2016 Star Reporter Is Watchdog on Military, Human Rights

Jeremy Schwartz, an investigative reporter on the staff of the Austin American-Statesman, is the 2016 Star Reporter of the Year in the Headliners Foundation’s prestigious Charles E. Green Awards.  Schwartz and the Statesman also collected the Silver Award in the Foundation’s highly competitive Showcase Award for Enterprise and Innovation.

In the interview below, Jeremy Schwartz outlines the development of several of his prize-winning efforts and provides some insights into the process of working around roadblocks to information in order to find and publish the truth.