Robert Parry (journalist)

Robert Parry
Born(1949-06-24)June 24, 1949
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
DiedJanuary 27, 2018(2018-01-27) (aged 68)
Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Alma materColby College
OccupationInvestigative journalist
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SpouseDiane Duston
Children4
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Websiteconsortiumnews.com

Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018)[1] was an American investigative journalist. He was known for his role in covering the Iran–Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S. scandal in 1985.

He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of Consortium News (consortiumnews.com) from 1995 until his death in 2018.[2]

  1. ^ "Robert Earle Parry (1949–2018)." Ancestry.com.
  2. ^ Roberts, Sam (January 29, 2018). "Robert Parry, Investigative Reporter in Washington, Dies at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2022.