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Seth Rosenfeld
Seth Rosenfeld (born 1956) is an American journalist. He is the author of ''Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power'', published in hardback in 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in paperback in 2013 by Picador. ''Subversives'' was a New York Times best-seller and won the 2013 Ridenhour Prize for books; PEN Center USA's Literary Award for Research Nonfiction; the National Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Award; and the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Rosenfeld was a staff reporter for the ''San Francisco Examiner'' from 1984 to 2000, and for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 2000 to 2009. Since then his articles have appeared in the ''New York Times'', ''The Los Angeles Times'', ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', ''Harper's Magazine'', and other publications. He is a contributor to the Center for Investigative Reporting and the center's ''Reveal''. During the 1980s, Rosenfeld's reports for the ''San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridenhour Prize
The Ridenhour Prizes are awards in four categories given annually in recognition of those "who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society". History The awards are presented by The Nation Institute and The Fertel Foundation in recognition of Ron Ridenhour, the Vietnam War veteran who exposed the My Lai Massacre. Each prize carries a $10,000 stipend. The prizes were first awarded in 2004. Prize categories * The Ridenhour Courage Prize * The Ridenhour Book Prize * The Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize * The Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize (since 2011) Past winners The Ridenhour Courage Prize * 2004: Daniel Ellsberg * 2005: Seymour Hersh * 2006: Gloria Steinem * 2007: Jimmy Carter * 2008: Bill Moyers * 2009: Bob Herbert * 2010: Howard Zinn (posthumous) * 2011: Russ Feingold * 2012: John Lewis * 2013: James Hansen * 2014: Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. * 2015: James Risen * 2016: Jamie Kalven * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. In the 1960s, she worked in local government in San Francisco. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. She served as the board's first female president in 1978, during which time the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White drew national attention. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. During her tenure, she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Despite a failed recall attempt in 1983, Feinstein was a very popular mayor and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mueller
Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013. A graduate of Princeton University and New York University, Mueller served as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, receiving a Bronze Star for heroism and a Purple Heart. He subsequently attended the University of Virginia School of Law. Mueller is a registered Republican in Washington, D.C., and was appointed and reappointed to Senate-confirmed positions by presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Mueller has served both in government and private practice. He was an assistant United States attorney, a United States attorney, United States assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division, a homicide prosecutor in Washington, D.C., acting United States deputy attorney general, partner at D.C. law firm WilmerHale and director of the FB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center For Investigative Reporting
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in Emeryville, California. It was founded in 1977 as the nation’s first nonprofit investigative journalism organization, and has since grown into a multi-platform newsroom, with investigations published on the Reveal website, public radio show and podcast, video pieces and documentaries and social media platforms, reaching over a million people weekly. The public radio show and podcast, “ Reveal,” co-produced with PRX, is CIR’s flagship distribution platform, airing on 588 stations nationwide. The newsroom focuses on reporting that reveals inequities, abuse, and corruption, and holds those responsible accountable. History Beginnings David Weir, Dan Noyes, and Lowell Bergman founded The Center for Investigative Reporting in 1977. This was the first nonprofit news organization in the United States to be focused on investigative reporting. 1980s In 1982, reporters from the Center worked w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
