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Article: Chauncey Bailey Project wins award
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 25, 2008
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The Chauncey Bailey Project, a consortium of news organizations,
including the Bay Area News Group, investigating the August murder
of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, has won a prestigious award
from the journalism organization Investigative Reporters and
Editors.
The project won the Tom Renner Award, honoring outstanding
reporting covering organized crime or other criminal acts, IRE
announced Tuesday.
``This coalition of Bay Area journalists delved into questionable
real estate deals and contracts involving the owners of Your Black
Muslim Bakery in Oakland. The reporters raised questions about the
thoroughness of a police investigation into the group before
Bailey's murder,'' the IRE ...