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  1. December 19, 2008

    Big Tobacco’s New York Black Market

    Big Tobacco’s New York Black Market WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2008 — America’s three top tobacco firms — Philip Morris USA, Lorillard, and R.J. Reynolds — supplied two-thirds of all cigarettes sold last year through New York State’s Indian reservations despite ample evidence that those sales fuel a billion-dollar black market, according to an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. Read more

  2. December 17, 2008

    Pearl Project Lawsuit Filed Against Eight Federal Agencies

    Pearl Project Lawsuit Filed Against Eight Federal Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C., December 17, 2008 — Barbara Feinman Todd, an associate dean of journalism at Georgetown University and co-director of the Pearl Project, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against eight government agencies this morning. Read more

  3. December 13, 2008

    Intern at the Center

    Intern at the Center The Center for Public Integrity is accepting applications for our internship program. Summer internships are full-time, paid positions; the Center also is offering a part-time position in the spring. Read more

  4. December 12, 2008

    Podcasts

    Podcasts The Center's podcast series, narrated by Bill Buzenberg, features our reporters and sources discussing investigations. Read more

  5. December 11, 2008

    The Center in the News

    The Center in the News The latest media coverage of Center projects. Read more

  6. December 09, 2008

    Center Releases Assessment of Executive Branch Failures

    Center Releases Assessment of Executive Branch Failures WASHINGTON, D.C., December 10, 2008 — The eight-year tenure of the Bush administration was marked by more than 125 systematic failures across the breadth of the federal government. That’s the bottom-line conclusion of the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity’s Broken Government project, an in-depth digital report that illuminates each breakdown with a separate story tracking its causes, effects, and implications. Read more

  7. October 20, 2008

    Russian Contraband Cigarettes ‘Flooding’ Europe

    Russian Contraband Cigarettes ‘Flooding’ Europe WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2008 — A renegade network of Russian and Eastern European factories is behind at least $1 billion worth of contraband “Jin Ling” cigarettes pouring into Europe, according to a five-month investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. Read more

  8. September 13, 2008

    Center Announces Winners of First Daniel Pearl Award

    Center Announces Winners of First Daniel Pearl Award LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY, Sept. 13, 2008 — A New York Times series about deadly Chinese counterfeit drugs sold around the world and a TV4 Sweden investigation into Russian overfishing in the Barents Sea have shared the first Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting. Formerly the ICIJ Award, the prize was renamed this year in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain by militants in Pakistan in 2002. Read more

  9. August 30, 2008

    Center for Public Integrity Hires Five New Editors, Senior Journalists

    Center for Public Integrity Hires Five New Editors, Senior Journalists WASHINGTON, D.C., September 30, 2008 — The Center for Public Integrity has added two new editors and three new senior journalists to its editorial team, which will expand the Center’s scope of investigative journalism and incorporate more use of multimedia resources. The new hires possess a collective diversity of investigative journalism experience with expertise on national security, environmental, criminal justice, and energy issues. Read more

  10. July 31, 2008

    “Safe” Pesticides Now First in Poisonings

    “Safe” Pesticides Now First in Poisonings WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2008 — According to a new Center investigation, Perils of the New Pesticides, pyrethrins and pyrethroids were responsible for more than 26 percent of all major and moderate human incidents involving pesticides in the United States in 2007, up from just 15 percent in 1998 — a 67 percent increase. This is based on an analysis of adverse reaction reports filed with the Environmental Protection Agency by pesticide manufacturers. Read more

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International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world’s leading investigative reporters. ICIJ extends globally the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 reporters in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational projects.

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