2009 MARIA O’DONNELL — Maria O’Donnell examined media manipulation in Argentina through government-controlled advertising for Radio Mitre. The article, published in 2006, made it to the finals of an important investigative journalism contest in Latin America and led to a book, based on the same investigation. ...
2009 KENT PATERSON — Kent Paterson authored a print-radio series on hazardous materials shipments on the U. S.-Mexico border post 9-11, cruise ship tourism and corruption in US border law enforcement. Series was aired and published 2007-2008. ...
2009 GARETH PORTER — Gareth Porter completed a penetrating investigation of the 1996 truck bomb explosion in the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 US airmen and wounded 372. In a five-part series for the Inter Press Service News Agency (July 2009), he uncovered a deliberate Saudi effort, aided and abetted by then FBI Director Louis Freeh, to ...
2009 PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE — Progressive Magazine celebrated its 100th anniversary with a FIJ-supported book devoted to many of its best investigative articles, from Robert LaFollette’s 1921 investigation of Teapot Dome to a 2001 expose of how the U.S. used sanctions to degrade Iraq’s water supply following the Gulf War. ...
2008 BART JONES — Bart Jones completed his investigative biography of Hugo Chavez, titled Hugo! : The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution. The book was published by Steer Forth Press. One reviewer called it a “masterful achievement that finally puts this crucial Latin American figure … into context within Venezeula, within Latin America, as well as ...
2008 RACHEL GRAVES — Rachel Graves completed her article tracking the easy flow of handguns from manufacturer to owners – both legal and illegal – and about the politics of the gun ownership debate. It was published by the Christian Science Monitor. ...
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. ...