Center for Public Integrity
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The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, dedicated to producing original, responsible, investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The Center, located in Washington, DC, USA, is committed to transparent and comprehensive reporting on campaign finance, government contracting, telecommunications ownership and lobbying in federal and state government.
The Center is headed by Executive Director Wendell Rawls, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. The Center was founded in 1989 by Charles Lewis following a successful 11-year career in network television news.
Since 1990, the Center for Public Integrity has released more than 275 investigative reports and 14 books. In just the last eight years the organization has been honored more than 31 times by, among others, PEN USA, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The Center's "Windfalls of War" report on U.S. government contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan won the highly prestigious George Polk award (online category) in 2004.
The Center extends its dedication to public policy journalism around the world. Created in 1997, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist network includes 92 leading investigative reporters and editors in 48 countries. The group has collaborated on numerous online and printed reports on corporate crime, arms trafficking, terrorism, U.S. military policy and human rights issues. Global Access, another international project, was launched in 2001 to systematically track and report on openness, accountability and the rule of law in various countries.
The Center releases information via [its Web site], frequent press releases and traditional book publishing. Its highest-profile release, [The Buying of the President], appeared on The New York Times bestseller list several times since its January, 2004 publication. In the summer of 2004, the Center published The Corruption Notebooks, a hard-hitting collection of essays by leading investigative journalists around the world on the status of corruption in 25 countries.
The Center for Public Integrity remains independent by building a strong and sustainable financial base of support, including a community of committed individuals and foundations. Donations to the Center are tax-deductible.
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