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Truthout

October 30, 2023

Truthout is a progressive[1] non-profit news organization which describes itself as "dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues".[2] Truthout's main areas of focus include mass incarceration, prison abolition, social justice, climate change, militarism, economy and labor, LGBTQ rights and reproductive justice.[citation needed]

Truthout
Type of site
Daily news
HeadquartersSacramento, California
EditorBritney Schultz
Employees25
URLwww.truthout.org
Commercial501(c)(3) organization
Launched2001
Current statusActive

Truthout's Executive Director is Ziggy West Jeffery and the Editor-in-Chief is Britney Schultz.[3] The organization’s annual operating budget is approximately $2.2 million as of 2021.[4]

Notable reporting and projects edit

Controversial reporting on Karl Rove edit

On May 13, 2006, after Jason Leopold posted on Truthout that Karl Rove had been indicted by the grand jury investigating the Plame affair, Rove spokesman Mark Corallo denied the story, calling it "a complete fabrication".[5] Truthout defended the story, saying on May 15 they had two sources "who were explicit about the information" published,[6] and confirmed on May 25 that they had "three independent sources confirming that attorneys for Karl Rove were handed an indictment" on the night of May 12.[6] The grand jury concluded without returning an indictment of Rove.[7]

In his memoir, Courage and Consequence, Rove addressed the Leopold article, writing that Leopold is a "nut with Internet access" and that "thirty-five reporters called [Rove's defense attorney] Luskin or Corallo to ask about the Truthout report." According to Rove, "[Special Counsel] Fitzgerald got a kick out of the fictitious account and e-mailed Luskin to see how he felt after such a long day."[8]

Jason Leopold continued to write investigative pieces for Truthout through 2014;[9] he joined Vice News that year.[10]

Safety issues at BP edit

60 Minutes cited a report published at Truthout as a source for its May 16, 2010 episode about the BP oil spill and the whistleblower who warned about a possible blowout at another BP deepwater drilling site.[11] Digital Journal wrote up the story.[12] CNN's Randi Kaye in an article cited a report by Truthout as the first article on BP Alaska employee Mark Kovac's inside knowledge about the safety concerns at the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska BP oil field.[13] On July 14, 2010, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing in the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. The hearing[14] titled "The Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines (Part 2): Integrity Management", cited an investigative report by Truthout as a document for the committee's investigation.[15]

Offshore fracking edit

In 2013, Truthout journalist Mike Ludwig unearthed with a Freedom of Information Act request with the Interior Department revealed that fracking technology was being used on offshore oil rigs in the ecologically sensitive Santa Barbara Channel.[16] Coastal conservationists were alarmed, and environmental groups sprang into action, generating protests and broad public discussion[17] about offshore fracking. At one point, lawsuits filed by environmental groups forced federal officials to place a moratorium[18] on offshore fracking in the Channel while regulators reviewed the practice and their rules for making it safe. In 2014, the EPA issued a new rules requiring offshore drillers to disclose fracking chemicals they dump into the ocean off the California coast.[19]

Illegal Navy training edit

In 2016, Dahr Jamail and Truthout released[20] Navy documents outlining plans for combat training exercises along vast non-military areas of Washington state coastline. The documents showed the areas the Navy was prepared to utilize, without the mandatory risk assessments, medical plans, surveys of training areas and coordinating their activities with local, state and federal law enforcement officials. The release of these documents forced the Navy to postpone this training for at least 2 years.[21] It caused commotion within the Washington state government, as they were not aware of the Navy's plans.[22]

Awards edit

Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award edit

In 2022, the Crossroads Fund presented The Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award to Truthout, for independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.[23]

2021 Izzy Award edit

The thirteenth annual Izzy Award was awarded to nonprofit news outlet Truthout, journalist Liliana Segura, senior reporter at The Intercept and journalist Tim Schwab, writing in The Nation.[24]

2018 Izzy Award edit

Dahr Jamail was awarded the 2018 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media for his reporting on climate change and other environmental issues. The judges wrote: "There is an urgency and passion in Dahr Jamail's reporting that is justified by the literally earth-changing subject matter. And it's supported by science and on-the-scene sources, whether covering ocean pollution, sea level rise, deafening noise pollution or Fukushima radiation."[25]

Jamail produces a monthly wrap-up of the latest climate research and trends – "Climate Disruption Dispatches".[26]

San Francisco Press Club Journalism Awards edit

A joint Truthout and Earth Island Journal investigation "America's Toxic Prisons"[27] by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren, and Maureen Nandini Mitra won awards in two categories of the 2018 San Francisco Press Club Journalism Awards.[28] The investigation won second place in the Magazines category for environment/nature reporting and investigative reporting.

Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism edit

In 2012, Truthout journalist Gareth Porter was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism[29] for his work uncovering the Obama administration's military strategy in Afghanistan. "In a series of extraordinary articles, Gareth Porter has torn away the facades of the Obama administration and disclosed a military strategy that amounts to a war against civilians." Amongst Porter's award-winning stories were 'How McChrystal and Petraeus Built an Indiscriminate "Killing Machine,[30]"' and 'The Lies That Sold Obama's Escalation in Afghanistan.[31]'

Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Awards edit

Maya Schenwar, currently the editor in chief of Truthout, was awarded in the 2013 Online Column Writing category by the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards[32] for her columns on mass incarceration,[33] the death penalty,[34] and solitary confinement.[35]

History edit

In 2011, Truthout suffered a hacking breach in which ten days of articles were deleted.[36]

Freelancer and Truthout writer Aaron Miguel Cantú was one of six journalists faced with felony rioting charges after covering the inauguration of Donald Trump.[37][38] In July 2018, all charges against Cantu and many of the other protestors were dismissed.[39]

Staff edit

Truthout's Executive Director is Ziggy West Jeffery and the Editor-in-Chief is Britney Schultz.[3]

Truthout's Board of Directors comprises Maya Schenwar, McMaster University Professor and educational theorist Henry A. Giroux, policy director Robert Naiman, and Lewis R. Gordon.[40]

Truthout's Board of Advisors includes Mark Ruffalo, Dean Baker, Richard D. Wolff, William Ayers, Mark Weisbrot.[41] Howard Zinn was formerly a member of the advisory board.

The late William Rivers Pitt was Truthout's Senior Editor and Lead Columnist.[42]

See also edit

Truth (anti-tobacco campaign)

References edit

  1. ^ "All Sides". Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. ^ Truthout. "About Truthout". Truthout. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  3. ^ a b Truthout. "About Truthout". Truthout. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  4. ^ "Truthout Form 990 2021" (PDF). Truthout. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Rove Indictment Report Denied". New York Sun. May 15, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Jason Leopold Caught Sourceless again". Columbia Journalism Review. June 13, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "Truthout reporter stands by the "Rove indicted"". Salon.com. June 13, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  8. ^ Rove, Karl (2010). Courage and Consequence. Threshold Editions. p. 438.
  9. ^ "The Fix". National Public Radio. April 4, 2014.
  10. ^ Darcy, Oliver (18 January 2019). "Reporter with checkered past comes back with Trump Tower Moscow bombshells for BuzzFeed". CNN Business.
  11. ^ "Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster". CBSnews.com. May 16, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  12. ^ "Report: Bush DoJ sheltered BP executives from criminal probe". DigitalJournal.com. May 21, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  13. ^ "BP Alaska: A Ticking Time Bomb?". ac360.blogs.cnn.com. June 23, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  14. ^ . transportation.house.gov. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  15. ^ (PDF). July 14, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  16. ^ "Special Investigation: Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast". Truthout. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  17. ^ "Fracking Report on Santa Barbara Channel". www.independent.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  18. ^ "Following Truthout Investigation, Settlements Halt Fracking Off the Coast of California". Truthout. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  19. ^ "EPA: California Offshore Frackers Must Disclose Chemicals Dumped Into Ocean". Truthout. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  20. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Navy Uses US Citizens as Pawns in Domestic War Games". Truthout. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  21. ^ "Navy wants to use more Washington state parks for stealth SEAL training". The Seattle Times. 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  22. ^ "Jets, helicopters, rockets: Military plans more uses of Northwest public lands". The Seattle Times. 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  23. ^ "Seeds of Change 2022 | Crossroads Fund". www.crossroadsfund.org. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  24. ^ "The Annual Izzy Award". Ithaca College. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  25. ^ "Izzy Award to be Shared by Investigative Journalists Lee Fang, Sharon Lerner, Dahr Jamail and Todd Miller". Ithaca College. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  26. ^ Jamail, Dahr (17 March 2014). "Climate Disruption Dispatches, With Dahr Jamail". Truthout. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  27. ^ "America's Toxic Prisons | Earth Island Journal | Earth Island Institute". earthisland.org.
  28. ^ "2018 Official List of Winners – Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards – San Francisco Press Club". 16 November 2018.
  29. ^ "Previous Winners". www.marthagellhorn.com. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  30. ^ Porter, Gareth (26 September 2011). "How McChrystal and Petraeus Built an Indiscriminate "Killing Machine"". Truthout. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  31. ^ Porter, Gareth (6 July 2011). "The Lies That Sold Obama's Escalation in Afghanistan". Truthout. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  32. ^ "Awards". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  33. ^ Schenwar, Maya (12 September 2013). "The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World". Truthout. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  34. ^ Schenwar, Maya (30 May 2013). "Life on Penalty of Death". Truthout. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  35. ^ Schenwar, Maya (17 July 2013). "Please Stop "Reforming" Pelican Bay". Truthout. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  36. ^ Romenesko, Jim (31 March 2011). "Truthout says hackers deleted stories from past 10 days". Poynter.
  37. ^ Grove, Lloyd (25 January 2017). "These Reporters Were Jailed After Covering a Trump-Related Riot". The Daily Beast.
  38. ^ Swaine, Jon (24 January 2017). "Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest". the Guardian.
  39. ^ "SFR Journalist's Charges Dropped". Santa Fe Reporter.
  40. ^ Truthout. "About Truthout". Truthout. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  41. ^ "Staff | Truthout". Truthout. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  42. ^ Schenwar, Maya (2022-09-27). "William Rivers Pitt Dared to Hope for Our Future. Let's Do Right by His Memory". Truthout. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

