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2008 PHIL BURNHAM — Phil Burnham completed his article on the gradual disappearance of African Americans from Williamsburg since the Rockefeller Foundation turned it into a tourist attraction. He also completed his series of articles on the taking of Native American property by the U.S. military during World War II. ...

2008 REBECCA CLARREN — Rebecca Clarren completed her article on agricultural pesticide drift and measures that a local community has taken to monitor it effects. It was published by Orion magazine. Clarren also now has a regular blog on agricultural and environmental issues published by High Country News. Her article on the ethanol craze in the Midwest was published by ...

2008 CHRIS KETCHAM — Chris Ketcham completed his article questioning whether the government is compiling a list of people who should be detained in the event of declaration of martial law. It was published by Radar magazine. ...

2008 CHRIS PALA — Chris Pala completed his article on the effect that “algae farming” is having on the world’s coral reefs. It was published by the New York Times. ...

2007 JESSICA SNYDER SACHS — Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs, winner of the 2005 book award, has been published by Hill and Wang and is available in bookstores. Her argument is that “antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times”. “Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have ...

2007 CHICAGO REPORTER — The Chicago Reporter published its article on the use of city employees to gather nominating petitions for Mayor Daley and his cohorts. ...

2007 MARY BETH PFEIFFER — Mary Beth Pfeiffer completed her book on the treatment of mentally ill people held in America’s prisons. It is titled Crazy in America. ...

2007 TRUDY LIEBERMAN — Columbia Journalism Review published Trudy Lieberman’s article on hospitals’ manipulation of local television news programs to get free publicity. ...

2007 BAZ DREISINGER — Baz Dreisinger completed her article on a radical Islamist movement on the island of Trinadad. ...

2007 MIKE ANANE — The Ghanaian Observer and Public Agenda have published Mike Anane‘s stories about the environmental and economic consequences of open-pit gold mining by Western-owned companies in Ghana. ...