Mike Broadman

Mike Broadman is a journalism educator and curator of a major journalism award.

Investigative reporters who uncovered information about U.S. policy toward Iraq and others who uncovered charges of sexual misconduct by a United State senator were honored last night at the Kennedy School of Government.

The Goldsmith Prizes "bring together the world of scholarship and the world of practice...enhancing the work of both," said Kennedy School Dean Albert Carnesale. The awards are given under the auspices of the Kennedy School's Joan Shorentein Barone Center. The prizes for investigative reporting were awarded to Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas of The Los Angeles Times a their series on U.S. government policy toward Iraq. They shared the Prize with reporters for The Seattle Times, who wrote about alleged sexual assualts a former United State Senator.

The prizes awarded to Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz were presented by Tom Wicker. Murray Waas spoke on behalf of the L.A. Times team, explaining their expose "Iraqgate."He stressed the inverse connection between domestic well-being and covert foreign policy. "People have a right to know the secret history of how [foreign policy] decisions are made in their name," Waas said.