Emily Featherston
Investigative Producer
Massachusetts
Emily joined the InvestigateTV team as an investigative producer in 2021. Before that, Emily was an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist at WECT News in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she focused on local government, election administration, healthcare and business stories. She came to television from the print world, having worked as an award-winning community journalist in Birmingham, Alabama. Emily is a graduate of Samford University with both a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a Master of Business Administration.
NTSB investigates Miami cargo plane overrun as data shows thousands of runway excursions.
Records show Flock cameras have gone up in some communities before elected officials ever approved them — and the company's "whitelists" let certain vehicles vanish from the system entirely.
Florida troopers built their case on a license plate reader hit. It took a second investigation to find out they'd targeted the wrong vehicle.
Questions about privacy and oversight surrounding Flock Safety's national camera network persist
Company founder says changes to license plate reader data system ‘came from listening’ and is calling on state leaders to increase oversight.
There’s a growing pattern of license plate reader database misuse by law enforcement officers, and public access to one system's tracking transparency is changing
Data shows more than 400 crashes within a quarter mile of public airport runways since 2015 — and some communities in these flight paths are demanding answers.
A potentially life-saving airbag is standard in most new European vehicles but largely unavailable to American drivers, with federal regulators and safety raters declining to make it a priority.
Waste facilities are seeing more lithium-ion battery fires while many areas lack convenient, affordable drop-off options for the most dangerous devices
A family’s devastating loss after a truck tire failure prompts deeper questions about why large-truck tires blow out and how often those failures contribute to deadly crashes.
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.
A “holy grail” card can be worth thousands — or be worthless if it’s fake. We track the surge in trading card theft and fraud across the country.
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.
Some in the industry are frustrated with the stigma caused by bad actors and want more regulation nationwide.
Federal transportation officials announced the publication of technical documents and expressed optimism for the future of the new technology.
People across the country have reported receiving bills for tolls or traffic violations they shouldn't have — and experts say drivers looking to avoid fines and fees combined with how agencies send out bills is likely to blame.
Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.
Near collisions, equipment failures and staff shortages have left pilots and controllers stressed
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. Reliance on dated systems is eroding care.
An inside look at the heists that have the trucking and rail industries calling for better federal coordination of cases
Researchers believe low-head dams have caused more than 1,000 drownings over the last several decades, with an average of around 50 people killed each year.
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.
Advocates, victims’ families say lack of laws allow these companies to avoid accountability.
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.
Garages and decks across the country are crumbling, and some experts fear failures will continue unless oversight increases.
