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Article: 21st Century Muckrakers.(Fatima Tlisova)
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- Nieman Reports
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- June 22, 2009
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Fatima Tlisova witnessed the injustice of villagers being poisoned by pollution from a nuclear lab nearby; she reported their story in a place where journalists risk their lives for sharing truths considered harmful to those in power. When she learned about displaced people confined to a camp for 14 years, she took photographs of their Russian passports to display the empty space where official stamps should be.
As an investigative journalist in the North Caucasus region of Russia, Tlisova's series of reports about poisoned villagers, in time, persuaded the government to bring medical care. In letters written to her, Tlisova found out that stamps refused for 14 ...