Three online publications clinched a George Polk Award in Journalism for the first time in the 69-year history of the awards. BuzzFeed, VICE News and The Intercept were among 17 winners announced last week at the National Press Club in advance of an awards luncheon in April in New York. John Darnton, curator of the …
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Reporters from The New York Times and The Washington Post said government officials have leaked more information to the media under the current White House administration than they have under any other president. Michael Schmidt, a national security reporter for the Times, and Greg Miller, national security correspondent for the Post, said their stories depend …
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The Trump administration’s promise to tighten immigration efforts ramped up this week. Here’s a roundup of some of the coverage. Earlier this month, Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, decided to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. Salvadorans and Haitians with TPS have 60 days to re-apply to the …
The following essay by Charles Lewis is excerpted from a new book, “Global Teamwork: The Rise of Collaboration in Investigative Journalism,” edited by Richard Sambrook and published by the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford. The future potential for increased collaborative research and journalism is enormous and exciting to imagine. And the dynamics driving …
Executive Editor Charles Lewis urged young journalists to get excited about the profession and to hold those in power accountable this month at a two-day, international conference in Edinburgh. About 2,000 students applied for 100 slots in the selective program, and those chosen represented more than 40 countries. The students were “full of idealism” during …
Charles Lewis will travel to England in December to participate in an Oxford University investigative journalism collaborations roundtable. Lewis, who founded the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in 1997 on the premise of collaboration among journalists across news organizations and countries, will speak about the recent success of the Panama Papers project due in part …
Chuck Lewis travels to Australia this week for the “Integrity20: Age of Insecurities” conference, participating as one of “20 of the world’s most unique, courageous and provocative minds.” He will talk about the dysfunction of democracy and widespread disillusion with government and the news media — and what he calls “the most bizarre U.S. presidential …
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The Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honored Charles Lewis with the 2016 Distinguished Public Service Award, presented Tuesday night at the National Press Club in Washington. Former Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie wrote Lewis’ introduction, which was read by Stephen Taylor, a freelance reporter and producer for Fox News Radio …
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More than 3,000 refugees resettled in San Diego County during federal fiscal 2016, leading some in the community to question whether area schools with limited resources could deliver on the refugee dream of a quality education for all in America.
“Nightmare Bacteria: Life Without Antibiotics” is a new interactive multimedia project of the Investigative Reporting Workshop. The goal of the project is to engage and inform a wider audience about the overuse of antibiotics and its consequences.
An interactive timeline examines President Trump’s use of executive orders to restrict access to the U.S.
In April 2016, at the height of the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, Congress effectively stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most potent weapon against large drug companies suspected of spilling prescription narcotics onto the nation’s streets. A Washington Post investigation.
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