Jim Schaefer is an American journalist based in

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, Michigan, where he works as an investigative journalist for the ''

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''.

Life and career

Schaefer graduated from

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. He was an investigative producer for

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. He led an investigation into

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. With the ''

'', Schaefer was one member of a team that covered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and uncovered the scandals that led to his 2008 resignation from office and criminal conviction. To break the case open, the reporters filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was heard by the

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. The ''Detroit Free Press'' staff, which notably included contributors Schaefer and M.L. Elrick, shared the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, which cited the staff's "uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials."

Awards

* 2009

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for Journalism With short biographies and reprints of ten works (''Free Press'' articles January 24 to September 5, 2008). * 2009 1st Amendment Watchdog Award * 2008 George Polk Award * 2008 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism * 2008 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Problems.

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* (?) American male journalists Ohio State University alumni Living people George Polk Award recipients Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting winners Detroit Free Press people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-20thC-stub

Life and career

Awards

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