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527 Reports Win Two Journalism Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 15, 2004 — The Center for Public Integrity received two national journalism awards over the weekend for its innovative and comprehensive reporting on so-called 527 political committees. The reports, entitled "Silent Partners," listed – for the first time – all the 527 committees, how they were organized and how they spent their vast contributions.

“Silent Partners” received an Online Journalism Award, administered by the Online News Association and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communications, for enterprise journalism in the small sites category. The judges called the report, “a strong story which was timely in recognizing early on the impact 527 committees would have on the political campaign. Not only do their stories put the issue in context, their deep database and detailed research gives insight into which individuals are funding these organizations. An excellent, well-organized piece of Internet journalism with real impact,” they concluded.

At an awards ceremony in South Carolina, the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors (ACRE) gave “Silent Partners” an award for online in-depth reporting.

Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity Charles Lewis noted about the awards, “I am especially proud that we won these two awards. I feel we pioneered research and reporting on the subject of 527s and their impact on this election and winning these awards shows that the journalistic world recognizes our efforts.”

In addition to winning the two awards, the Center also was a finalist in the category of General Excellence (small sites) for the ONA/USC awards.

“Silent Partners” was reported and written by Aron Pilhofer and Derek Willis; project manager was Leah Rush and Teo Furtado was project editor. Han Nguyen is Web master. The project is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in this country and around the world.

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The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan independent Washington, D.C.-based organization that does investigative reporting and research on significant public issues. Since 1990, the Center has released more than 400 investigative reports and 17 books. It has received the prestigious George Polk Award and more than 22 other national journalism awards and 16 finalist nominations from national organizations, including PEN USA and Investigative Reporters and Editors. In April 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists recognized the Center with a national award for excellence in online public service journalism for the fifth consecutive year. In October 2006, the Center was honored with the Online News Association’s coveted General Excellence Award. In March 2007, the Center was given a special citation for the body of its investigative work from the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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