Last updated on: 6/27/2012 | Author: ProCon.org

Greg Palast, MBA Biography

Title:
Investigative reporter and author
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Nov. 26, 2007

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Investigative reporter and author
  • Freelance journalist, BBC News
  • Freelance journalist, UK Observer
  • Reporter, Harper’s magazine
  • Patron, Philosophical Society, Trinity College
  • Co-Director, Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, 2004
  • Former Investigator, Chugach Natives of Alaska
  • Directed the US government’s largest racketeering case in history
  • Recipient, Politics Story of the Year, Salon.com
  • Recipient, David Thomas Prize, Financial Times
  • Recipient, Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression Award, The American Civil Liberties Union
  • Recipient, George Orwell Courage in Journalism Award, Freedom Cinema Fest at The Sundance Film Festival
  • Recipient, Reporter of the Year, Guerilla News Network
  • Recipient, The Peace and Justice Award, Office of the Americas
  • Recipient, Path Breaking Investigative Journalism Award, Long Island Progressive Coalition
  • Recipient, Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, National Press Club
Education:
  • MBA, University of Chicago School of Business, 1976
  • AB, University of Chicago School of Business, 1974
Other:
  • Born in Los Angeles, CA, June 26, 1952
  • Has worked with the United Steelworkers of America, the Enron workers’ coalition in Latin America, and consumer and environmental groups worldwide.
Quoted in:
  1. Did Florida's Laws That Disenfranchised People with Felony Convictions Cause Al Gore to Lose the 2000 Presidential Elections?