Bulletin: Medill Justice Project wins prestigious investigative award for its "Spotlight on Shaken-Baby Syndrome" which confirmed more than 3000 cases in the U.S. (Kudos to North-Western University for this important research. HL);

POST: "Medill Justice Project wins  Investigative Reporters And Editors Inc.  award," by Saman Sheikh, published by the Medill Justice project on April 3, 2014.

GIST:  "The Medill Justice Project won a national Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Award for “Spotlight on Shaken-Baby Syndrome,” the project’s years-long examination of multiple shaken-baby syndrome cases. Led by Alec Klein, professor and director of the Medill Justice Project, the investigation comprised in-depth articles, the creation of a national database and a documentary. The Medill Justice Project identified and confirmed more than 3,000 cases of shaken-baby syndrome in the United States to create the database.

“There was revelatory information uncovered that has impacted criminal justice proceedings,” Klein said.........The Medill Justice Project, founded at Northwestern University in 1999, is an investigative journalism enterprise that examines potentially wrongful convictions, probes national systemic criminal-justice issues and conducts groundbreaking research. Working as journalists, students in the Medill Justice Project advocate only for the truth. The IRE awards, given by Investigative Reporters And Editors Inc. since 1979, recognize the most outstanding watchdog journalism of the year. The contest covers 16 categories across media platforms and a range of market sizes."

The entire post can be found at:

http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/news-medill-justice-project-wins-ire-award.html

Explore the  Medill Justice Project site:

 http://www.medilljusticeproject.org/

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