Winner of the 2009 NAHJ Journalism Award - Television, Investigative, part 2

CBS News The VA Suicides: Cover-Up Exposed
Armen Keteyian, Chief Investigative Correspondent; Pia Malbran, Producer; Keith Summa, Senior Producer; Rick Kaplan, Executive Producer

The persistent investigative team uncovered the true risk of suicides by veterans despite efforts by top federal officials to conceal the information. The very well-produced series of four investigative reports also detailed how the inquiries for the information spurred a series of emails in which officials admitted to one another that the number of suicide attempts among veterans were higher than initially reported. The judges said it demonstrated investigative journalism at its finest and had an impact that benefited thousands of veterans, many of them Latino. It spurred three congressional hearings and prompted reforms to the Veteran Administrations suicide awareness prevention program.

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