Chicago Tribune reporters Jason Grotto and Tim Jones authored a chilling five-part series, Agent Orange: A Lethal Legacy, describing the devastating health consequences suffered by U.S. military veterans and Vietnamese nationals who were exposed to Agent Orange and other dioxin-laced defoliants during the war in Vietnam. Birth defects have extended the impact to a second generation. But the U.S. government ...
2009 GREG BOSNAN & JENNIFER SZYMASZEK — Greg Brosnan and Jennifer Szymaszek produced a video, Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages, that appears on Frontline Rough Cuts website. It tells about the Guatemalans who were rounded up in a large immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, and sent back to their home country. ...
2009 JONATHAN GREEN — Murder in the High Himalaya, a book by Jonathan Green about the brutal murder of a 17-year-old nun fleeing to India by Chinese border guards. Will be published in the Spring of 2010. “Murder in the High Himalaya is the unforgettable account of the brutal killing of Kelsang Namtso—a seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun fleeing to India—by Chinese ...
2009 HAL HERRING — Hal Herring wrote an article in Miller-McCune magazine about the plans of St. Joseph Company to develop large areas of timberland in the Florida panhandle: The Panhandle Paradox. ...
2009 SCOTT CARNEY — Scott Carney’s Meet the Parents – Confronting the Dark Side of Overseas Adoption was published in Mother Jones in its March/April 2009 issue with both photos and text. The article is a poignant and powerful account about children kidnapped in Indian slums, sold to orphanages and sent to foreign countries for adoption and the lack of ...
2009 THOMAS A. BASS — Thomas A. Bass’ The Spy Who Loved Us was published by PublicAffairs in 2009. “Pham Xuan An was a brilliant journalist and an even better spy. A long-time correspondent for Time and friendly with all the legendary reporters covering Vietnam, he was an invaluable source of news and font of wisdom on all things Vietnamese. ...
2009 PRATAP CHATTERLEE — Pratap Chatterlee’s Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War, published by Nation Books, was written up in Vanity Fair and praised in other reviews. The book received FIJ’S 2005 Robert I. Friedman award. “From Halliburton’s vital mission as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq—without it there could ...
2009 SUSAN COHEN & CHRISTINE COSGROVE — Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove’s Normal at Any Cost, was the recipient of FIJ’s $25,000 book award in 2003. The book about hormones that affect the growth of children, was published in March 2009 and widely reviewed. ...
2009 JP OLSEN — JP Olsen of Brooklyn, NY, produced and directed a one-hour public television documentary on secret CIA-funded drug experiments at the U.S. Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The film is also the subject of an accompanying book, The Narcotic Farm, which Olsen co-authored, published by Harry Abrams. “The Narcotic Farm – both the documentary and the book ...
2009 JANET GARDNER — Janet Gardner’s The Last Ghost of War is an award winning documentary about the devastating and long-lasting effects of Agent Orange, which caused genetic defects that have been passed on for generations of Vietnamese. Between 3.5 and 5 million Vietnamese were exposed to it and their children and children’s children are paying the price. ...