(1996) The Buying of the Congress (1998) The Buying of the President 2000 The Buying of the President 2004, Lewis' fifth and last co-authored book with the Center, was a New York Times bestseller. CPI under Lewis’ leadership was honored 35 times by national journalism organizations and associations. In 2004, “Windfalls of War” won the first online George Polk Award. In 2005, CPI won the Edward R. Murrow Award for best website, small market category, in the United States. Media appearances Lewis has been interviewed in numerous major newspapers and he has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show and Nightly News; ABC's World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20 and Nightline; CBS' 60 Minutes, Evening News and Morning News; CNN; C-SPAN; The Daily Show; and numerous other TV and radio programs. Awards Lewis was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1998. In 2004, PEN USA, a literary organization, awarded its First Amendment Award to him,"for expanding the reach of investigative journalism, for his courage in going after a story regardless of whose toes he steps on, and for boldly exercising his freedom of speech and freedom of the press." In 2018, Lewis was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by the Harvard University Nieman Foundation for Journalism “in recognition of his unceasing efforts to strengthen and support the work of investigative journalists in the U.S. and abroad.” In 2009, The Encyclopedia of Journalism cited Lewis as "one of the 30 most notable investigative reporters in the U.S. since World War I." That same year, he was given an honorary degree by his alma mater the University of Delaware. In 2013, the University of Missouri awarded him its Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. References External links Charles Lewis homepage Charles Lewis, Founder Bio at The Center for Public Integrity Charles Lewis Bio at Investigative Reporting Workshop Official Website of Lewis' 2014 Book, 935 Lies: The Future Of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral Integrity Living people 1953 births MacArthur Fellows American investigative journalists 60 Minutes producers