James V. Grimaldi
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James V. Grimaldi, a member of The Post’s investigations unit, has been at the newspaper since 2000 and has reported on national politics, Congress, business, legal affairs and nonprofits. In 2006, he shared the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for helping to uncover the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. The articles also won the Selden Ring Award and Worth Bingham prize.
In 2003, he co-wrote stories on animal deaths at the National Zoo that led to the resignation of the director. Articles he co-wrote after Sept. 11, 2001, were part of the Post entry that was a public-service finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer. He won the 2002 Society of American Business Editors and Writers award for breaking news. James was a contributor to the 2001 book “Deadlock: The Inside Story of America’s Closest Election.” He has been a Knight-Bagehot fellow in business and economics journalism and a 2007 Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.
James was born in Kansas City, Mo., and holds journalism degrees from the University of Missouri and Columbia University.
Articles by James V. Grimaldi
Smithsonian Makes Changes At Troubled Business Unit (June 21, 2008)
Ex-Bush Aide Gets New Trial on Appeal (June 18, 2008)
Abramoff's Gifts Didn't Influence Bush, Report Says (June 10, 2008)
Suit Against Smithsonian Executive Dismissed (April 25, 2008)
Ex-Official Linked to Abramoff Pleads Guilty (April 23, 2008)
Former Justice Official Accused of Exchanging Favors With Abramoff (April 22, 2008)
McCain Releases Tax Returns (April 19, 2008)
Smithsonian Official Resigned In Wake of Ethics Probe (April 15, 2008)
Clintons Earned $109 Million in 8 Years (April 5, 2008)
Ga. Tech Chief Selected As Head of Smithsonian (March 16, 2008)
McCain Disputed On 1999 Meeting (February 23, 2008)
West's Travel Topped Other Smithsonian Directors' (February 2, 2008)
Portrait Cost Indian Museum $48,500 (January 4, 2008)
Indian Museum Director Spent Lavishly on Travel (December 28, 2007)
A Reading Program's Powerful Patron (December 20, 2007)
Smithsonian Project Loses Oil Sponsor (November 17, 2007)
Scientists Fault Climate Exhibit Changes (November 16, 2007)
Smithsonian Questions $5 Million In Oil Money (November 3, 2007)
Materials Missing At Library Of Congress (October 24, 2007)
GAO Faults Smithsonian Upkeep and Security (September 29, 2007)
Smithsonian Channel To Make Its Debut, But Only on DirecTV (September 24, 2007)
Former Interior Official To Lead Indian Museum (September 12, 2007)
Ney's Chief of Staff Wore Wire, Was Key To Boss's Conviction (August 13, 2007)
Smithsonian Official Quits After Records Destroyed (August 8, 2007)
Museum Ousts Gary Beer For Excess Expenses (August 2, 2007)
A Tough Sell for Smithsonian's Stores (July 25, 2007)
Judge Orders Prison Time for Ex-Interior Deputy (June 27, 2007)
Small Intervened in Smithsonian Insurance (June 26, 2007)
Secrecy Pervaded Smithsonian on Small's Watch (June 21, 2007)
Report Slams Small's Tenure (June 20, 2007)
Museum's Deputy Secretary Resigns (June 19, 2007)
Controversial CEO to Leave Smithsonian Business Ventures (May 17, 2007)
Smithsonian Ordered to Reinstate Fired Official (May 10, 2007)
Former Hill Staffer to Plead Guilty in Abramoff Probe (April 24, 2007)
FBI Raids Business of Congressman's Wife (April 19, 2007)
Small's House Rarely Used For Business (April 19, 2007)
Smithsonian Termed 'Endangered'; Board's Structure Questioned (April 12, 2007)
Smithsonian Officials Serve On Board Of Its Insurer (April 11, 2007)
Smithsonian IG Found Personal Use Of Resources (April 10, 2007)
Smithsonian's Small Quits in Wake of Inquiry (March 27, 2007)
Ex-Official At Interior Hid His Ties To Abramoff (March 24, 2007)
Former IG Says Small Asked Her To Drop Audit (March 20, 2007)
Smithsonian Documents Detail Chief's Expenses (March 19, 2007)
Former Aide to Ex-Congressman Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Case (February 27, 2007)
Justice Official Bought Vacation Home With Oil Lobbyist (February 15, 2007)
Ney Sentenced to 30 Months In Prison for Abramoff Deals (January 20, 2007)
Foreign Lobbies Took the Guise Of Nonprofits (November 3, 2006)
Kolbe Matter Is Referred to House Ethics Panel (October 18, 2006)
Ney Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges (October 14, 2006)
Report Says Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff (October 13, 2006)
Rove Aide Linked To Abramoff Resigns (October 7, 2006)
Some Say They Felt Uneasy About Representative's Attention (October 4, 2006)
Report Says Rove Aide Accepted Abramoff Gifts (September 30, 2006)
House Suspends Hill Telecom License (September 28, 2006)
Rep. Ney Admits Selling Influence (September 16, 2006)
House Passes Bill to Restrict Internet Poker (July 12, 2006)
New Links Between Abramoff, White House (July 8, 2006)
