Jim Schaefer

Jim Schaefer is a journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, for The Detroit Free Press.

He graduated from Ohio State University. He was an investigative producer for WXYZ-TV.

He led an investigation into fentanyl.

He covered for Detroit Free Press Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his various scandals that ultimately led to Kilpatrick's resignation and criminal conviction.^[1] To break the case open, the reporters filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was heard by the Michigan Supreme Court. ^[2]

Awards

2009 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism ^[3]
2009 1st Amendment Watchdog Award ^[4]
2008 George Polk Award
2008 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism^[5]
Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Problems.

References

^ "Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns", Detroit Free Press, Aug. 7, 2008
^ http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Previous.aspx#2008
^ http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2009-Local-Reporting-Group1
^ http://hof.jrn.msu.edu/bios/schaefer.html
^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-198349826.html

External links

[1] "Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns", Detroit Free Press, Aug. 7, 2008

[2] ttp://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Previous.aspx#2008

[3] ttp://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2009-Local-Reporting-Group1

[4] ttp://hof.jrn.msu.edu/bios/schaefer.html

[5] ttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-198349826.html

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