Drawing on both laboratory experiments and the real world of America’s presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional races, the authors show that negative advertising drives down voter turnout – in some cases dramatically – and that political consultants intentionally use ads for this very purpose.
The Sun Times story, led by journalists Charles Neubauer, Mark Brown and Michael Briggs, uncovered a corruption case against Rep Dan Rostenkowski’s campaign that had paid Dan Rostenkowski $73,000 in building rent and used taxpayer’s funds to personally acquire cars for himself.
The news story broken by journalists David Boardman, Susan Gilmore, Eric Nalder, and Eric Pryne described in detail the sexual harassment and abuse faced by 8 women at the hands of former Senator Adams. The story examines the complicity of those around Senator Adams who knew of his behaviour and either denied it or excused it.
In a continuing series of articles, that first appeared in the Los Angeles Times, journalists Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas documented the clandestine efforts of the US government to supply money and weapons to Iraq in the 1980s in the lead-up to the Gulf War. The focus was on exposing the duplicity and hypocrisy of the Bush administration on Iraq.
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward of the Washington Post was awarded the first-ever Goldsmith Award, in its inaugural year in 1992, for his career achievements in investigative journalism.
The Inaugural Goldsmith Awards ceremony was held in April 1992. It honored veteran journalist Don Hewitt of 60 Minutes for his career achievements in investigative journalism.