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Jim Morris

Senior Reporter  The Center for Public Integrity
jmorris@publicintegrity.org
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Jim Morris has been a journalist since 1978, specializing in coverage of the environment and public health. He has won more than 50 awards for his work, including the George Polk award, the Sidney Hillman award, the Sigma Delta Chi award, and five Texas Headliners awards. He directed a global investigation of the asbestos industry that won the first-place John B. Oakes award for environmental reporting from Columbia University in 2011 and an IRE Medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. He has worked for newspapers in Texas and California as well as publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Congressional Quarterly in Washington. This is his second stint at the Center.

Coverage areas

In smelter town, decades of dirty air, disease — and bureaucratic dawdling

Air toxics crackdown stymied by politics, industry resistance and ‘hopelessly irrational’ EPA

Despite years of citizen complaints, factory on EPA ‘watch list’ gets new license to foul the air

Regulators feared disclosure would make it seem like a ‘most wanted’ list

Secret government 'watch list' reveals failure to curb dangerous emissions

Ailing Cold War veterans say compensation program biased

Concerns raised about secrecy, industry influence and political interference

Federal watchdogs target secrecy, industry influence by "fifth branch of government"

From denying climate change to stances against EPA and Supreme Court, Perry resists Washington and helped a billionaire donor.

Study finds almost $50 million spent on travel for lawmakers, aides

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