External links edit

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and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues 2 Truthout s main areas of focus include mass incarceration prison abolition social justice climate change militarism economy and labor LGBTQ rights and reproductive justice citation needed TruthoutType of siteDaily newsHeadquartersSacramento CaliforniaEditorBritney SchultzEmployees25URLwww wbr truthout wbr orgCommercial501 c 3 organizationLaunched2001Current statusActiveTruthout s Executive Director is Ziggy West Jeffery and the Editor in Chief is Britney Schultz 3 The organization s annual operating budget is approximately 2 2 million as of 2021 4 Contents 1 Notable reporting and projects 1 1 Controversial reporting on Karl Rove 1 2 Safety issues at BP 1 3 Offshore fracking 1 4 Illegal Navy training 2 Awards 2 1 Donald F Erickson Synapses Award 2 2 2021 Izzy Award 2 3 2018 Izzy Award 2 4 San Francisco Press Club Journalism Awards 2 5 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism 2 6 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards 3 History 4 Staff 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksNotable reporting and projects editControversial reporting on Karl Rove edit On May 13 2006 after Jason Leopold posted on Truthout that Karl Rove had been indicted by the grand jury investigating the Plame affair Rove spokesman Mark Corallo denied the story calling it a complete fabrication 5 Truthout defended the story saying on May 15 they had two sources who were explicit about the information published 6 and confirmed on May 25 that they had three independent sources confirming that attorneys for Karl Rove were handed an indictment on the night of May 12 6 The grand jury concluded without returning an indictment of Rove 7 In his memoir Courage and Consequence Rove addressed the Leopold article writing that Leopold is a nut with Internet access and that thirty five reporters called Rove s defense attorney Luskin or Corallo to ask about the Truthout report According to Rove Special Counsel Fitzgerald got a kick out of the fictitious account and e mailed Luskin to see how he felt after such a long day 8 Jason Leopold continued to write investigative pieces for Truthout through 2014 9 he joined Vice News that year 10 Safety issues at BP edit 60 Minutes cited a report published at Truthout as a source for its May 16 2010 episode about the BP oil spill and the whistleblower who warned about a possible blowout at another BP deepwater drilling site 11 Digital Journal wrote up the story 12 CNN s Randi Kaye in an article cited a report by Truthout as the first article on BP Alaska employee Mark Kovac s inside knowledge about the safety concerns at the Prudhoe Bay Alaska BP oil field 13 On July 14 2010 the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing in the Subcommittee on Railroads Pipelines and Hazardous Materials The hearing 14 titled The Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Part 2 Integrity Management cited an investigative report by Truthout as a document for the committee s investigation 15 Offshore fracking edit In 2013 Truthout journalist Mike Ludwig unearthed with a Freedom of Information Act request with the Interior Department revealed that fracking technology was being used on offshore oil rigs in the ecologically sensitive Santa Barbara Channel 16 Coastal conservationists were alarmed and environmental groups sprang into action generating protests and broad public discussion 17 about offshore fracking At one point lawsuits filed by environmental groups forced federal officials to place a moratorium 18 on offshore fracking in the Channel while regulators reviewed the practice and their rules for making it safe In 2014 the EPA issued a new rules requiring offshore drillers to disclose fracking chemicals they dump into the ocean off the California coast 19 Illegal Navy training edit In 2016 Dahr Jamail and Truthout released 20 Navy