investigators found that dozens of close calls have been reported at Reagan National since 2010.
When a new toy or baby invention hits the market, most parents assume those products have undergone rigorous safety testing. Our investigators found this isn't always the case.
The sidewalks of the French Quarter are now protected by portable, 700-pound barriers that the City already had in its possession.
Workers in New Orleans have added temporary barricades near Bourbon Street to stop possible, future attacks, but why were the existing barricades not used on New Year's Day?
Parents, consumer advocates, pediatricians and others are sounding alarms about a baby product named in death reports: weighted infant sleepwear.
Recalls of dangerous consumer products can sometimes take months if not years. But even after a recall, similar-looking products remain on the market. InvestigateTV examined toys that had been recalled and similar-looking products that weren't.
Thousands of children have been injured by ingesting water beads - tiny specks about the size of a cookie sprinkle that expand 100 times their size when exposed to water.
Patients and doctors say the health insurance claims process is increasingly lacking humanity as one major insurance company is taken to court over its use of a computer program.
School shooters are showing up with rifles, but school officers first on the scene are often armed only with a pistol.
Every year, the CPSC finds thousands of everyday household products for sale online or arriving at shipping ports that fail to meet federal safety standards. It is illegal to sell products in the U.S. that have been banned, recalled or failed to meet federal safety standards.
An InvestigateTV analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission data shows that since 2000, the agency has had to re-announce the recall of at least 46 products because the original alert did not reach the ears of consumers and, in many cases, continued to cause harm.
President Joe Biden's administration is leading a push to get more electric vehicles on the road, but the lack of charging infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, poses a challenge for potential EV drivers.
Permission to Practice: Doctors, patients say insurance prior-authorizations put profits over people
Insurance companies say these reviews lower costs and protect patients, but what requires advance permission varies plan to plan, and critics argue the policies get between a patient and their doctor.
When a company learns a product it sells could be defective and dangerous, it has 24 hours to let the federal government’s Consumer Product Safety Commission know about it. But it could take months or years for the public to find out about the company’s possible concerns, if they even come to light at all. InvestigateTV has been battling CPSC and companies to disclose information about the products companies have sounded the alarm on – an alarm that remains relatively silent.
Experts say $23 billion USDA program set a precedent for spending without Congressional oversight and had a concerning mix of political influence and limited compliance monitoring.
Electric vehicle fires can start when cars are parked or charging, which car safety experts say make them different and more shocking than other car fires. Companies are working on implementing a fix for defective batteries, but it's taking longer than owners would like.
The law allows states to create their own special education policies based on the federal IDEA framework. As a result, there are varying policies and parents are left trying to navigate complicated systems.
After the deaths of 13 children over the last 12 years, this summer, Fisher-Price and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned parents not to let their children sleep in certain rockers the company has made since the 1990s. Now, InvestigateTV has discovered that during a 2021 Congressional hearing, the company dodged questions about whether it currently had products on the market linked to children’s deaths.
Sometimes a surgeon is the salesman. Across the country, there are physician-owned distributorships where doctors own part of a medical device company and then buy (or have their hospital buy) that hardware to use in their own surgeries.
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requires research into the gender gap in vehicle crash testing, but lawmakers want Secretary Pete Buttigieg to take action now to close the Collision Division.
Programs bridging public schools and homeschooling are growing fast, but critics worry about what that means for the future of education.
As lawmakers debate including female drivers in more crash test standards, the agency in charge is staying quiet.
Updated daily, this COVID-19 hotspot map illustrates where the largest number of new cases (relative to population) have been reported in the last seven days.
Bridging the Great Health Divide explores issues in rural America through the lens of residents, doctors and other health care providers.
Gray Television stations will air a documentary about disparities in rural health care and the people working to bridge the great health divide.
The purpose of the food stamp program is to help low-income families access healthy foods, but in rural America, that can be difficult.
