InvestigationWorld Pushed by China, Tibetans Leave Nepal Political instability, economic uncertainty, and pressure from China bear down on one of world’s most vulnerable populations. Greg BrunoGlobal PostApril 12, 2010
ImpactJournalism A Nod from the WashPost A Roy Harris piece in The Washington Post today on the Pulitzer Prize and the future of journalism mentions an Investigative Fund collaboration with ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune… Esther KaplanApril 12, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Bloomberg’s Offshore Millions A charitable foundation controlled by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg shunted hundreds of millions of dollars into offshore tax havens, producing nothing in revenue for the city. Aram RostonNew York ObserverApril 10, 2010
InvestigationJustice The Cloud Panopticon A close look inside Google, cloud computing, neuromarketing, national intelligence, and the new age of no privacy. Christopher Ketcham & Travis KellyCounterPunchApril 9, 2010
NewsTechnology Wikileaks, Whistleblowing Website, in Spotlight Until Wikileaks.org posted the horrifying video of an American attack helicopter shooting civilians in Iraq — including two journalists — the pioneering whistleblower website was little known to the general public. Joe ConasonApril 9, 2010
InvestigationPolitics Money and Influence Peddling in the Vatican The late Father Marcial Maciel Degollado was a fabulously successful fundraiser and magnetic recruiter for the Catholic Church. He was also a notorious pedophile who fathered several children while a priest. A tale of evading accountability. (Part 1 of 2; read part 2 here.) Jason BerryNational Catholic ReporterApril 6, 2010
ImpactJournalism Three Investigative Fund Stories Honored by IRE Today Investigative Reporters and Editors honored two Investigative Fund stories published in collaboration with The Nation — A.C. Thompson’s exposé of racial violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Aram Roston’s probe into corruption in US contracting in Afghanistan. Plus… Esther KaplanMarch 29, 2010
NewsJustice, World KBR on Trial — At Last Five years after alerting authorities that she was gang-raped in Iraq, KBR/Halliburton employee Jamie Leigh Jones will finally get her day in court… Karen HouppertMarch 27, 2010
NewsBusiness UBS, JP Morgan Implicated in Scheme To Cheat Taxpayers Over a dozen Wall Street firms, including Bank of America Corp., JP Morgan Chase & Co., UBS AG and the financial services arm of General Electric Co. have been implicated in a conspiracy to defraud taxpayers, Marissa Colon-MargoliesMarch 26, 2010
ImpactJournalism More Award Finalists Aram Roston’s Investigative Fund probe, “How the US Funds the Taliban,” which ran as a Nation cover story, has just been named a finalist for the Daniel Pearl Award… Esther KaplanMarch 18, 2010