David Bernknopf
Executive Producer of Investigations
Anchorage
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David covered politics, economic and general news, produced national and international documentaries and served as Director of News Planning in a more than 20 year career at CNN; based in Atlanta. He was senior producer for CNN at the crash site of United Flight 93 on 9/11.
After running a boutique international video production company, he returned to investigative journalism as the National Investigative Producer for Full Measure, a Washington D.C. based news program that aired Sundays across the USA.
Follow him on twitter @bernknopfd
Education
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM AKDT
|By David Bernknopf
The fight between the Anchorage Assembly and Mayor Dave Bronson over documents related to the hiring and resignation of former Health Department Director Joe Gerace is now going to court.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 4:01 PM AKDT
|By David Bernknopf
Garrett Elder, the Anchorage man accused of carrying out a multi-million dollar fraud, made his first appearance before a judge on Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:21 PM AKDT
|By David Bernknopf
A federal judge in Texas promises a decision “soon” on whether to grant a request from a group of anti-abortion groups to rescind the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of the widely used abortion-inducing drug mifepristone — a decision that could lead to major changes throughout the country on how women access abortion where it is legal.
Anchorage man criminally charged by US Attorney for wire fraud scheme in alleged Tycoon Trading scam
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 5:20 PM AKDT
|By David Bernknopf
The United States Attorney’s office in Alaska has joined the Alaska Division of Banking and Securities in going after an Anchorage man accused of running a Ponzi-style scam.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 5:34 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf
Until now, it had not been disclosed how many times students were affected by the district’s policy, but an Alaska’s News Source investigation found that number to be in the thousands.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 7:36 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf
Several big-name national sponsors have walked away from the annual Alaska sled dog race in recent years, while other local sponsors and a handful of national companies remain as partners.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 7:06 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf and Mike Mason
With documented missteps and a slew of vacated administrative positions, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has staved off repeated calls for answers.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 5:39 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf
A private contractor hired to help with emergency snow removal has had to repay the city for fuel it improperly used from city pumps.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:35 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf and Paul Choate
Anchorage Assembly members say they approved that grant to help the group rebuild a food pantry in South Anchorage but the group purchased a church in Midtown instead.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 3:59 PM AKST
|By Rebecca Palsha and David Bernknopf
The former Health Department Director Joe Gerace has been accused of civil fraud.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 5:49 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf and Mike Mason
The Anchorage Assembly has scheduled special executive sessions and public meetings Thursday and Friday regarding a letter addressed to the Bronson administration by the lawyer for former Anchorage Municipal Manager Amy Demboski earlier this month.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 2:05 PM AKST
|By Nolin Ainsworth, David Bernknopf and Georgina Fernandez
An adult man was found dead near the intersection of Benson Boulevard and A streets on Thursday afternoon.
Judgment in Alaska elder abuse case not likely to keep accused from taking political office in Texas
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:28 PM AKST
|By David Bernknopf
An Alaska Superior Court judge entered a nearly $1.5 million judgment against James Vernon Sigler and Carla Sigler last month, the largest verdict ever in an Alaska elder abuse case.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:43 AM AKST
|By David Bernknopf
About 150 Republican activists gathered at a Alaska Republican Party event at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Sunday afternoon to rally the get-out-the-vote effort for GOP candidates.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 11:03 AM AKDT
|By David Bernknopf
With the Nov. 8 general election under a week away, three Alaska voting precincts have solved their election worker shortage, according to the Division of Elections.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 4:29 PM AKDT
|By David Bernknopf
Alaska Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna ruled Monday that the Division of Elections is required to enforce a provision of the Alaska Constitution that disqualifies from office any “person who advocates, or who aids or belongs to any party or organization or association which advocates, the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the United States or of the State...”
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 7:52 PM AKDT
|By Mike Mason and David Bernknopf
The Alaska Black Caucus and other civil rights groups are threatening legal action against the Anchorage Police Department for not buying body cameras, even though residents voted to pay for them more than a year ago.
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