Greg Palast

Profile: Full name: Gregory Allyn Palast Area of interest: Corporate fraud and racketeering Journal/Organisation: BBC | The Observer Email: GregPalast.com: contact Personal website: http://www.gregpalast.com Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/gregpalast Blog: Representation: Book Palast to speak: liz@eviltwinbooking.com Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/greg_palast | Facebook | MySpace - theofficialGregPalast | flickr

Biography: About: http://www.gregpalast.com/about-greg Education: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business: MBA Career: RICO corruption prosecutor; investigative journalist Current position/role: investigative journalism and television reporter also writes/written for: The Washington Post, Harper's, The Nation Other roles/Main role: author Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Scoop.co: interview by Alastair Thompson, 20th April 2007 (transcript/audio/MP3) Broadcast media: regular investigative reports for BBC's Newsnight GregPalast.com: Video Reports Video: YouTube: GregPalastOffice Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Patron of the Philosophical Society, Trinity College (an award previously given to Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Swift); The Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression Award The American Civil Liberties Union; George Orwell Courage in Journalism Award: Freedom Cinema Fest at The Sundance Film Festival; The Financial Times David Thomas Prize; Nominated for Business Journalist of the Year 1998 (UK); Politics Story of the Year on Salon.com 2001; Guerilla News Network’s Reporter of the Year; The Peace and Justice Award -Office of the Americas; Path Breaking Investigative Journalism Award–Long Island Progressive Coalition; National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, Book Category, First Place Scoops: Selected stories (Wikipedia) BBC Newsnight: New Florida vote scandal feared 26th October 2004 BBC Newsnight: Secret US plans for Iraq's oil - 17th March 2005 Flickr: Secret Documents Other:

Books & Debate: The best democracy money can buy: an investigative reporter exposes the truth about globalization, corporate cons, and high finance fraudsters (2002) OCLC 48110962 Democracy and regulation: how the public can govern essential services (2003) OCLC 50694765 (with Jerrold Oppenheim, Theo MacGregor) The joker's wild: Dubya's trick deck: playing cards (2004) OCLC 56094620 Censored 2005: the top 25 censored stories (2004) OCLC 56435524 Latest work: Armed madhouse: who's afraid of Osama Wolf?, China floats, Bush sinks, the scheme to steal '08, no child's behind left, and other dispatches from the front lines of the class war (2006) OCLC 65207016 Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

Journals: Column name: Remit/Info: Corporate fraud and racketeering Section: Role: Pen-name: Email: gregory.palast@observer.co.uk Website: Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: Column format: Average length:

Articles: goto: Greg Palast.com (archive)

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