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Jim Schaefer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOhio State University
OccupationJournalist
AwardsGeorge Polk Award (2008)
Pulitzer Prize (2009)

Jim Schaefer is an American journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, where he works as an investigative journalist for the Detroit Free Press.

Life and career[edit]

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

He led an investigation into fentanyl.[1]

With the Detroit Free Press, Schaefer was one member of a team that covered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and uncovered the scandals that led to his 2008 resignation from office and criminal conviction.[2] To break the case open, the reporters filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was heard by the Michigan Supreme Court.[3] The Detroit Free Press staff, which notably included contributors Schaefer and M.L. Elrick, shared the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, which cited the staff's "uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials."[4]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

  • flag Michigan
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ "Fentanyl: A Free Press Special Report". Detroit Free Press. www.freep.com. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  • ^ "Kwame Kilpatric". Detroit Free Press. www.freep.com. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  • ^ a b "2009 George Polk Award Winners". George Polk Award Winners - Long Island University. Long Island University. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  • ^ a b "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Local Reporting: Citation". The Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-07. With short biographies and reprints of ten works (Free Press articles January 24 to September 5, 2008).
  • ^ "1st Amendment Watchdog Award: Jim Schaefer (2009)". Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  • ^ "Detroit Free Press wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism". Nieman Reports. Cengage Learning. 2009-03-22.[dead link]
  • ^ "the 2008 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Problems". Drug Strategies: NDW Journalism Awards. Drug Strategies. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
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