Gareth Porter was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism for his work uncovering the Obama administration's military strategy in Afghanistan. "In a series of extraordinary articles, Gareth Porter has torn away the facades of the Obama administration and disclosed a military strategy that amounts to a war against civilians." Amongst Porter's award-winning stories were 'How McChrystal and Petraeus Built an Indiscriminate "Killing Machine,"' and 'The Lies That Sold Obama's Escalation in Afghanistan.' Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Awards Maya Schenwar, currently the editor in chief of Truthout, was awarded in the 2013 Online Column Writing category by the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards for her columns on mass incarceration, the death penalty, and solitary confinement. History In 2011, Truthout suffered a hacking breach in which ten days of articles were deleted. Freelancer and Truthout writer Aaron Miguel Cantú was one of six journalists faced with felony rioting charges after covering the inauguration of Donald Trump. In July 2018, all charges against Cantu and many of the other protestors were dismissed. Staff Truthout's Executive Director is Ziggy West Jeffery and the Editor-in-Chief is Britney Schultz. Truthout's Board of Directors is made up of Maya Schenwar, McMaster University Professor and educational theorist Henry A. Giroux, policy director Robert Naiman, and Lewis R. Gordon. Truthout's Board of Advisors includes Mark Ruffalo, Dean Baker, Richard D. Wolff, William Ayers, Mark Weisbrot. Howard Zinn was formerly a member of the advisory board. See also Truth (anti-tobacco campaign) References External links American political websites American news websites 501(c)(3) organizations Alternative journalism organizations Creative Commons-licensed websites Organizations established in 2000 2000 establishments in California