documents outlining plans for combat training exercises along vast non military areas of Washington state coastline The documents showed the areas the Navy was prepared to utilize without the mandatory risk assessments medical plans surveys of training areas and coordinating their activities with local state and federal law enforcement officials The release of these documents forced the Navy to postpone this training for at least 2 years 21 It caused commotion within the Washington state government as they were not aware of the Navy s plans 22 Awards editDonald F Erickson Synapses Award edit In 2022 the Crossroads Fund presented The Donald F Erickson Synapses Award to Truthout for independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues 23 2021 Izzy Award edit The thirteenth annual Izzy Award was awarded to nonprofit news outlet Truthout journalist Liliana Segura senior reporter at The Intercept and journalist Tim Schwab writing in The Nation 24 2018 Izzy Award edit Dahr Jamail was awarded the 2018 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media for his reporting on climate change and other environmental issues The judges wrote There is an urgency and passion in Dahr Jamail s reporting that is justified by the literally earth changing subject matter And it s supported by science and on the scene sources whether covering ocean pollution sea level rise deafening noise pollution or Fukushima radiation 25 Jamail produces a monthly wrap up of the latest climate research and trends Climate Disruption Dispatches 26 San Francisco Press Club Journalism Awards edit A joint Truthout and Earth Island Journal investigation America s Toxic Prisons 27 by Candice Bernd Zoe Loftus Farren and Maureen Nandini Mitra won awards in two categories of the 2018 San Francisco Press Club Journalism Awards 28 The investigation won second place in the Magazines category for environment nature reporting and investigative reporting Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism edit In 2012 Truthout journalist Gareth Porter was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism 29 for his work uncovering the Obama administration s military strategy in Afghanistan In a series of extraordinary articles Gareth Porter has torn away the facades of the Obama administration and disclosed a military strategy that amounts to a war against civilians Amongst Porter s award winning stories were How McChrystal and Petraeus Built an Indiscriminate Killing Machine 30 and The Lies That Sold Obama s Escalation in Afghanistan 31 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards edit Maya Schenwar currently the editor in chief of Truthout was awarded in the 2013 Online Column Writing category by the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards 32 for her columns on mass incarceration 33 the death penalty 34 and solitary confinement 35 History editIn 2011 Truthout suffered a hacking breach in which ten days of articles were deleted 36 Freelancer and Truthout writer Aaron Miguel Cantu was one of six journalists faced with felony rioting charges after covering the inauguration of Donald Trump 37 38 In July 2018 all charges against Cantu and many of the other protestors were dismissed 39 Staff editTruthout s Executive Director is Ziggy West Jeffery and the Editor in Chief is Britney Schultz 3 Truthout s Board of Directors comprises Maya Schenwar McMaster University Professor and educational theorist Henry A Giroux policy director Robert Naiman and Lewis R Gordon 40 Truthout s Board of Advisors includes Mark Ruffalo Dean Baker Richard D Wolff William Ayers Mark Weisbrot 41 Howard Zinn was formerly a member of the advisory board The late William Rivers Pitt was Truthout s Senior Editor and Lead Columnist 42 See also editTruth anti tobacco campaign References edit All Sides Retrieved 2023 03 28 Truthout About Truthout Truthout Retrieved 2022 04 21 a b Truthout About Truthout Truthout Retrieved 2022 11 23 Truthout Form 