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John Hyde

John Hyde was part-time executive director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism. He had been a reporter and editor for several newspapers, including the Des Moines Register, where he served in the Washington bureau for 12 years.

Fund for Investigative Journalism: Practices and Policies

As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, the fund operates frugally so it can give out as many grants as possible. Its 12-member board of directors, composed of distinguished working journalists who…
March 15, 2008

When a Few Dollars Make a Big Difference

In 1969, as the Vietnam War raged on, a dogged young reporter named Seymour Hersh thought he was onto something. He had learned that there might have been a massacre…
March 15, 2008