Cris Barrish
Cris Barrish, a national award-winning investigative reporter, covers stories about Delaware.
Cris worked at Wilmington (Del.) News Journal for 34 years, starting out writing about local sports but ultimately becoming the senior investigative reporter — a position he held for nearly two decades. At the News Journal, he won dozens of national and regional awards for his exposés about corruption, incompetence, and sheer outrageousness in the First State. He won the University of Colorado/Denver Press Club Al Nakkula Award for Police reporting and other honors for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated series of investigative stories on the failed efforts by police, prosecutors, and medical officials to stop a pedophile pediatrician who raped more than 100 young girls he treated.
He was lead author of “Fatal Embrace,” a true-crime book about the murder by prominent attorney Tom Capano of gubernatorial secretary Ann Marie Fahey. He has appeared in several television documentaries and on radio and cable news about cases he covered, including A&E’s “American Justice” and “City Confidential,” the Discovery Network, CNN, NPR, and local and regional news shows.
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The biggest sporting event in northern Delaware history will take place next week at the Wilmington Country Club. It’s the BMW golf championship, one of the sport’s premier events. WHYY’s Cris Barrish reports on the preparations for an event expected to draw 130,000 fans over four days of competition in the semifinals of the PGA’s FedEx playoffs.
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The mental and behavioral health crisis facing American kids in the third year of the pandemic took center stage Monday at a prominent children's hospital near Wilmington. During the forum, a member of President Biden's cabinet heard concerns from parents, kids, doctors and politicians. WHYY's Cris Barrish has more.
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A new 300-pound nurses' aide at Delaware's Christiana Hospital draws curious looks from patients, visitors and staff alike. Its name is Moxi. WHYY's Cris Barrish spent some time recently with staffers and the unusual "hire" with heart-shaped eyes.
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A $20,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who opened fire during Philadelphia's Fourth of July festivities Monday night. WHYYs Tom MacDonald reports.
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Delaware is moving forward with a package of gun control bills, but the governor and lawmakers left out a measure that would require a permit and training to buy a handgun. WHYY’s Cris Barrish reports that the measure cleared the state Senate more than a year ago but has since been buried in the House.
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A ban on sales of AR-15 rifles and other assault-style weapons in Delaware cleared its final legislative hurdle on Thursday night and will soon become law. WHYY’s Cris Barrish reports.
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Delaware has revised its plastic bag ban, with new changes that take effect July 1. The statue was updated after stores had found a way to subvert a law that took effect nearly 18 months ago. WHYY's Cris Barrish reports.
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A bill to legalize the sale of marijuana in Delaware failed Thursday in the state House by a slim margin. WHYY's Cris Barrish reports that the measure to legalize sales isn't dead just yet.
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Rebates of $300 apiece will be going to more than 620,000 Delaware taxpayers next month under an inflation-relief plan that cleared the General Assembly on Thursday. WHYY's Cris Barrish reports.
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Delaware became the 11th state to approve paid family and medical leave for workers. WHYY's Cris Barrish reports.