2009 Hillman Prize for Blog Journalism
Marcy Wheeler
Emptywheel.FiredogLake.com
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Just last month, Marcy Wheeler made the front page of the New York Times after she became the first person to notice that a newly-released Justice Department memo revealed that Khalid Sheik Mohammed had been waterboarded 183 times in one month. Last year, Wheeler’s groundbreaking investigative work on the CIA leak case also made the front page of the Times. Her early and powerful reporting about malfeasance by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales helped to propel him out of the Bush administration. And her live blogging from the Scooter Libby trial in 2007 is widely regarded as one of the seminal moments in online journalism. Wheeler also produced outstanding coverage of the American auto industry crisis. Combining her background in the industry with a deep commitment to American workers, her depth of analysis was unrivaled.
Previous Honorees in Blog Journalism
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Year |
Honoree | Title | Publisher/Airer | Site | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Faiz Shakir and Amanda Terkel | Think Progress: A Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund | Center for American Progess | Go | |
| 2007 | Sam Rosenfeld, Web editor, Ann Friedman, Web deputy editor , Garance Franke-Ruta, Ezra Klein, and Matthew Yglesias, bloggers | Tapped | The American Prospect | Go | |
| 2006 | Joshua Micah Marshall | Coverage of Social Security Issues | Talking Points Memo | Go |