Jeremy Scahill
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Jeremy Scahill (born 1974) is an American activist , author and investigative journalist. He is a founding editor of the online news publication The Intercept and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (2007), which won the George Polk Book Award. His book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (2013) was adapted into a documentary film which premiered at the Sundance and was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Born | Jeremy M. Scahill 1974 (age 49ā50) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Employer | The Intercept |
Notable work | Blackwater |
Scahill is a Fellow at the Type Media Center. Scahill learned journalism and started his career on the independently syndicated daily news show Democracy Now!. He publishes a podcast titled Intercepted.