Joshua Kors

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URL = http://www.joshuakors.com

Joshua Kors is an investigative reporter for The Nation. He covers military and veterans' issues.

He is the winner of the National Magazine Award [2008 National Magazine Award winners [http://www.magazine.org/editorial/national_Magazine_Awards/Winners_and_Finalists/] ] , George Polk Award [2007 George Polk Award winners [http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/press/2007.html] ] , IRE Award [2007 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award [http://www.ire.org/contest/07winners.html] ] , National Headliner Award [2008 National Headliner Award winners, Print Division [http://www.nationalheadlinerawards.com/Winners2008Print.html] ] , Casey Medal [2008 Casey Medal Winners [http://journalismcenter.org/awards/2008_2008awards.htm] ] , Mental Health Media Award, and the Military Reporters and Editors Award [2008 Military Reporters and Editors Awards: Joseph Galloway Award [http://www.militaryreporters.org/#winner] ] . He was also a finalist for the Michael Kelly Award [2008 Michael Kelly Award winner and finalists [http://kellyaward.com/] ] , Tom Renner Award [2007 Tom Renner Award winner and finalists [http://www.ire.org/contest/07winners.html#chauncey] ] , Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting [2008 Goldsmith Prize winner and finalists [http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/goldsmith_awards/investigative_reporting.htm] ] and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award [American Bar Association's 2008 Silver Gavel Award Winners [http://www.abanet.org/publiced/gavel/win08.shtml] ] .

Kors earned national attention this year [Harrington, Teresa. "Las Lomas Grad Makes His Mark: Kors earns journalism awards after exposing military scandal," Contra Costa Times (March 6, 2008) [http://www.contracostatimes.com/walnutcreekjournal/ci_8473591] ] [PBS: Now on the News. "Joshua Kors on how the U.S. Army 'cheats' some veterans out of their benefits" (April 6, 2007) [http://www.pbs.org/now/news/veterans-benefits.html] ] for his work uncovering the veterans' benefits scandal. His two-part series [Kors, Joshua. "Thanks for Nothing: How Specialist Town Won a Purple Heart and Lost His Benefits," The Nation (April 9, 2007; October 15, 2007) [http://www.joshuakors.com/military] ] showed how military doctors are purposely misdiagnosing soldiers wounded in Iraq, labeling them mentally ill in order to deny them medical care and disability pay.

He continued his reporting with ABC News, collaborating with Bob Woodruff on "World News Tonight" and "Nightline" pieces covering the scandal [ABC News. "Questionable Treatment for Some Iraq Heroes," Bob Woodruff, James Hill, Jaime Hennessey and Joshua Kors (July 12, 2007) [http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WoodruffReports/story?id=3368726] ] . The "Nightline" report was part of a series on the struggles of wounded soldiers, which won the Peabody Award [2007 Peabody Award Winners [http://128.192.29.189/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=151] ] .

In July 2007 Kors testified [U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Personality Disorder Hearing (July 25, 2007): Complete Audio [http://www.joshuakors.com/hearing] ] before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, which convened to investigate his reporting. His testimony led to the creation of several bills [Personality Disorder Discharge legislation [http://www.joshuakors.com/legislation] ] in Congress, including a new law [The New Law on Personality Disorder [http://www.joshuakors.com/law] ] governing military discharges signed by President Bush in January 2008.

From 2004 to 2005 Kors worked at KCBS in San Francisco, while reporting on politics and education for the Contra Costa Times.

He has a master's degree from the Columbia School of Journalism in New York and graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College.

Before moving to New York, Kors worked as a reporter for The Spectrum, a Gannett newspaper in southern Utah. His reports included an examination of the Utah National Guard [Kors, Joshua. "Another Kind of Ground Zero," The Spectrum (January 28, 2002) [http://www.joshuakors.com/linguists.htm] ] and an interview with Senator Orrin Hatch on stem-cell research [Kors, Joshua. "Family Affected By Parkinson's Looks to Stem-Cell Research, Senator Hatch for Help," The Spectrum (August 12, 2001) [http://www.joshuakors.com/stemcell.htm] ] .

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External links

* [http://www.joshuakors.com/ Joshua Kors web site]