2005 KELLY McEVERS — Kelly McEvers’ investigation of circumstances surrounding the 2004 siege of a school in Beslan, Russia, was published online by Slate magazine. Foreign Policy magazine has committed to publishing another version of her investigation, and National Public Radio will broadcast an audio report. The evidence strongly suggests that official corruption and police collusion played a large role ...
2005 STEPHEN FERRY — Stephen Ferry’s photojournalistic essay on the lives of people affected by Columbia’s ongoing civil war was published by National Geographic. The Open Society Institute exhibited his work in a gallery at its Washington office, and Wired and GEO, a French magazine also published his photos. The Fund’s grant to Ferry was made in 2000 and completion ...
2005 GEORGE ANTHAN & JACK COFFMAN — George Anthan and Jack Coffman have completed their report on newspapers in the Northern Great Plains states, where depopulation has killed scores of small town papers and left others struggling to survive. Their story and photographs were published by the Columbia Journalism Review. ...
2005 SEEMA SINGH — Seema Singh, the 2005 recipient of the Robert I. Friedman Award, investigated drug testing in India, where major pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of lax oversight and poor standards to achieve favorable results on the trials of new drugs. Her lengthy report was published in the Sunday editions of Newindpress, an Indian newspaper. The Nation magazine ...
2004 ALICE HORRIGAN — Investigated crime victims who never receive the restitution they were promised by courts. Unclaimed restitution funds now total more than $100 million according to her account. ...
2004 PHILLIP BABICH — Investigated the federal government’s inept response to a disasterous coal slurry accident in a report aired on NPR’s Living on Earth. ...
2004 LIZA FEATHERSTONE — Examined Wal-Mart’s treatment of female employees Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers Rights at Wal-Mart, published by Basic Books. ...
2004 RON CHEPESIUK — Explored the impact of globalization on women garment workers in South Asia in an article for Toward Freedom magazine. ...
2004 CHRISTOPHER BRYSON — Investigated health and environmental concerns surrounding the use of fluoride in drinking water in The Flouride Deception, published by Seven Stories Press. ...
2004 CHARLES LAYTON — Explored lobbying and political activity by major communications firms in a series of articles published by American Journalism Review. ...