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9/11 Security and Liberty Fellowships, 2004-2005
Niraj Warikoo
Staff Writer
The Detroit Free Press
Niraj Warikoo is a staff writer for the Detroit Free Press, where he covers the region’s Arab-American and Muslim communities and reports on regions to the west of Detroit. He has investigated company negligence in workplace deaths, reported in India on the use of child labor in cigarette production, and exposed Michigan's decade-long neglect of its wetlands. . After the 9/11 attacks, he spoke about Arab and Muslim issues on NPR, MSNBC’s Hardball Show, C-SPAN, and the BBC. . Warikoo also covered the effect of the war on terrorism on the people in Michigan. In one terror case, his newspaper filed suit to open up immigration hearings that were closed to him by the Justice Department. Last year, he revealed how the Pentagon tapped Iraqi-Americans to lead reconstruction efforts. Raised in Pennsylvania, Warikoo graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in journalism. He has spoken at several forums, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference, Poynter National Writers Workshop, a Smithsonian exhibit on 9/11, and the UNITY convention in Washington D.C.
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