NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- International Business Times, a digital global news publication, today announced that prize-winning journalist Murray Waas is joining the newsroom as Senior Investigative Reporter. He will continue to be based out of Washington, D.C. but will report from New York as well.

In his new role with International Business Times, Murray Waas will focus on investigative reporting on business and politics. Waas previously worked as an investigative editor for VICE, an investigative reporter for Reuters and National Correspondent for National Journal. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe and numerous other publications.

Murray Waas was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and has won Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize, the Society of Professional Journalists' Award for Depth Reporting, the Barlett & Steele Business Investigative Journalism Award, andthe SABEW investigative reporting prize.

"We are thrilled to add Murray Waas' extraordinary digging , investigative reporting, storytelling skills to our growing team of investigative reporters. Murray Waas enhances our status as a leading source of journalism at the intersection of Wall Street and the government," said Peter S. Goodman, Editor-in-Chief of International Business Times.

Murray Waas resides in Washington D.C.