Russ Choma
Reporter
Phone: (202) 885-3633
Russ is the Investigative Reporting Fellow at the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Until September 2011, he was a reporter at the Workshop, where he reported on green energy and the use of renewable energy funds contained in the 2009 stimulus package.
Russ has a master's degree in journalism and public policy from the American University's School of Communication. While at American, Russ was awarded the 2008-2009 BNA Fellowship, allowing him to work as a staff writer for BNA's Daily Report for Executives where he wrote about infrastructure investment and health care.
Prior to graduate school, Russ worked as a daily newspaper reporter in New Hampshire, covering courts and New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.
Stories written by Russ Choma
- Powerful Democrats help Chinese energy firm chase stimulus money (December 9th, 2010)
- Millions in grants went to wind farms built before stimulus passed (October 21st, 2010)
- Renewable energy money still going abroad, despite criticism from Congress (February 8th, 2010)
- Overseas firms collecting most green energy money (October 29th, 2009)
- Map: Wind farms awarded stimulus grants before program started (October 21st, 2010)
