Jim Aviles

Jim Aviles is a former felllow with Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government's Shorenstein Center-- focusing his reasearch on the intersection of foreign policy and domestic propaganda.

Two nvestigative reporters who uncovered information about covertU.S. policy toward Iraq and two others who reported charges of sexual misconduct by a senator were honored last night at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.

The second annual Goldsmith Awards were given to those achieving excellence in investigative reporting, book writing and media research.

The Goldsmith Awards "bring together the world of scholarship and the world of practice...enhancing the work of both," said Kennedy School Dean Albert Carnesale, who gave welcoming remarks. The awards are given under the auspices of the Kennedy School's Joan Shorentein Barone Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.

The prizes for investigative reporting were awarded to Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas of The Los Angeles Times for their series on U.S. government policy toward Iraq, and to David Boardman, Susan Gilmore, Eric Nalder and Eric Pryne of The Seattle Times for their series on allegations of sexual misconduct against Brock Adams, a former senator from Washington.

The investigative reporting prizes were presented by Tom Wicker, columnist emeritus of The New York Times. "Investigative reporting represents individual enterprise in a craft that is moving inexorably towards mass effort," Wicker said.x

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