Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is an American activist, author, and investigative journalist. He is a founding editor of the online news publication The Intercept and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (2007), which won the George Polk Book Award. His book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (2013) was adapted into a documentary film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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- Born in
- Chicago
- Educated at
- Wauwatosa East High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Thomas Merton Award🏆 George Polk Award🏆 Izzy Award🏆 I. F. Stone Hall of Fame
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1974
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