W.Va. journalist awarded MacArthur fellowship for resource-extraction reporting

摘要

West Virginia investigative journalist Ken Ward Jr. was awarded a fellowshiprnby the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for his reportingrnon the “human and environmental toll of natural resource extraction in WestrnVirginia.”rnThe program offers a $625,000, “no-strings-attached award to extraordinarilyrntalented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.”rnWard is a staff writer for the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail who writesrnabout the coal, chemical and natural gas industries in West Virginia and isrnwell known among those within the industries he covers for his reporting onrnworker safety, environmental hazards and corporate malfeasance.