Ted Oberg joined the News4 I-Team after serving as an investigative reporter in Houston for more than 20 years.
Oberg has extensive experiencing covering important issues such as gun crime and inequity in education. While spending so much time in Texas, he also has contributed to in-depth coverage of border issues and almost every hurricane this century.
He is most proud of his work exposing mistreatment in jails, undercover inside deals in local government and breakdowns in systems upon which our most vulnerable neighbors rely to stay safe. His peers have recognized his work with several Emmy awards.
Oberg is a self-described FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) junkie, juggling a dozen or more requests at a time to break the next big story.
Oberg spent several years reporting in Virginia for WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads and WSLS-TV in Roanoke. He also spent time at WLUC in Marquette after graduating from the University of Michigan.
He has his wife are raising three daughters.
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Protesters seek return near Blinken's home as police cost tops $340K
Using a Freedom of Information Act request, the I-Team found Virginia State Police spent $339,642 on the Chain Bridge Road Operation from July 26 – the day they removed protesters – until September 10.
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Woman hurt in gas explosion at Columbia Heights apartment
A woman was seriously hurt Friday morning in an apparent natural gas explosion at an apartment building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of D.C., fire officials say. Firefighters evacuated the four-story apartment building at 1433 Columbia Road Northwest and shut off the gas after finding the woman in serious condition, D.C. Fire and EMS said. Neighbors said the woman...
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Internal DC review halts violence interruption contract renewals after Trayon White arrest
Following D.C. Council member Trayon White’s bribery arrest earlier this month, the D.C. government has launched a wide-ranging review of violence interruption work. An affidavit released after White’s arrest alleges the D.C. Council member took bribes to influence violence interruption contracts within D.C.’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. White has not been indicted, nor commented on the allegations,...
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Act fast, be curious when a loved one moves toward political extremism, experts say
With weeks to go before the 2024 election, experts in extremism and political violence are issuing warnings to families who see loved ones gravitating toward extreme ideology.
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‘Illegal payouts,' yacht parties: DC fines title companies $3.2M
Four title companies doing business in D.C. are set to pay over $3 million in penalties for operating an illegal kickback scheme, the Office of the Attorney General announced Thursday.
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After calling News4 in leak probe, DC police issues hands-off order
Days after an Internal Affairs Division (IAD) agent called News4 asking for names of confidential sources, D.C. police issued a division order to all Internal Affairs investigators to back off the practice. In the order, IAD Commander John Knutsen told all members of the IAD: “The IAD member shall not contact nor attempt to interview the media representative in...
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DC 911 center depends on overtime, risking errors and doubling some salaries
An average of 202 people each day since July 1 hang up on D.C. 911 after waiting at least 15 seconds on hold, data obtained by the News4 I-Team shows.
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DC 911 center understaffed 88% of all shifts in July as outages mount
D.C.’s 911 center had its second outage in two weeks Friday. It was due to a “connectivity disruption,” during which public safety agencies “transitioned to manual dispatch.”
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Federal prosecutor under ethics cloud still prosecuting; few DC prosecutors ever punished
Seven years after hundreds of people were arrested in D.C. protesting Donald Trump’s inauguration, those prosecutions are suddenly back in the spotlight after ethics violations were raised against the federal prosecutor in the case. The group that investigates complaints against D.C. lawyers, the D.C. Bar Board on Professional Responsibility, recently filed a complaint against Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens. After the...
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Family says it could not get through to DC 911 when baby wouldn't wake from nap
A family says they called 911 Friday after discovering their 5-month-old baby wouldn’t wake up from a nap, but they told police they could not get through to 911, the News4 I-Team confirmed. That child was pronounced dead during a 911 computer outage that afternoon. Two family members told police they called 911 Friday afternoon, according to two public safety…