990 2021 PDF Truthout Retrieved 26 August 2023 Rove Indictment Report Denied New York Sun May 15 2006 Retrieved June 12 2010 a b Jason Leopold Caught Sourceless again Columbia Journalism Review June 13 2006 Retrieved November 17 2015 Truthout reporter stands by the Rove indicted Salon com June 13 2006 Retrieved March 23 2016 Rove Karl 2010 Courage and Consequence Threshold Editions p 438 The Fix National Public Radio April 4 2014 Darcy Oliver 18 January 2019 Reporter with checkered past comes back with Trump Tower Moscow bombshells for BuzzFeed CNN Business Blowout The Deepwater Horizon Disaster CBSnews com May 16 2010 Retrieved June 12 2010 Report Bush DoJ sheltered BP executives from criminal probe DigitalJournal com May 21 2010 Retrieved June 12 2010 BP Alaska A Ticking Time Bomb ac360 blogs cnn com June 23 2010 Retrieved July 21 2010 The Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Part 2 Integrity Management transportation house gov Archived from the original on August 3 2010 Retrieved July 21 2010 The Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Part 2 Integrity Management Page 6 footnote 17 PDF July 14 2010 Archived from the original PDF on August 4 2010 Retrieved July 21 2010 Special Investigation Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast Truthout Retrieved 2018 10 16 Fracking Report on Santa Barbara Channel www independent com Retrieved 2018 10 16 Following Truthout Investigation Settlements Halt Fracking Off the Coast of California Truthout Retrieved 2018 10 16 EPA California Offshore Frackers Must Disclose Chemicals Dumped Into Ocean Truthout Retrieved 2018 10 16 EXCLUSIVE Navy Uses US Citizens as Pawns in Domestic War Games Truthout Retrieved 2018 10 16 Navy wants to use more Washington state parks for stealth SEAL training The Seattle Times 2018 03 12 Retrieved 2018 10 16 Jets helicopters rockets Military plans more uses of Northwest public lands The Seattle Times 2016 04 02 Retrieved 2018 10 16 Seeds of Change 2022 Crossroads Fund www crossroadsfund org Retrieved 2022 04 20 The Annual Izzy Award Ithaca College Retrieved 2022 04 20 Izzy Award to be Shared by Investigative Journalists Lee Fang Sharon Lerner Dahr Jamail and Todd Miller Ithaca College Retrieved 2018 04 05 Jamail Dahr 17 March 2014 Climate Disruption Dispatches With Dahr Jamail Truthout Retrieved 2018 04 05 America s Toxic Prisons Earth Island Journal Earth Island Institute earthisland org 2018 Official List of Winners Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards San Francisco Press Club 16 November 2018 Previous Winners www marthagellhorn com Retrieved 2019 06 13 Porter Gareth 26 September 2011 How McChrystal and Petraeus Built an Indiscriminate Killing Machine Truthout Retrieved 2019 06 13 Porter Gareth 6 July 2011 The Lies That Sold Obama s Escalation in Afghanistan Truthout Retrieved 2019 06 13 Awards Columbia Journalism Review Retrieved 2019 06 13 Schenwar Maya 12 September 2013 The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World Truthout Retrieved 2019 06 13 Schenwar Maya 30 May 2013 Life on Penalty of Death Truthout Retrieved 2019 06 13 Schenwar Maya 17 July 2013 Please Stop Reforming Pelican Bay Truthout Retrieved 2019 06 13 Romenesko Jim 31 March 2011 Truthout says hackers deleted stories from past 10 days Poynter Grove Lloyd 25 January 2017 These Reporters Were Jailed After Covering a Trump Related Riot The Daily Beast Swaine Jon 24 January 2017 Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest the Guardian SFR Journalist s Charges Dropped Santa Fe Reporter Truthout About Truthout Truthout Retrieved 2022 11 23 Staff Truthout Truthout Retrieved 2018 09 27 Schenwar Maya 2022 09 27 William Rivers Pitt Dared to Hope for Our Future Let s Do Right by His Memory Truthout Retrieved 2023 04 24 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Truthout amp oldid 1180849221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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