About
Andy Kroll is an investigative journalist living in Washington, DC. He works for Mother Jones magazine, and is an associate editor at TomDispatch.com. His writing has been published at AlterNet, The Nation, Salon, CBSNews.com, CNN.com, Truthout, The Detroit News, YouthVote.WashingtonPost.com, and a number of other publications.
He is a two-time recipient of a Larry Lourain Journalism Grant from the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2008 and 2009, and was named one of the “UWIRE 100″ top student journalists in the country in 2008 and 2009. He won first place for “Student Newspaper Reporting — Series” and second and third place for “Student Newspaper Reporting” as part of the Detroit Press Club’s Michigan Excellence in Journalism Competition in 2008. He was also the recipient of the Stan Lipsey Investigative Story Award at The Michigan Daily in 2009 for his investigation on the controversial bowl-game perks practice at the University of Michigan.
