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Chris Adams

Chris Adams

Investigative Reporter

E-mail Chris at cadams@mcclatchydc.com

Chris Adams joined the investigative team in 2003, and previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune. In 2006, his stories on veterans issues won the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award and Society of Professional Journalists Award, both for Washington reporting. The stories, with partner Alison Young, also won honors from the Heywood Broun Foundation, the National Press Club, and Investigative Reporters & Editors. In 2004, a series on prescription drugs won the Gerald Loeb and National Headliner awards. Before joining the bureau, he won the George Polk, RFK, Worth Bingham, IRE, and Livingston awards. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 and 1999, and in 2000 was part of a six-person Journal team that won the Pulitzer for national reporting. He is a graduate of Iowa State University and the University of New Orleans.

Chris Adams's Latest Story

Palin's approach to big oil: more mainstream than maverick

By Chris Adams | McClatchy Newspapers

Ever since Gov. Sarah Palin joined John McCain, the ticket has touted Palin's in-your-face relationships with oil and gas companies. But a review of the Palin administration's record on big oil shows a stance that's in many ways less maverick than mainstream. Palin challenged big oil at a time when the public was clamoring for change. And she did so with the help of Democrats. » read more

Posted on Thu, October 9, 2008

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