2002 MARY ANN SWISSLER — The Marketing of Breast Cancer investigated the Susan G. Komen Foundation, sponsor of the “Race for the Cure,” and its emphasis on finding a medical cure for breast cancer. Her story was published by Southern Exposure magazine and distributed over the Internet by AlterNet.org. ...
2002 JOE RODRIGUEZ — East Side Stories, a photojournalism book examining gang in Los Angeles. His book was published by Powerhouse Books. ...
2002 THE ADIRONDAK EXPLORER — Completed a two-year series of stories about development pressures facing Adirondack Park and the failure of officials to properly address the problem. ...
2002 JIMMIE BRIGGS — Guerilla Girls, a story investigating the use of girls as suicide bombers by Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka. The story was published by Bust magazine and was the basis for a report aired on ABC’s 20/20. ...
2001 NAFTALI MUNGAI — Investigated extensive environmental damage and associated issues of corruption involving titanium mining in Kenya by the Canadian-owned company Tiomin Resources Inc. His article was published in The People (Nairobi). ...
2001 BEVERLY PETERSON — Invisible Revolution, a video documentary, examined the raw struggle between young KKK supporters and their anti-racist adversaries. The documentary included an interview with Benjamin Smith conducted shortly before he went on a racist killing spree in the Midwest. The video was first shown on public television in Dayton and subsequently screened at the Sundance film festival ...
2001 WALLACE ROBERTS — Questioned whether California power-generating companies conspired to raise electricity prices by exploiting weaknesses in the state’s deregulation law. The article was published in the Sacramento Bee. Roberts was a recipient of the Fund’s annual book award for a book investigating the impact of electricity deregulation on consumers. ...
2001 GEOFFREY F.X. O’CONNELL — The Mystery of the 364th reveals the story of a ten-year investigation questioning whether a black WWII Army regiment was massacred at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. Published in Gambit Weekly (New Orleans) April 10, 2001 www.bestofneworleans.com. A History Channel documentary on the subject, based on O’Connell’s research, will air soon. Versions of the Gambit Weekly ...
2001 EL ANDAR MAGAZINE — Silicone Shame, a series of investigative reports on the health and environmental impact that computer manufacturing has on low-income workers. ...
2001 DAN LA BOTZ — Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto published in June 2001 by South End Press: Cambridge. The book is an in-depth examination of Indonesia’s labor movement since the overthrow of the Suharto dictatorship and the continuing struggle for democratization and workers’ rights. Information is available on the publisher’s web site at www.southendpress.org. ...