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 recommendations gleaned from accident investigations are not always adopted — even after additional deadly crashes.
Our investigators examine how the program works and dig into the states that have (and have not) banned the specific method.
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. Reliance on dated systems is eroding care.
Low-head dams claim as many as 50 lives a year: Feds are now cataloging them after years of inaction
Identifying, inventorying dams that become 'drowning machines' could take years as death toll climbs.
Vehicle thefts from parking lots and garages at airports nationwide have taken off in recent years.
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.
Advocates, victims’ families say lack of laws allow these companies to avoid accountability.
Following the deadly midair collision on Wednesday, our investigators found that dozens of close calls have been reported at Reagan National since 2010.
As the system weighs incarceration vs. rehabilitation, experts say patchwork of strategies leave gaps in the bars for juvenile justice.
Ahead of Groundhog Day, we put the world's most famous groundhog and America’s other furry, feathered and fabled weather prognosticators to the test.
Experts say extended patient turnover times at emergency rooms risk ‘crushing’ the EMS system, but few regulations exist to limit long waits.
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?
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.
Police departments coast to coast are going electric — pursuing savings and efficiency along with bad guys.
Poor maintenance tree trimming can have deadly consequences, but critics say it's not always clear who's responsible, and the public is often left in the dark.
The NTSB’s mission is to independently investigate all aircraft-involved events, but its frequent use of others for work on-scene troubles critics.
Garages and decks across the country are crumbling, and some experts fear failures will continue unless oversight increases.
Federal data and stories from coast-to-coast outline how entrenched bias affects the way properties are valued.
Outside investment in farmland continues to increase, but some economists and many farmers worry deep pockets are pushing prices above what the land is worth.
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.
Parents, educators, and elected officials agree that investing in school-based prevention efforts could help curb the rising rate of youth drug overdoses. The well-known D.A.R.E. program is one likely choice, but its effectiveness is in question.
The drug benefit industry says it works to lower costs and improve outcomes, but critics say these 'middlemen' have too much control.
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.
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.
A popular herbicide ingredient some farmers say is vital to business has devastated other farms because of the chemical's ability to drift under certain conditions. Enforcing the rules is in the hands of states, but there is a growing concern over whether federal action needs to be taken.
Diabetes patients say they're being priced out of being able to afford live-saving insulin. Who's to blame is a matter of who you ask.
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.
