Activist asbestos inspector faces threats, industry backlash

By Jim Morris and Marcelo Soares

Official endures threats, ostracism – and now a lawsuit for activism

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"… last year in a joint International Consortium of Investigative Journalists-BBC series on the asbestos trade, is fighting charges leveled in two court cas …"

Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

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"… “Looting the Seas,” produced by ICIJ and London-based tve, appears on BBC World News on November 6-7, 2010. …"

iWatch News wins multiple major awards

iWatch News investigations into bluefin tuna, campus assault, asbestos recognized

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"… ust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade,” produced in partnership with the BBC, received an IRE Medal and a John B. Oakes Award.Stories detailed how the …"

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Third annual Arab investigative journalism conference

By Simona Raetz

Our colleagues at the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) are staging their third annual conference in Amman, Jordan, Novembe

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"… Sebastian (UK), chairman of the “Doha Debates” and former presenter of BBC’s “Hardtalk”; Lina Makboul (Sweden); Justin Arenstein (South Africa) …"

ICIJ accepting entries for Daniel Pearl Awards

Entries for the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting are now being accepted

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"… llaborative series by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp., The Guardian, BBC Newsnight, and de Volkskrant about toxic waste dumping in Africa …"

Canadian health group demands disclosure on asbestos

By Jim Morris

For the past year, the Canadian Public Health Association has sought details on the financial relationship between Canada’s Ministry of Natu

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"… ed asbestos lobby group that figures prominently in the just-released ICIJ/BBC investigation, Dangers in the Dust.The CPHA’s policy director, James Cha …"

"… ion wasn’t available on the ministry’s website.In the wake of ICIJ and BBC revelations that the institute plays a pivotal role in the marketing of wh …"

"… in business without the subsidy and blamed adverse publicity from the ICIJ/BBC series and Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff – who proposed an expo …"

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Live pictures taken by U.S. planes were freely available

The war on terrorism in Europe is being undermined by a military communications system that makes it easier for terr

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"… cial forces officer Adrian Weale, who served in Northern Ireland, told the BBC, which reported the Center’s findings, “I think I’d be extremely irr …"

"… prevent open reception of the spy plane transmissions. In an interview for BBC television set to air June 12th, Locker described his frustration at findi …"

French officials finally respond to allegations of doctored data

By Kate Willson

ICIJ’s Looting the Seas investigation, on the $4 billion black market in bluefin tuna, has attracted worldwide attention since its release t

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"… lined to comment.ICIJ’s seven-month investigation is appearing as a BBC World News documentary and in publications worldwide. Among …"

"… he European Parliament and WWF are hosting a showing of the BBC documentary tomorrow at the Parliament. …"

About this project: Looting the Seas

Looting the Seas is a two-year project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists looking at the forces that are rapidly d

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"… lic records and interviewed sources in ten countries. Our partners include BBC World News, Le Soir (Belgium), Stern (Germany), The Sunday Times (United K …"

Candidates' positions on Rwanda genocide: Should U.S. intervene?

Steve Bradshaw and Mike Robinson won the 1999 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Aw

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"… lists’ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting for a BBC documentary exposing deliberate international inaction to stop the 1994 ge …"

"… 2000Bradshaw, who produced When Good Men Do Nothing while working for the BBC’s Panorama program, received the award last November from the Internatio …"

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