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Article: Chauncey Bailey Project awarded
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 26, 2008
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The Chauncey Bailey Project, a consortium of news organizations,
including Bay Area News Group-East Bay, 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," IRE said in a statement. "The reporters
raised questions about the thoroughness of a police investigation
into the group ...