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Oakland Trib's Chauncey Bailey Project Honored by IRE

Oakland Trib's Chauncey Bailey Project Honored by IRE

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Oakland Trib's Chauncey Bailey Project Honored by IRE

The Oakland Tribune
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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 said in a statement.

"They probed the interrogation and confession of Bailey's alleged killer. And they carried on the work that Bailey intended to pursue before his death. These stories would have been difficult to pursue under any circumstances, but it took extreme dedication to get at the truth following the assassination of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey," the statement said.

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