George Pawlaczyk Explained

George Pawlaczyk (born 1945) is an investigative journalist for the Belleville News-Democrat in Belleville, IL.^[1]

In 1968, he served in the United States Army as a reporter and photographer for the 1st Infantry Division newspaper in Vietnam. See coverage about him in reference in Time magazine in this entry.^[2]

Awards

• 2007 co-winner of Robert F. Kennedy Award
• 2009 co-winner George Polk Award^[3]
• 2010 co-winner John Jay Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards ^[4]
• 2012 co-winner IRE Award for Investigative Reporting

Book

• Murder on a Lonely Road, with Beth Hundsdorfer, Berkeley (2012)

External links

• Belleville News-Democrat: Archive of George Pawlaczyk's stories
• "Anatomy of a Rumor", NPR: Talk of the Nation, December 7, 2005

Notes and References

1. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+bulldog+returns%3A+George+Pawlaczyk+back+at+Belleville+News-Democrat-a063693030 "The bulldog returns: George Pawlaczyk back at Belleville News-Democrat."
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101029061828/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,712065,00.html "World: Guilty Minority"
3. Web site: 2009 Award Winners - Long Island University . June 13, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528061536/http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Winners.aspx . May 28, 2010 .
4. Web site: John Jay College: Belleville News-Democrat and Austin Chronicle Reporters Win 2010 John Jay Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards . 2010-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613040616/http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/3611.php . 2010-06-13 . dead .