Michael Isikoff (born 1952) is an investigative journalist for the United States-based magazine Newsweek. Investigative journalism is a type of reporting in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest often involving crime Political corruption, or some other Scandal The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Born in Syosset, New York. Syosset is a hamlet (and a Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, within the Town of Oyster Bay. He joined the magazine as an investigative correspondent in June, 1994, and has written extensively on the US government’s War on Terrorism, the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, campaign finance and congressional ethics abuses, presidential politics and other national issues. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U Beginning in 2004 accounts of Abuse, Torture, Sodomy and Homicide of Prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq Campaign finance refers to the means by which money is raised for election campaigns.
Isikoff had been prepared to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but several hours before going to print, the article was killed by top Newsweek executives. Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom then- United States President Bill Clinton admitted to As a result, the story broke first on Matt Drudge's Drudge Report the following morning. Matthew Nathan Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is the American proprietor and editor of the Drudge Report, a conservative news aggregation The Drudge Report is a conservative US-based news aggregation Website run by Matthew Nathan Drudge. His book on the subject, Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story, was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Book of the Month Club. The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States Mail-order business customers of which are offered a new Book each month In January 2007, Isikoff married DC political gossip columnist Mary Ann Akers, who currently writes "The Sleuth" for washingtonpost.com. Mary Ann Akers is a political gossip columnist She currently writes The Sleuth for Washingtonpost
Career
Isikoff received his A. B. from Washington University in 1974, and obtained a masters in journalism from Northwestern University in 1976. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He graduated from Syosset High School on Long Island in 1970. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Isikoff is the co-author, with The Nation reporter David Corn, of Hubris, a 2006 book about the selling of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq to the US public and the ensuing Plame scandal. This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. David Corn is a Liberal American political journalist and author The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia The phrase Plame Affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal, the CIA leak case, the CIA leak grand jury investigation, and Plamegate) refers
His online column with fellow journalist Mark Hosenball, “Terror Watch,” won the 2005 award from the Society of Professional Journalists for best investigative reporting online. The Society of Professional Journalists ( SPJ) formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing Journalists in the An investigative report is a document that is meant to provide information on a certain topic that is not easily obtained Isikoff was a part of the Newsweek team that won the Overseas Press Club’s most prestigious award, the 2001 Ed Cunningham Memorial Award for best magazine reporting from abroad for Newsweek’s coverage of the war on terror. The Overseas Press Club (also referred to by abbreviation as OPC) of America, founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of Foreign correspondents The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U
In the May 9, 2005 issue of Newsweek, Isikoff wrote an article that stated that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay "in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Qur'an down a toilet. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Camp X-Ray was a temporary detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp of Joint Task Force Guantanamo on the U The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran " Detainees had earlier made similar complaints but this was the first time a government source had appeared to confirm the story. The article caused widespread rioting and massive anti-American protests throughout some parts of the Islamic world (causing at least 17 deaths in Afghanistan). For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The magazine later retracted the story after enormous pressure, noting that their sole anonymous source could not remember important details. Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ανωνυμία, meaning "without a Name " or "namelessness"
Since May, 2005, he's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog
See also
External links
- MSNBC/Newsweek - Meet Newsweek - Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent
- Michael Isikoff profile - Crown Publishing Group
- MSNBC/Newsweek - National News - Column: Terror Watch
- Michael Isikoff Blog - Huffington Post
- Michael Isikoff at the Internet Movie Database
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