left AP in 1987 to join Newsweek, leaving the publication in 1990. In August 1990, PBS' Frontline asked Parry to work on the October Surprise conspiracy theory, leading to Parry making several documentaries for the program, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. In 1996, Salon wrote about his work on the theory, saying that "his continuing quest to unearth the facts of the alleged October Surprise has made him persona non grata among those who worship at the altar of conventional wisdom." When journalist Gary Webb published his newspaper series "Dark Alliance" in 1996 alleging that the Reagan administration had allowed the Contras to smuggle cocaine into the US to make money for their efforts, Parry supported Webb amidst heavy criticism from the media. In 1995, Parry founded the Consortium for Independent Journalism Inc. (CIJ) as a non-profit, US-based independent news service which publishes the website Consortium News. In October 2015, Parry was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism, "for his career distinguished by meticulously researched investigations, intrepid questioning, and reporting that has challenged mainstream media.". In June 2017, Parry was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. Parry died on January 27, 2018, following several strokes caused by undiagnosed pancreatic cancer he had suffered from for the previous four or five years of his life. Publications Books Fooling America: How Washington Insiders Twist the Truth and Manufacture the Conventional Wisdom. New York: William Morrow (1992) Trick or Treason: The October Surprise Mystery. New York: Sheridan Square Press (1993). . . The October Surprise X-Files: The Hidden Origins of the Reagan-Bush Era (1996) Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, The Press & Project Truth (1999) Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq (2004) Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, with Sam and Nat Parry. Arlington, Virginia: Media Consortium (2007) America's Stolen Narrative: From Washington and Madison to Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes to Obama (2012) Articles "Iran-Contra's Untold Story." Foreign Policy, no. 72 (Autumn 1988), pp. 3–30. . . "Contra-Cocaine: Big Media's Big Mistakes." I.F. Magazine (July/August 1997), pp. 9-12. US House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine. Consortium News, June 12, 2015. References External links Consortium News [https://consortiumnews.com/tag/robert-parry/ Articles by Robert Parry at Consortium News website Interview with Robert Parry on Lost History & Death of U.S. Journalism Outpouring of Support Honors Robert Parry 1949 births 2018