Sweeping newspaper probes on sexual misconduct highlight data banks’ failures

Recent investigative stories by two nationally prominent newspapers, focusing on sexual misconduct by doctors and teachers, have been recognized as finalists for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, re-igniting public attention to the problem of professionals being disciplined in one state but continuing to practice with impunity in other states.

A ten-part series in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on doctors' sexual misconduct—and licensing boards' limited success in addressing it—ran from July through December 2016, and a six-part February and December 2016 USA Today series entitled "Dishonor Roll" explored similar misconduct by teachers.

These investigative journalism projects were . . .

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