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The Ridenhour Prizes

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Type Media Center (formerly The Nation Institute) is a nonprofit media organization that was previously associated with The Nation magazine. It sponsors fellows, hosts forums, publishes books and investigative reporting, and awards several annual journalism prizes. Orville Schell worked for the organization, and Katrina vanden Heuvel is currently a member of their board of trustees.

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5-539: The Ridenhour Prizes are awards in four categories given annually in recognition of those "who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society". The awards are presented by The Nation Institute and The Fertel Foundation in recognition of Ron Ridenhour , the Vietnam War veteran who exposed the My Lai Massacre . Each prize carries

10-498: A $ 10,000 stipend. The prizes were first awarded in 2004. The Nation Institute Type Media Center fellows have included Naomi Klein , Wayne Barrett , Chris Hedges , David Moberg , Jeremy Scahill , and Chris Hayes . The organization has also funded podcasts, short-form broadcast media, and documentaries, including several by Habiba Nosheen . Type is one of the presenters of the Ridenhour Prizes . It collaborates on

15-460: Is Hachette Book Group . Type's investigative newsroom, Type Investigations (formerly The Investigative Fund), was founded in 1996. It is known for producing long-form investigations, primarily for national magazines, into abuses of power, inequality, and government malfeasance. Unlike a conventional outlet that maintains its own distribution platform, Type Investigations primarily publishes via partnerships with print, radio, and television outlets. It

20-467: Is one of the only women-led investigative newsrooms among Institute for Nonprofit News member organizations. In addition to working with freelance reporters, Type Investigations’ past and current reporting fellows have included Nick Turse , Wayne Barrett , Jeremy Scahill , Sharon Lerner , Janine di Giovanni , Lee Fang , Sarah Posner , John Carlos Frey , and Ali Gharib . The project has received four Emmy Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and

25-587: The Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship with the Puffin Foundation . Tom Engelhardt is the creator of the organization's TomDispatch.com, a widely syndicated online blog . Type started its publishing imprint Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books) in 2000, in partnership with Thunder's Mouth Press . In 2007, Perseus Books Group acquired Avalon Publishing Group, which was the parent company of Thunder's Mouth Press. Bold Type Books’ current partner imprint

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