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Watchdog Journalism in the 21st Century

Speaker:

Joe Mahr

Time

Thursday, Apr 08, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Location

Great Hall, Memorial Union

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Joe Mahr is a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. Previously, he worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Toledo Blade, where he was part of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning team that uncovered the U.S. Army's 36-year cover-up of Tiger Force during the Vietnam War. He has written award-winning stories on subjects ranging from Ohio's lax efforts to fix dangerous stretches of highways to allegations that Toldeo police refused to arrest or investigate abusive priests. More recently he has written a series of stories looking at abuse and neglect in the mental health system. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.

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