Jim DeBrosse, Ph.D

Author, Journalist, Investigative Reporter, Researcher, Editor, Teacher

I'm the author of five books, a contributing writer for Cincinnati Magazine and an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist. I retired in 2018 as an assistant professor of journalism at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As part of my commitment to social justice, I co-founded a news website devoted to workplace fairness and equal opportunity, "Cincinnatians for the American Dream." Since earning my certification from the International TEFL Academy in 2021, I've volunteered locally and overseas to teach English as a second language.

Recent Articles

Getting To The Bottom Of Indy’s Pothole Palooza

Getting To The Bottom Of Indy’s Pothole Palooza

By Jim DeBrosse |

The sorry condition of our city’s streets is old news to residents and an unpleasant surprise to visitors. The wild swings in our winter weather— 20 degrees one day, 50 the next—are murder on roadways, it’s true. But that’s only one cause of this perpetual problem.

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RESTAURANT AND BAR WORKERS REACH A TIPPING POINT

RESTAURANT AND BAR WORKERS REACH A TIPPING POINT

By Jim DeBrosse |

Servers, bartenders, and line cooks left the hospitality industry during the pandemic. Those who remain are banding together to push restaurant and bar owners to improve pay, protect tips, and find a better work/life balance.

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Are alleged sex claims enough for Ohio State to sever ties with Wexner and his millions?

Are alleged sex claims enough for Ohio State to sever ties with Wexner and his millions?

By Jim DeBrosse |

Virginia Giuffre’s testimony has shed new and disturbing light on the years of rumors swirling around billionaire retail magnate and Columbus-area resident Les Wexner and his decades-long relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex predator and trafficker of underage teens like Giuffre

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My Books

See No Evil

See No Evil

By Jim DeBrosse |

Why do the mainstream media marginalize and ridicule more plausible conspiracy theories when the majority of Americans long ago wrote off the Warren Report as a cover-up? See No Evil analyzes the built-in biases of the U.S. corporate media, exposes its complicity in the whitewashing, and advocates for the broadest possible investigation into the motives and key players who may have been responsible for the Crime of the Twentieth Century.

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The Secret in Building 26

The Secret in Building 26

By Jim DeBrosse |

The Secret in Building 26 is a history of America’s heroic effort to break the Nazi’s toughest Enigma codes during World War II. And the heart of the operation was hidden in a nondescript factory building at NCR in Dayton, Ohio. The Washington Post said the book “needs to be read… by those who want to understand the indispensible role of information technology in modern warfare.”

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Hidden City

Hidden City

By Jim DeBrosse |

In Hidden City, a plot to spread plague among Cincinnati’s homeless population leads investigative reporter Rick Decker underground into the city’s long-abandoned subway tunnels. Set in Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine and Brewery districts, this is the second mystery novel in the Rick Decker series, and a Mystery Book Fan Club selection.

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The Serpentine Wall

The Serpentine Wall

By Jim DeBrosse |

When six college football stars die in a suspicious after-hours fire on a luxurious riverboat nightclub, reporter Rick Decker’s investigation runs up against both organized crime and an overzealous county prosecutor. 

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Southern Cross

Southern Cross

By Jim DeBrosse |

In Southern Cross, the disappearance of a wealthy heir on a Caribbean cruise takes Decker to the British Virgin Islands, where the beauty of the setting is matched only by the treachery of the plot he uncovers.

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