Robert Parry (journalist)
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Born | Investigative journalist | June 24, 1949
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Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018)
He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of Consortium News (consortiumnews.com) from 1995 until his death in 2018.[2]
Life and career
Born in
Parry was a finalist for the 1985
In August 1990,
When journalist
In 1995, Parry founded the Consortium for Independent Journalism Inc. (CIJ) as a non-profit, US-based independent news service which publishes the website Consortium News.[14]
In October 2015, Parry was awarded the
In June 2017, Parry was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism.[16]
Parry died on January 27, 2018, following several strokes caused by undiagnosed pancreatic cancer he had suffered from for the previous four or five years of his life.[17]
Publications
Books
- Fooling America: How Washington Insiders Twist the Truth and Manufacture the Conventional Wisdom. William Morrow, 1992.
- OCLC 28294820.
- The October Surprise X-Files: The Hidden Origins of the Reagan-Bush Era. 1996.
- Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, The Press & Project Truth. Media Consortium, 1999.
- Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq. Media Consortium, 2004.
- Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, with Sam and Nat Parry. Media Consortium, 2007.
- America's Stolen Narrative: From Washington and Madison to Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes to Obama. 2012.
Articles
- "Iran-Contra's Untold Story." JSTOR 1148818.
- "Contra-Cocaine: Big Media's Big Mistakes." I.F. Magazine (July/August 1997), pp. 9–12.
- US House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine. Consortium News, June 12, 2015.
References
- ^ "Robert Earle Parry (1949–2018)." Ancestry.com.
- ^ a b Roberts, Sam (January 29, 2018). "Robert Parry, Investigative Reporter in Washington, Dies at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ "Investigative journalist Robert Parry dies at 68". Startribune.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c Robert Parry, realhistoryarchives.com, A talk by Robert Parry given in Santa Monica on March 28, 1993
- ^ "Finalist: Robert Parry of Associated Press". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Long Island University, George Polk Awards: Previous Award Winners. Retrieved on September 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Jeff; Solomon, Norman (January 14, 1996). "Robert Parry still investigating—in cyberspace". Eugene Register-Guard. Vol. 129, no. 83. Eugene, Oregon. p. 4C. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ Brian Barger and Robert Parry, "Reports Link Nicaraguan Rebels to Cocaine Trafficking", Associated Press (December 20, 1985).
- ^ Robert Parry, 25 October 2004, Salon.com, How John Kerry exposed the Contra-cocaine scandal
- ^ a b c Dan Kennedy, 11 June 1996, Salon.com, Parry's Thrust (Archived September 3, 1999, at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ Frontline, 16 April 1991, The Election Held Hostage
- ^ PBS, Frontline, 7 April 1992, "Investigating the October Surprise". PBS. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
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- ^ Robert Parry, 28 December 2011, A Brief Narrative of Consortiumnews Consortiumnews.com
- ^ "Nieman Foundation – Robert Parry Receives I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence". Nieman.harvard.edu. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ "The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism". Marthagellhorn.com. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Robert Parry's Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews", Parry, Nat. Consortiumnews, 28 January. Retrieved 4 February 2018.